Tact

I have a hard time knowing when something crosses the line.

When does a cliche become a cliche? When does it cross the line from being a clever phrase to being "cliche?" My English teacher told me after the 27th time it's been used. It would be nice if things did just have numbers like that. After the 27th time "it was a dark and stormy night" was used it turned into a cliche. That would make it so much easier.

When does it cross the line from being confident to cocky? Or from open to vulgar? It's so difficult to find these things out until you mess up and you cross the line. I'm not sure if I am the only one who feels like this. Maybe other people just have a little more tact.

xoxograce

Charming

Once there was a girl named Grace.
She had a friend named Ariel.
Ariel liked the word "charming."
Grace liked it too.
And, lucky for them,
it described them both perfectly.

xoxograce

The Virgin Mary

I have always had a special connection with the Virgin Mary. My birthday is December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I always get to go to Mass on my birthday. When I was little, I always hated "having" to go to Mass on my birthday. "You'll get graces in heaven," my dad always said, but that never made me feel any better. Now I love going to Mass on my birthday. I get to thank God and Mary for another year of life and I get to start my day out with the right mindset. October is a special month for Mary. My mom is having a Rosary after Mass tomorrow morning and someone came by to drop off roses today. My dad came in singing a song for Mary that is normally sung during May, the other month of Mary. I think this song is so beautiful, I need to post it.



Bring flowers of the fairest
Bring flowers of the rarest
From garden and woodlandAnd hillside and vale
Our full hearts are swelling
Our Glad voices telling
The praise of the loveliest
Rose of the vale


O Mary!
we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May


Our voices ascending,
In harmony blending
Oh! Thus may our hearts turn
Dear Mother, to thee
Oh! Thus shall we prove thee
How truly we love thee
How dark without Mary
Life's journey would be


O Mary!
we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May


O Virgin most tender
Our homage we render
Thy love and protection
Sweet Mother, to win
In danger defend us
In sorrow befriend us
And shield our hearts
From contagion and sin


O Mary!
we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May


Of Mothers the dearest
Oh, wilt thou be nearest
When life with temptation
Is darkly replete
Forsake us, O never
Our hearts be they ever
As Pure as the lilies
We lay at thy feet


O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May
O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May

My Friends

I think I'm going to write a post dedicated to one of my friends every once in a while.





The first one is to my friend... Andrea


This is andrea. we go to school together. we were acquaintances freshman and sophomore year and then last year we became really close. we're both theatre dorks... [most of my friend are either theatre dorks or running nerds]

andrea is kind of... awesome

haha i'm not really saying anything substantial at all in this post. i really just wanted a reason to post this picture because i love it... so haha i'm probably not actually going to write blog posts dedicated to specific friends... sorry to disappoint you. i like writing. i like the feeling of having my thoughts come out on to paper... or onto a computer screen.

remind me... i have to write about my writing dreams. writing is my passion. just to let you know, writing has been my passion longer that music or drama has... i wanted to be a writer ever since i was in second grade and i started writing a novel.

i like being me. i think that's at least the second or third time i said that tonight... but really, i do.

xoxograce

I was just wondering...

does anyone ever feel so frustrated that there is not enough time in a lifetime to write about everything that could be written about?

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
-C.S. Lewis

When I Grow Up...

My goal in life is not to be successful. My goal in life is to be happy and to give joy to others.

I want to be a writer. I want to write about everything-- fiction, nonfiction, short stories, novels, poetry, prose... i want to do it all. I want to write my own music. I want to play piano and guitar. I want to sing. I want to create.

I want to help others. I want to be a teacher. I want to be a mother. I want to be able to share my love with others. I want to be a catechist. I want to be a volunteer. I want to have a fruitful life.

I want to be a wife. I want to love someone with all my heart. I want to be willing to give my life for someone. I want to be completely unselfish.

I want to have to work really hard at what I do. I don't want my life to be easy.

I want God to give me challenges that I don't think I can surpass. And then I want to conquer them.

I want to be loved.

xoxograce

100 Positive Things

I was writing a post about all the things that make me sad... but I decided against posting it. I'm going to be optimistic =]

1. i made $33 today
2. i have people who love me for who I am
3. Will has a best friend who loves him and family and other friends who love him and he still has me there too
4. God is here
5. God answers prayers
6. i'm getting the best grades i've gotten since starting high school
7. i'm going to get better
8. i'm brave
9. i don't have a pin stuck in my foot anymore
10. i have people that i honestly love with all my heart and would do anything for
11. my mom's golf outing for breast cancer is tomorrow
12. my mom survived breast cancer when i was in fourth grade
13. i participate in my classes
14. i participated in c.s. lewis club last week =]
15. i'm actually worth it
16. i think that there is life after death... there has to be
17. tears are good sometimes
18. i think we both learned a lot about being good friends from the few months that we were friends...
19. sometimes you just have to be strong and to let go
20. people liked my autobiography and i had a really clever idea for the layout
21. i'm creative
22. someday i'm going to be a writer
23. i can dance if i practice because i have two legs, two feet
24. there are people out there who can understand me
25. i have a crush on someone
26. I'M A BLOGGER
27. i'm unique
28. i'm open about who i am and what i feel
29. i don't hold back
30. i genuinely care about people
31. i'm wearing santa claus pajama pants
32. i have about 20 pairs of christmas pajama pants... haha i'm completely serious, too--I counted one time when i was on the phone with Bee
33. I love my creative writing class
34. I do not have a math or science part of the brain at all... but i'm amazing at other things
35. i'm proud of who i am
36. he doesn't know me
37. no one actually knows me but myself and God... and that makes life more fun

i am i. i am grace. i love myself. and i love you, too. yes, even you. especially you. you know who i am talking to.

xoxograce

Postsecret

I love postsecret...