Rory: I'm having one of those moments right now.

Dean: What moments?

Rory: One of those moments that everything is so perfect and so wonderful that you almost feel sad because nothing can ever be this good again.

Do you ever get that feeling? The feeling that everything is so wonderful and the world is so beautiful and life is such a blessing and you feel like crying because you know it won't last forever and you wish that it could because you feel so happy? I often get that feeling, when I have a moment of grace with my friends or when I am driving home late at night, or when I am walking to church on Sunday mornings in the spring when the lilacs are blooming and the tulips have blossomed. It's a sad, but good feeling. At least there is something to miss when it goes away, right?

So Much Better

You have to take it for what it is, considering that it's Legally Blonde the Musical, but I love this song.

On this lovely day...

"Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know it so it goes flying anyway."

-Mary Kay Ash

Reasons to be Happy

• I know where I'm going to college
• I found my beautiful prom dress
• Audrey Hepburn is marvelous in Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Breakfast at Tiffany's is a wonderful novella
• 20 days of school left
• my science project outline is not due till the end of the week
• Brunch with Mom, Tom, Grandpa, Aunt Karen, Uncle Steve, Sandra, and Sister Marge was lovely today
• my room is clean
• pandora is an awesome website
• I'm starting running again tomorrow
• I get to see Amy tomorrow!
• In 20 days there are some people that I will never have to see again
• my blog is beautiful
• my room is clean
• I'm getting along with my family
• I will be back in choir tomorrow, so I can sing and relieve whatever little stress I still have
• I'm going now so I can finish my religion homework by 8!

Supense

So I just started listening to this old time radio show called Suspense after my friend Pat told me about it a few months ago. It's a free podcast on iTunes and I'm kind of obsessed. I didn't think I would like it at first and it wasn't until I had some free time this past week on break that I started actually listening to it because if I'm reading something or get distracted on the computer while it is playing I don't pay attention to the story and completely miss what happened. Hopefully hearing it on the radio and having to picture it on my own will improve my listening skills. It's actually really cool and I highly recommend checking it out. It's free so that's definitely a plus!
xoxograce

"God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars"-Elbert Hubbard

There’s a scar by my left eyebrow from chicken pox.
There are scars on my elbows from falling off the swing.
There’s a scar on the inside of my right knee from when I fell off my bike.
There’s a scar on the back of my right ankle from shaving.
There’s a scar on my right ankle from a blister I got ice skating.
There’s a scar on the back of my left calf from when my lamp fell on me.
There’s a scar on the back of my right thigh from shaving.
There are scars on my chin and above my eyebrows from acne.
There are scars all over my feet from shoes and from running.
There’s a scar on the side of my middle finger on my right hand from when I mysteriously cut myself somehow.

We all have scars. Scars are marks of life. They show that we haven’t spent all our days inside our rooms sitting on our beds, hiding from the world. They show our braveness, our foolishness, our helplessness. They are imperfections that move us closer to perfection. If we spent all our time inside, away from life, we wouldn’t be living a full, well-rounded life and we’d be moving further from perfection then we would be if we were actually trying. Scars when looked at as a part of something bigger are beautiful. They are a scrapbook of our lives, a roadmap that only shows where we’ve been but can’t tell us where we’re going. Scars are life.

Heyy

I think it is extremely important to address people by their names.

Yeah, I walk down the hallway and say “hey girl” and “what’s up lady,” but if I’m in a conversation with someone, I make sure to call them by their name. I do love terms of endearment. I come up with new ones all the time, but sometimes you just need to hear your name. You need to make sure that the person talking to you actually does know it.

Thinking about it, I don’t think a lot of my friends actually do address me by my name in normal conversation. I do it all the time. Usually if one of my friend’s addresses me, they call me “Hil” which is completely fine. I don’t need the full name. I just need to know that I’m not a general person that they decided to talk to. I do like being called Hil actually. It makes me feel as though people are comfortable with me. I don’t know why, but I really like when people say my name. It’s MY NAME. But I like hearing how other people say it.

Love.