What is love really? Real love is caring as much about the welfare and happiness of ur partner as about ur own. Real love is not posssessive or jealous, it is liberating. It sets u free to become ur best self. Real love is not total absorption in each other, it is looking outward in the same direction- together. Love makes burdends lighter, because u divide them. It makes joys more intense because u share them. It makes u stronger so that you can reach out and become involved in life in ways u dared not risk alone.

so i guess it would be and understatment to say it has been awhile since ive typed in here. im sry xanga i left u for a while but now im back. im going to cover my whole summer in one word...FABULOUS!!

ok now that thats done with lets move on to what is going on in my life now. umm i spend lots of my free time in marching band. we r doing very well this year. last weekend we went to a compatition in hastings and took first place out of 8 bands!! we have compatitions now every weekend for the next 6 weeks!! yah i luv band. school is school....pre calc is going to kill me but besides that ive got it pretty easy. well im out of things to say already.....ha ya right i could go on forever. but i wont. gnight! God bless!

Things that we do when we get bored!!

1. compare who has longer legs
2. hold 2 cellphones up to ur ear and talk into both of them
3. jump on the trampoline 500 times
4. go offroading in the back of jerins truck
5. make weird sounds with the keyboard
6. talk about our accent
7. listen to other ppl fight on the phone
8. stick pool noodles in our mouth
9. make up words
10. play colors
11. teach elizabeth how to dive....impossible!!
12. throw around a baloonfrizbe thingy
13. stare at eachother
14. play the quiet game
15. run around the house screaming
16. smell shells
17. get dirty
18. stick things in fires
19. sword fight with sticks
20. laugh at nothing

this was my first night of summer

dear world,

the year is ending...im excited but sad. today i went to south school and saw the pine tree my class planted for bobby when he died in kindergarten. it was sooo small when we planted it....and so large. it made me feel so old..which in turn made me sad. many of my friends r getting old and leaving...some of them i will never see again. too soon i will be gone....and then my life will change for ever. sigh...i guess im just in one of those moods....

on a better note tomorrow should be fun. activity day and footballl....what could be better lol? then i think the drive in is in the plans. saturday is still up in the air and sunday too. monday in memorial parade and drama video. i hope everyone has a safe weekend!

jerin is a poop head

ryan is grumpy pants

eric in naked

kate and sarah....apple

Fight Is My Reply

You may act like you don't know me,
Your laughter you can't hide.
I may stand by myself,
But I'm stronger deep inside.

Does my truthfulness upset you?
You hate how I fight back?
Well, I'm sorry to tell you,
You're not gonna make me crack!

I suppose I should be like a damsel,
Quiet, petite and shy,
But, hey, I'm a woman,
And FIGHT is my reply!

Do you want me to cower?
Shun at your fame?
Or would you like me to be nice,
When you don't even know my name.

I will always say my opinion,
I will never change.
My mouth may be always open,
And I cover topics in wide range.

You may talk about my individuality,
You may say I am unwise,
Killing me softly with your insults,
But still, like air, I rise.

Out of the pain of my soul I implore...
I rise
Your shallowness will get to me no more...
I rise
I am a deep well rising,
Whose truth and integrity is blunt and surprising.

Leaving behind my fear of trust,
I rise
Going into new relationships I must.
I rise
Bringin the pride of the woman true,
I am truth itself, you no longer can make me blue.