::known facts.

facts found out during the course of 2 hours: 4
fact 1: taking clear pictures of small children playing on a porch with scooters and tricycles with a point and shoot is one of the hardest tasks known to man.
fact 2: i can consume a LOT of graham crackers in the course of 2 hours.
fact 3: i'm always tired when i babysit.

fact 4: i only got one picture of a human. ONE STINKING PICTURE! if that does not prove that fact 1 is correct, i don't know what else can.
ALSO, i've decided point and shoots are terrible at portraits.
amen?
amen.

:just a suggestion

The Book Thief by Markus Zusack 
Set during World War II in Germany, 
Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new
 novel is the story of Liesel Meminger,
 a foster girl living outside of Munich. 
Liesel scratches out a meager existence
 for herself by stealing when she encounters
 something she can’t resist–books.
 With the help of her accordion-playing
 foster father, she learns to read and 
shares her stolen books with her 
neighbors during bombing raids as
well as with the Jewish man hidden
 in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
~
Honestly, the best book i'd read in a while! it was incredibly refreshing, and easy to read. and it had a certain depth to it that many books lack. TWO THUMBS UP!

no bounds

chin up, smile.
i am strong without him.
holding back tears, clenching my fist.
i can be strong without him.
eyes straight ahead
i am strong. i will be strong.
this will make me. strong.
i can’t do it.
but you can, my child.
look to me, daughter.
i love you.
my love for you knows no bounds.
my son, was pierced for YOU
my son, drank the bitter wine for YOU
i poured my wrath upon my beloved for YOU
my love for you is stronger.
look to me, child.
for with me, you are strong.
breath deep.
make me strong, father. make me strong.

i can't believe he's going off to college in the fall :(

i love him so much.

::forever

I can feel it in my pocket. A glistening gold band with a beautiful diamond enclosed in a velvet box.

Forever can never be long enough for me to feel like I've had long enough with you
She’s standing next to me, her brilliant red hair laying in ringlets around her shoulders, her head on my shoulder, the sun setting in front of us.

Forget the world now, we won't let them see but there's one thing left to do 
My knee sinks to the ground, the grass cushioning its landing.

“Jules,” I whisper, my voice barely audible, “Theres something I’ve been meaning to ask you,” she nods, clearly aware of the question I’m about to ask her. 
Marry me today and every day?

next year

it’s kinda weird

to think

that you’ll be gone this time next

year,

off to college.

there will be a vacant space

at

our dinner table

but

I think I’ll miss you,

even though

sometimes,

you make me angry

you’re a great big brother

and i will miss your brown hair

and

brown eyes

and the way you

swaggily

walk.

What If?

What if everything came easy?

What if you didn’t have to stay up all hours of the night, working hard to get good grades?

What if you didn’t need to exercise to do well in sports?
What if you didn’t need to pull those nasty weeds in the garden for your flowers to flourish?
What if you didn’t need to work hard in your job to provide adequate food and clothing for our family?
What if those shutters didn’t need repainting, or the dinners didn’t need making, or the resume didn’t need writing or the music didn’t need buying?
I’ve been thinking, all these things we complain about, all these things we wish came easy, when you’ve scored that winning goal, or when you’ve pulled out all of the weeds in your garden, and it looks kept, when you’re able to provide for your family, when you get good grades, you appreciate them because you’ve worked for them.
Would you still appreciate them if you hadn’t worked for them?

.springbreak.

the week kicked off hanging out with the best & getting a glimmer hairstyle done on me. needless to say, i was quite enthralled when i looked pretty much like the girl who died from tracker jacker stings. 

yesterday we went to the redsox game, and it was burning. by the end of the game i just wanted to sleep. tut tut. 

and this was pasted on the back of the seat in front of us. lovelovelove.

taken with Instagram

heavenly ~ happy first day of spring break!

it’s days like today when i realize how beautiful life really is. 
as i lay on the porch, my sandals cast beside me, the summerlike breeze blowing softly and gently caressing my surroundings with the scent of spring. 
when the shafts of life that cascade from the heavenly heights make everything so much prettier. so much better. they make this filthy world full of sin, and dirtiness look beautiful, and perfect. 
i wonder how much more wonderful heaven will be like on days like today. when i don’t see a flaw everywhere i look. heaven. such a simple word. 
but with such depth, such splendor behind it, such majesty, and glory. 
i think it’ll be beautiful.
imagine the sunshine there? the colors? the smells? i wonder if i’ll be able walk to the heavenly cafes with moses, and fall asleep on jesus’ shoulders. i wonder if i’ll be able to paint my nails with mary, and bake cookies with sara. 
honestly? i can’t wait to get there. 
don’t get me wrong; i love it here. but i think when god calls me up to live in that heavenly house i’ll be ready to experience it.

~

went outside and tanned for 2 hours with my book. :) yayayay for spring break. 

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