So I think that yesterday's blog may have been taken the wrong way and now that I look it, I can see why. Now that I take a bigger step back and look at my life and creativity, I can definitely thank the people that brought me back to the realization that I am pretty creative! Creativity is not measured in how well you can write words on a page and make them rhyme, or how pretty you can paint a picture. Creativity is measured in other things, too. Through dance, through pictures that you take, through making up a routine with a flag, sabre, or rifle. When I look at that one, I was pretty good at that. When I look at the even bigger picture, God gave us each something that we can be creative with. I can't sing or play an instrument to save my life, but there is something else that God gave me to worship Him. Thank you Gina, Liz and Susan for bringing this to my attention. 

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Creativity.

I often wonder where I got my uncreativeness from. Earlier today my mom read me some poems and haiku's that she wrote and posted on a gardening message board that she belongs to. Her words are so beautiful and so touching to my heart. I am the only person that knows about her writings, which I think is special. She wrote a poem called 'Heaven' about my Grandma and Grandpa. It had me in tears by the end of it. So where did I inherit the fact that I an uncreative? I long for my mom's creativity. She can write a poem like it it's nobody's business, and I can't rhyme for the life of me. I've known that my mom can write poem's for awhile now, because she always helps me whenever I have to do them for school. I have a hard time even writing blogs, because my creativity stinks that much. Is there a shot when you get a touch of creativity, because mine is lost and running around somewhere.

A beautiful mess.

There a few beautiful things demonstrated in this photo. The fact that I can keep a bible freely in possession. That I know a forgiving and loving God that cane comfort me through my toughest times, and be my companion when I just need one. The fact that He is there through thick and thin, even when I feel like I don't need Him, He is there. My beautiful child that I am sponsoring through http://www.worldvision.org. To know that I am able to help a person that doesn't have anything, is amazing. To be able to experience this journey along with her just brightens each and everyone of my days. Everytime I look at that bookmark, it brings a smile to my face.

Yesterday I found out that my Grandma only has six months to a year left to live. She was diagnosed with uteran cancer back in January. They doctors are stopping chemo and everything. It's heart breaking to think that my Grandma, the person that could brighten my day no matter what, won't be here to do that any longer in a few months. But the beautiful thing about it is that I know that she is going to be in Heaven with our Lord and Savior. If you could please pray for my Grandma and Grandpa, that would be amazing. Thank you!

Finding beauty

So often I go through my days complaining about where I live, and how ugly it is. But lately i've been seeing the bigger picture in alot of things, even where I live. God has placed me here for a reason, even if I don't see the reason why at the moment. But instead of complaining about where I live being so ugly, i've been trying to find the beauty in all of it lately. From sunsets, to flowers, to family, to friends. The list can go on. I've been into photography for a long time, but never did anything about it until I got my little camera. So i'm doing this through picture. I got this idea from a person I know doing a picture of every day of her life along with two other friends. I thought it was really cool, so it's similar to that, but finding beauty in everything.

When I took this photo it was right after a really bad storm yesterday. It was taken right as the sun was setting. When it look at the picture it makes me hopeful for what is to come. Through all of the storms of my life, God is there to change them into something beautiful. That may sound cliche, but it's totally true. He can take the ugliest things in our lives, and make them the most beautiful things we have ever seen.

Meet My Family. Week Nine:

This is my Dad! Even though we've had our rough time, and there are bad memories that were left behind, the past is the past. Now I'm looking to the future. I love my Dad very much. He is the only Dad that I will ever have, and I'm thankful for that. Even though I have a step-dad my relationship with my real dad doesn't change, nor will it ever change. I don't get to see my dad often, but when I do it's always time well spent. My dad loves to cook, and he does a fabulous job of it. In the picture above he's making pancakes.

That's my family! I really hope you all enjoyed the series on my family! Please leave comments and let me know what you all thought! :-)

Meet My Family. Week Eight:

This is my Mommy. Very dear and close to my heart. When I was younger my mom and I were practically inseperable. I wish I could say the same for my eighteen year old self, too. Through the years my mom and I have definitely gone over a few bumpy roads and fallen into some pot holes. In the end our relationship is practically as strong as ever! The past couple of weeks has really shown me that i'm growing up, and that i'm more like my Mom than I ever saw before. Everyone always tells me that we look exactly alike, that i'm a 'mini Karen', etc. It's not only that fact that i'm noticing this, but that our personalities are so similar. From the way we take care of children, to the way we talk to other people. I used to have a problem with this, but now I'm finally at peace with it. I can't wait to see where our mother/daughter relationship goes from here!

Meet My Family. Week Seven:

This is Brad. He's my step-dad. We definitely had a rocky start when we first began this whole step-dad/step-daughter thing, but we are definitely doing well now. It was hard getting used to having someone in my house, that I wasn't used to. But he's a really cool guy, despite how goofy and dorky he can get. He spices up our lives quite a bit with his crazy personality. He takes me to concerts when I don't have anyone else to go with, and he's really cool around my friends, too. I can honestly say I wouldn't want anyone else for a step-dad. :-)

Meet My Family. Week Six:

This is Clayton. He is the oldest out of all of the children. He is also Kenneth's twin. Kenneth and Clayton are two minutes apart. Clayton is one brilliant human being. He goes to a university in Central Florida. He is majoring in French, and going to France in the spring semester. He'll be there as a foreign exchange student, which is pretty cool in my opinion. Clayton and I definitely have our moments, but we get along for the most part. When he does something he puts 100% into it. I truely admire him for that. I know I couldn't stay focused on one thing for as long as he does if my life depended on it!