Holidays are Here!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Well, almost. Merry Christmas Eve!! For all of you at home, there are only two hours left! Oh and plan on talking to me on the phone because I will be calling virtually all of you! I hope tomorrow is going to be a good day. Sleeping in!! Yessss!!! And then Dad and I will open presents and then chill out until we go to Brian and Mo's for a little Christmas dinner and get together. I think it should be fun. And then on Boxing day i get to go shopping with my humungous mall card! Happy Holidays everyone!!!!:D(L) Much love, Bec

Sometimes I Just Don't Understand Inspiration

This is so weird.

I just had a really dead day at school.

Just went through my periods,

Did my work,

And left,

The same person that I was when I

Entered.

Usually it's different.
But today was just today.

Why, then,

Right when I got home,

Was I able to do what I have been trying to do for so long now,

Just sit down at the piano and make up music?

I put my hands on the keys, and they moved themselves.

I don't understand.

I just wrote a whole song. I am so proud of myself, so amazed.

But I don't understand.

I can feel so inspired, like after the debate we had at youth last week,

Or after a particularly good math art or music class, and not be able to do anything.

I can just sit at the piano and have nothing come from it.
And then on one of the worst days ever, I can come home and make magic.

It makes no sense,

But I think I like it that way.

<3

KV Dominates Once Again!

Reach for the Top this weekend was awesome!!
KV took five teams!
Yes,

That's right,
A whopping

FIVE TEAMS!!!

A,

B,
C,

D,

and...

X.

*GetsinvisiblemegaphoneandsaysX x x x x.....slow in a whisperforeffect* I was on C which was made up of Katie, Jordan, Tim and I. We were three and two. Wicked sweet! Plus one of the games we lost was only by ten! The A team added to their record of no games lost since Nackawick '04, and the B team was four and one. The D team was three and two as well, and the famed team X one a game. It was wicked awesome, and even if we didn't win, I think that this picture is the best prize I ever could have gotten. Thanks to Stephen.:) It's the best picture of the three of us I have. Hats off to my reach friends, I LOVE YOU!

Faith, like the rocks, Endures

That's what we learned in Sunday School the other week.

We got shown some sand, and some rocks.
The teacher poured water over them,

And the sand crumbled.
The rocks stayed intact.

I find it really interesting,

The way that they show us these things.

We learn more things about our faith every day. But that simple

demonstration meant more to me than a lot of things do. If you build

with a smart foundation, then all you have to do is maintain, and you're good.

You don't have to go around picking up the pieces every few weeks.

I've been learning a lot about faith lately. Youth group this Sunday was

amazing. We had a debate. I hadn't prepped beforehand, so when i got

to youth, I had to decide which side I was going to be on. The question was
Did Jesus say he was the son of god? I chose to be on the "no team".
In the end, we came to the conclusion that neither did jesus say he was the son

of god, nor did he say he was.

But then that brought up the question, well then why do so many people believe?

A lot of it is people's interpretation. We found out that although Jesus may not have

blatantly stated that he was the son of god, he sure did leave us to believe it. We figured that we didn't tell us because then people would have believed him straight out and would have been forced to believe him because they'd heard him speak the words, and he wanted them to have a choice in whether or not they believed, like we do now. No one would have anything to question. He led us to believe by using his actions so that people had the choice to decide whether or not they believed in him.

It was a really cool debate. I learned a lot. All I know is that I believe, and that's what matters.

An Open Mind

That's what I have today.
I think that getting the snow really helped.
I woke up this morning, bounded out of bed,
And ran the whole length of upstairs
(I know, that's not very much)
Yelling YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It made me really happy.
And after the stresses of last week, I really think I needed somewhere or something to be able to run to. Just being able to talk about stuff this weekend and everything really helped, and I think that this day just pushes it over the edge.
I took Jazz for a walk this morning and acted just like a little kid. I played in the snow with her and everything. And then all day at school I was happy. I didn't worry about Yearbook. I didn't even go to the yearbook room! I didn't worry about the fact that Libby still hasn't e-mailed me back about basketball this weekend to tell me that I can go to Reach, because I'm jeopardizing the ability to have 5 teams. I didn't worry about all the homework that I would have tonight and the fact that I didn't have any time to do it. AND I didn't worry about stupid stuff. Just let my mind be where it was, and that was that. And look what happened! Today, Ellen was going around to classes with Sam to get quotes and pics from grade tens so we can finish the page that I'm supposed to have done for yebo on wednesday. Choir got cancelled because it is still snowing, and also for that reason, we are not going to Yoga, which means I have time for homework. AND I get home and breathe a sigh of relief. FINALLY! (Some of you know what I am talking about.)

So now, I really don't think I have that much to worry about. I'm about to e-mail Libby again because I think that she might not have gotten my other one. And I'm not stressed anymore. I see what it did to me, and the next time, I'm going to try to have an open and optimistic mind and try to just let it go, because I see what it did for me this time. Maybe it will work, maybe not. We shall see. <3