A Modest Proposal |
Digging through old high school work, I found a series of compositions that tickled me. This one in particular is an adaptation of an essay I wrote for FL Writes. My teachers encouraged me to re-write...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:18:00 PST |
my dearest Catherine |
For those of you who don't know (I've taken leaps and strides to contact those of you close to her, but forgive me if I failed to reach you), Catherine Barclift passed away this morning.
Here's the Ne...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:16:00 PST |
theres always something getting through |
From C.S. Lewis's Four Loves:
"In words which can still bring tears to the eyes, St. Augustine describes the desolation into which the death of his friend Nebridius plunged him (Confessions IV, ...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST |
I finally, finally found it... |
After several months of searching, I finally found my new guitar. I went up to Orlando yesterday with JB and Megan for the evening, and since we arrived there a bit early, we (I) decided the extr...
Posted by Rachel on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:03:00 PST |
I still like peanut butter more than bologna |
I visited Megan's second grade class today. One of the students' beautiful pieces of artwork was hung upon the wall, boasting in red crayon that he was excited to be going to Halloween Horn Nights (mo...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:03:00 PST |
Ive got blisters on me fingers! |
Up until this summer, I'd spent the majority of my life playing it safe, living comfortably. I committed myself to the things that I knew I could succeed in. I didn't necessarily fear failure, but I e...
Posted by Rachel on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:42:00 PST |
:headdesk: |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
I'm proud I've had to work for all that I've achieved... because it would be a miserable thing to wake up one day and realize you only are where you are in l...
Posted by Rachel on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:56:00 PST |
If I could only share with you, my friends, one thing I have learned... |
You can never know the significance of a single moment until long after the moment has passed... and nothing turns out as you expect. Live gleefully in the uncertainty of it all, and treat each moment...
Posted by Rachel on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:08:00 PST |
Just around the corner... |
1 Peter 4: 12-13, 19 (The Message)
"Friends, when life gets really difficult, don't jump to the conclusion that God isn't on the job. Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Chris...
Posted by Rachel on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:46:00 PST |
The apartment is drowning in boxes |
Although I'm undoubtedly the last of my peers to read it, I'm enjoying this book nonetheless. From Chapter 2 of Blue Like Jazz:
"I believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us in...
Posted by Rachel on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:43:00 PST |
