I have no idea how to accurately sum up the past 5 days. but that might be a good thing. but i did have a ton of fun. I was really excited right up to the day we were goign to leave (wednesday), and then i got scared because i thought it would be really awkward with me being the only girl there all week. and it was, any time someone spoke, which is ( Read more... )

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I like taking pictures and i have gotten into playing around with them in the past year. i think this ones kinda neat. its not perfect, i dotn really have a program for it, but i like it.


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My mom treats our dog like her son. only worse. sometimes i picture him back in roman times, lying on his back in a white, gold trimed robe, and my mom fanning him and feeding him grapes. but im probably just jealous. maybe ill make a visual for that.

and now heres the part where i get upset that i cant express myself. Ive been asking myself lately ( Read more... )

One of the many typically powerful examples of the effects of life without pain is recorded by Dr. Brand in his book The Gift of Pain. He records an incident involving a patient in a leprosy community in India :

"An eager young patient caught my eye as he struggled across the edge of the courtyard on crutches, holding his bandaged left leg clear ( Read more... )

We are leaving for hocking hills soon! i am so excited. im just sad that i cant stay for longer. oh well at least i get to go. i looooove these times. i dont want to post this, but i wrote a paper on times like these last year for school.

Take Me Home Country Roads

On a cold and rainy day last October, I was sitting in my room trying ( Read more... )

Northern Uganda is  called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today because of the lack of attention
1.7 million people forcibly displaced
An estimated 20- 50,000 children abducted to fight as soldiers
tens of thousands of children commuting nightly
130 people die per day in Northern Uganda due to violence
On April 29th in over 130 cities ( Read more... )

I don't understand life, or boys, or anything ( Read more... )

So im babysitting scott loyd this weekend. Its kinda fun. but tonight i heard the words that all babysitters dread hearing... "Emily, I think im going to throw up"... ahhhhh all my babysitting nightmares coming true! but he didnt, luckily, cause i dont know if i would have been able to keep my food down too ( Read more... )