PLEASE pray for Jovie!!

I don't know who reads this, but I know their are people out there that care about things like this. Right now my family needs prayer...
This past week, our dog, Jovie, has been sick. She wouldn't eat or drink anything and she had a hard time going to the bathroom.
Yesterday morning (Thursday), she started wheezing. It went on all day and come bed-time, I was worried she wouldn't make it through the night.. she slept in her kennel in my room and she woke me up several times hacking, like she was trying to clear her throat so she could breathe. My dad took her to the vet this morning (Friday) and they decided to keep her over the weekend. The vet told us that it looks like she could have an autoimmune disease. Meaning there is no cure. Her blood work came back looking good, and her White Blood Count was not low (which is a good sign), but still, the vet said it doesn't look good.
She's a 6 month old Border-Collie/Spaniel mix, and the sweetest dog you've ever met..
We don't want to lose her.
I know God can heal her and I'm hoping to have many more years with Jovie.
PLEASE pray for Jovie!!

Since Thanksgiving is coming up...
I'm thankful for..

1. My family
2. My friends
3. Frisbee!!
4. The ability to hear
5. Sight
6. Reading
7. Theatre
8. The fact that my parents took the time to homeschool me and my brothers
9. Emotions.. yes, girls, I am thankful for my emotions. I'm not talking about the kinds of emotions that you let run your life. I'm talking about the capacity to love and be loved. To be sincerely thankful. To mean what you say. Crying when you see something tender and sweet. Those kinds of emotions.
10. Life. I could say a lot of the people I know aren't happy with their life, I am not one of them. I am very happy with how things are going. Yes, I can say that I would loveto have a "boyfriend", but I am okay not having one. God knows the right time to bring him into my life, and I just need to be patient.
11. Pets. They make life so much more enjoyable!
12. I am thankful for SO many more things, but the one I am thankful for right now, is the ability to go sleep in nice warm bed... :)

A word, a look...

“I can listen no longer. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own, than when you almost broke it eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone I think and plan. —Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? —I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice, when they would be lost on others. —Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice indeed. You do believe there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be the most fervent, most undeviating

“F.W.”

“I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look will be enough to decide whether I enter your father’s house this evening, or never.”

OH! Why don’t we write this way anymore?!

When I read something like this, I can just see the love he had for her leap off the pages.

These words melt my heart. I wish I had a man that loved me/cared about me enough to write me a letter like this.

I am happy with my life right now, but I feel like a huge part of me is missing. One of the most important pieces (God being the most important piece) of my life is missing ~ the other half of my heart. I feel like one of those “best friends” necklaces (of course, I’m the “friend” side, because I’m missing the “best”… he will be my better half… hahaha!) 

I can’t find the matching piece. 

Okay... I decided that I wanted to answer my own questions.. (I'm at school, waiting for class, and bored out of my mind.. so.. :D)


1. What would your perfect proposal consist of?
I know every girl has dreamed of going out to dinner, fancy dishes, candlelight, classical music... but that is definitely not me!! I want to be outside! Or get engaged at Christmas... Or my birthday.. :D hahaha!! I don't really care were I am, but I do want to be with family and friends!


2. If you could be the richest, smartest, or prettiest person in the world, which would you choose?
As long as I was the happiest, I really don't care..  but if I had to choose, I would choose smartest.. 

3. What song describes your life? and why?
Ummm..... Hope Now by Addison Road, or While I'm Waiting by John Waller (Fireproof movie)
Why??.... "How quickly I forget, I'm yours.. I'm not my own, I've been carried by you, all my life. Everything rides on hope now.. Everything rides on faith somehow, when the world has broken me down, your love sets me free" (Hope Now)
"I will move ahead bold and confident, taking every step in obedience, while I'm waiting, I will serve you while I'm waiting. I will worship while I'm waiting, I will not faint, I'll be running the race, even while I wait."  (While I'm Waiting)
(That pretty much sums it up..)


4. What is your favorite movie?
My favorite movie... too many to list!! :D No... it would probably be The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) 

5. Would you rather be loved or respected?
I think they go hand in hand. You can't truly love someone you don't respect, and you can't respect someone you don't love. (and yes, I know I danced around that one..)


6. You're going on your first date, what are you wearing?
Jeans. T-shirt. NO shoes!!

7. If given the choice, would you rather fit in or stand up for what you know?
I would NOT want to fit in! (How do you think I came up with the name for my blog??!!)
At times, I don't enjoy standing up or standing out, but I don't think I ever want to fit in.

8. What is the scripture verse that has changed your life?
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

1. If you had to choose, would you rather be blind or deaf? 

I don't know if I could choose.. I love them equally. I probably would have to say deaf. Just because you can learn to communicate and still function read lips or sign-language.. but if you are blind, the only thing you can do is read Braille... you can't see any colors, people, navigate, etc. You become totally dependant on others. If you were deaf you could still function, just not as enjoyable, but still function without relying on others for everything.


2. What is your favorite part about blogging?

Just being able to vent and not having to worry about offending people or just get my thoughts down on "paper."


3. What is your favorite book and why? 

I would have to say Arena by Karen Hancock


4. Why DID the chicken cross the road?

Now is this an in-town street, farm road, highway..??? :)

5. What do you want to be when you grow up? 

I think I want what every girl wants. I want to of course get married and have kids, but If I could have ANY job, I'd have to say that I would LOVE to be a photographer.. Probably more of a nature/wildlife/travel photographer instead of "people".. :D
6. Think about your day. (Or yesterday if you're reading this early in the morning.) Think through everything that happened to you during the day... people you met, things you discovered, interesting events. Now pick one thing and describe it for me in as much detail as you can. Whether you were skydiving or picking out a muffin, I want to hear about it. 

This is a hard one... I worked all day and didn't really do anything exciting.. I found a setting on my camera (on my phone) that let's me take symmetrical pictures.. I've been going around the house taking pictures of random stuff.. (my dad, mom, brothers, the dog, chairs.. etc..).. It's quite entertaining! 
7. What do you think of Nancy Drew? Do you consider her a good role model? What do you think of the movies (Old movie with Bonita Granville and new with Emma Roberts) and the computer games?


I LOVE Nancy Drew!!! Not sure about a good role model.. she never really *thinks* before jumping into a situation.. I like both movies.. If I'm in an "old" movie spot, I like the older ones... If I'm in a "I need to see a cute guy" spot, I like the new one!! :D
And I LOVE the games!! I own 5 of them and have beaten all but 2 out of 20(ish)!
8. If someone offered you a hundred dollar bill to do it, would you sing an entire song, without music, in a crowded restaurant?


What kind of restaurant are we talking about? Is it a fast food joint? Fancy-real-napkins restaurant? Tea Room? Hole-in-the-wall? And how loud do I have to sing? How long of a song does it have to be?
~~~Because I would only do this if I didn't have to "shout" out the song, and if it was something small like Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle-Twinkle, Little Star, ABC's, etc... (and if I could do those songs, I would do it pretty much anyplace!! hahahaha!!)


And since I only have one "follower" and she's the one that tagged me.. I can't tag anyone with my questions! :)


1. What would your perfect proposal consist of?
2. If you could be the richest, smartest, or prettiest person in the world, which would you choose?
3. What song describes your life? and why?
4. What is your favorite movie?
5. Would you rather be loved or respected?
6. You're going on your first date, what are you wearing?
7. If given the choice, would you rather fit in or stand up for what you know?
8. What is the scripture verse that has changed your life?

Wow.. Didn't think that I would be ready to write more this soon! :)


I still don't know what I want to blog about.. I guess this is going to be random! (But that's what I'm good at, so I guess things will work out!)


I recently read "Never the Bride" (by Rene Gutteridge and Cheryl McKay). I'm not at the point in my life where I'll start acting like Jessie, but I do find myself writing out my own love story. Funny thing is... I love writing in purple ink (if you've read the book, what I'm saying will make sense)! The reason I'm bringing this up is, I want the relationship with God that Jessie has. I know God doesn't appear to us like He did to her, but I can't help but wonder how different my life would be if that would happen to me. God showing up and telling me that He has a special plan for ME and that it's time to surrender my "purple pen" to Him and let Him write my story the way it's meant to be. 

I guess this is more of an "about me" post instead of a first blog post. I don't know why I'm starting this. Blogging is certainly something I never pictured myself doing, but I just feel like this is what I need to do at this point in my life.

The reason I'm calling this "Born to Stand Out" is because of my favorite movie quote: Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you were born to stand out?" (What a Girl Wants) I never fit in when I was growing up. I wasn't the type of girl that would giggle, worry about her hair or make-up, or talk about boys, so none of the girls my age wanted to spend time with me. I didn't understand until later on that I wasn't born to fit in. I was born to stand out.