A Rebelution

Hello Y'all!

There's this fantastic website and blog that you should check out...and keep doing so...

The Rebelution
www.therebelution.com

"Revelutionaries, come with me...."
-Revelutionary-Bethany Dillon

It's a rebellion against rebellion. Showing that teens don't have to settle for being like the average teens out there. We don't have to rebel, we can do what's right and fight for it. We don't have to stop at being told we're "there;" we can still go for excellence.
We can do hard things. We can save fun for after working hard at things. We can have vision and build character.

It's not impossible-it changes our society.

luv you

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Hello!

We went to the desert again a few days ago. It was fun, but noisy because a ton of local kids on quad bikes were going in circles around and around us!
Several Oasis (youth group) friends were in school plays and musicals last week, so we went to support them. It was amazing! They were great performances.

I have finally been to the Mall of the Emirates. It's one gargantuan mall! I went with Ashlea and it was very enjoyable. We went, as always, to Starbucks! Followed closely after by Forever 21, Bershka, and H&M. Once again I was reminded of the incredible immodesty of our culture. It makes me so frustrated sometimes! Places like Forever 21 have such adorable clothes....yet almost everything isn't appropriate to wear as a daughter of the King.
I plan to write a letter to them (and perhaps a few other places here) and have people from Oasis, church, and otherwise, to sign a petition. It wouldn't be a very long one...but at least they'd know that there are western girls in Dubai who don't want to show everything.

long time

I'm sorry it's been so long since I wrote here.

The conference was amazing...it was so encouraging and inspiring, and lots of fun to see great friends again. We had many good talks on faith, prayer, biblical masculinity and femininity, modesty, and worship.

I've made a few more good friends: Ashlea, Miya, and Hannah (Hannah's in the compound).

There was a huge load of drama in the compound last weekend....you don't even want to know. *shudder* I wasn't there, thankfully, and it's all over now. Basically Hannah saved this little kid from being beaten up by a bunch of teenagers, and all the other kids were mad at her, and are angry with me for agreeing with her completely. It's insane. But no one's in huge trouble (not actually a good thing) and it's over.

Love, me

Already Over Now

Helloooo!

Red turns out to be primarily quite screamo....so I only got the two versions of the AMAZING song Already Over.

Right now my favorite song to listen to is Boten Anna by Basshunter, a Swedish techno band. They rock!! The English translation doens't make much more sense than this...the song is about a Bot named Anna.

Jag känner en bot
Hon heter Anna. Anna heter hon,
och hon kan banna banna dig så hårt
Hon röjer upp i våran kanal.
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bot.


Coen had me listen to it the other day and I was hooked. He's Humberto's best friend, who is often visiting when we all hang out. He's a good friend, but a very strong adversary in our debates.

And now the powerful words of RED. The vocalist is so emotional in his singing that it adds twice the beauty to the music. If possible you should really try to hear this song...both part one and part two.

You never go
Your always here (suffocating me)
Under my skin
I cannot run away
Fading slowly

I'd give it all to you
Letting go of me
Reaching as I fall
I know it's already over now
Nothing left to lose
Loving you again
I know it's already over, already over now

My best defense, running from you
I can't resist, take all you want from me
Breaking slowly

I'd give it all to you
Letting go of me
Reaching as I fall
I know it's already over now
Nothing left to lose
Loving you again
I know it's already over, already over now!

You're all I'm reaching for
It's already over
All I'm reaching for!
It's already over now

I'd give it all to you
I offer up my soul
It's already over, already over now!

Give it all to you
Letting go of me
Reaching as I fall
I know it's already over now
Nothing left to lose
Loving you again!
I know it's already over now!
It's already over now!
I know it's already over, already over....



RED writes about the temptations man faces, and how once we've decided to give into it, the fight is already over and we've begun to sink. But in another sense, when we cry out to Christ, He'll take it into His hands and it's over.
The battle is over...Christ has won and reigns.

It's already over. We have nothing to fear in Him.



♥,Cait

Red

I just heard Red. They're amazing.
Eisley still reigns though ; )

I've been having fun...but many things have been going on.

Kyleigh and I joined Waterworks with the youth group--her in drama and I in the praise team (no, not with the pipes!).

I have well group tonight...like a Bible study small group fellowship time thing.

Sabine is beginning to struggle with a lot of things like Teri now...I don't know what to do except pray, because she's already heard every way I tried to help Teri.

I am still Starbucks deprived as of two months. Rawrrr!! I don't know how much longer I will last....

♥ Cait

9.18.06

Hello!

There's been a lot of neighbor trouble around here....also good things, but it's been stressful.
I went and talk to this guy and told him in short, to "watch it!" but I think he may now be just mad at my friend, though she had nothing to do with me talking to him. Oh, well....he needed to know that.
Traffic here is absolutely a nightmare. Sometimes the roads are like a parking lot, all the way through Dubai...it's crazy. Other times there are only specific places or specific times when it's bad. Dubai actually doens't have bad roads-they're better than Michigan by far! It's just that there are so many people. Instead of building all these new huge apartments (probably about a hundred at once, no exaggeration) they should be building more villas. There is shortage of them; they're prettier, they last longer, and then traffic won't be half as bad. They think they will fill up in no time, but I'm not really sure. The compounds or freestanding villas tend to be nice, whereas even good apartments aren't that great and people don't want to live there.
We'll see what happens!

I'm waiting for people to get home from school....I got done quickly today and took a nap ;) I can't wait for the end of October! We're going to Al Ain, Abu Dhabi (the capital of the UAE), for the conference. There isn't going to be a teen program so my friend Samuel (who lives in Bahrain) and I are putting one together. I will organize a Bible/book study on Biblical femininity etc. It should be a good time of fun and reconnecting with some of my best friends from other countries around here.
The only problem is that my friend in the compound, Luz, is having her birthday party during that time, and I'll miss it. I wouldn't mind so much except that Humberto's band was going to play and I don't want to miss their first little gig! Heh, those guys are fun people. If only they could get a vocalist who would stop trying to change their style!


♥

Haha....

STOP PLANETARY DISCRIMINATION


PLUTO WAS FRAMED


PLUTO WAS DEMOTED


I want a shirt with one of those on it. It's hilarious. I love the subject but honestly, I don't really care scientifically or politically.
It's just that Pluto seemed like a cool "planet."

Today we played wallball in the squash court and I got the Swedish guy accross the street to play so I was happy. It seems like he really needs friends.

At band practice the two pipers that drive up from Ras Al Khaimah brought dates and Arabic coffee. Yum!

Yesterday we went to Dreamland, a waterpark in Umm al Qusais. It was scary.

heh

I've been on a real teenage schedule of late...

It's 12:14 AM...I read till 3 last night...

Weird.


Today after church we played volleyball. Then at home Ky and I went to the compound clubhouse, and watched this guy we know practice with his band.

They're pretty good. Their singer was there for the first time and that was quite amusing. She's all girly and preppy and into soul, R&B, and pop music, whereas the style they aim at is emo/hardcore metal/rock....

♥

friends

I have made many more friends....form the compound...in the youth group....they're fun people.

But first impressions have already worn off in some cases.

It stinks.

I wish you could tell more quickly how people were, so you don't get to know them and then decide you shouldn't hang out.

But...that's not how it works.

And I am glad, because surface level is....well, surface level.

There are a lot of loner teens here. I want to reach out and be a friend to them so badly. I'll work on it but it's hard because I don't know how and no one else likes them.


hummm.

School tomorrow.

♥

Imposters

So is it Pluto or is it the astronomers?

I'm inclined to say the astronomers...

It's so stupid sometimes.

What they call science gets in the way of logic.
What they call science gets in the way of truth.
What they call science gets in the way of a tiny planet.

I'm sort of joking about the last one...but not the first two.


Bye Pluto.

Dune bashing!!

On Thursday morning we went into the desert at 4 AM....

Mr. B is an awesome off-road driver, so he took a bunch of us girls from the youth group, and a few other families followed in their SUVs. (Oh, it's so funny.....I haven't met anyone here yet who doesn't have an SUV, particularly a Land Cruiser. All down our compound, every single person has one parked in their spot.)
We drove to the desert outside of Dubai...about an hour. We went on a few dunes, and then stopped to make pancakes and let air out of the tires.

The other two cars got stuck and we had to tow them out. We had ten people in ours! It was crazy....it's fun sitting in the very back because you can feel every thing. Oh, and there are no seatbelts most of the time....


We didn't do any jumps, but it was such fun!!! Better than a roller coaster. Going and down the dunes, and speeding to the top and sharply turning down the same way. Mr. B said I was a fun passenger because I screamed so much ^_^

My friend Lisa drove us for awhile, and she was quite good as well.
We climbed Camel Rock, a gargantuan dune with rocks and caves on top.

By nine we packed up and drove away, as the heat begins to grow unbearable at that time.

All the way home we played Five Iron Frenzy, Hillsong, and Johnny Cash, and sang....

Instead of taking all that time to try and get pictures working, I'll just paste the links in here.

All of us girls

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Inside the LC

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Camels on the way home!!

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Sunrise from camel rock

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LCs below

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Climbing

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Ride home

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Dune ridge

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Desert
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Footprints

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Yesterday after church we went to Ibn Batutta mall for lunch. It has many courts, and each is desgined (inside and out) like a different country. There is Tunisia, Egypt, Persia, Andalusia, and China. It's beautiful!

love, me

songs...

This song has the best lyrics I have ever seen. It is my favorite hymn of all time.

Before the Throne
Charitie Bancroft

Before the throne of God above,
I have a strong, a perfect plea
The great high priest whose name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on his hands,
My name is written on his heart;
I know that while in heaven he stands,
No tongue can bid me thence depart,
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see him there,
Who made an end to all my sin!
Because the sinless Savior died,
My sinful soul is counted free!
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me,
To look on Him and pardon me.

Behold him there, the risen Lamb,
My perfect spotless righteousness!
The great unchangeable I AM
The king of glory and of grace.
One with Himself I cannot die!
My soul is purchased by his blood!
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ my Savior and my God,
With Christ my Savior and my God!!!


And now a silly one!
Walking With A Ghost
Tegan and Sara

No matter which way you go
No matter which way you stay
You're out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
I was walking with the ghost
I said please, please don't insist
I was walking with the ghost
I said please, please don't insist
No matter which way you go
No matter which way you stay
You're out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
I was walking with the ghost
I said please, please don't insist
I was walking with the ghost
I said please, please don't insist
No matter which way you go
No matter which way you stay
You're out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
I was walking with the ghost
I was walking with the ghost
You're out of my mind (I said please)
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind (I said please)
You're out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
Out of my mind
I was walking with the ghost
I was walking with the ghost
I was walking with the ghost
I was walking with the ghost
I was walking with the ghost
I was walking with the ghost


love, me

P.S. we had a girl's night with the youth group today...we played agame where everyone has a character or celebrity's name, and you have to call someone else's out whenever you hear yours, before you get banged on the head by the person in the middle. It's pretty hard! (I was Oprah. *gag*) Anyway, Sharon said, "Hey, don't some guys think when girls get together all they talk about is hair and nails and stuff? Well, here we are hitting each other and yelling like crazy!" It was funny...

8.20.06

We did celebrate my birthday yesterday....I got a speaker dock for my iPod, so I can listen to music in my room. Yay!! Now I won't have to buy another CD player.

Also Sense and Sensibility (Willoughby!) and a devotional, For Such a Time As This.

I was just reading over some old posts and realized I said nothing about St. Andrews!!!

It was three days before we moved; my last day with the band and my last competition.

It was a blast, but very hard to say good bye. The band did well, and placed third.
I got first solo!!! I was so surprised, cause I wasn't very happy with my performance. That was Grade III. Some friends in the band, Heather, Tim, and Nicole, also got firsts in their repsective grades of instruments. Raya, my dear partner in crime, did well too!!

I feel so bad to have forsaken the three musketeers...I suppose they are now the Bobsey Twins again. Grr. Just when we were all having so much fun.
The disappointing part was that a good friend could not come, and now I don't know when I'll ever see him again. But, I know he would have come if he could have.
I got to talk to Andrew Bova for ahwile, and saw some other camp people.

Iain Macey wasn't there though. Darn. I need to make a tape to send to him....haven't done that yet. It's strange to do piobaireachd by correspondence. Oh, well, I'm just grateful to have someone like Mr. Macey! I don't think I could ask for better.

SO....I miss Cabar Feidh but tomorrow night I'm beginning with the Dubai Pipe Band! Yay!! Only band in the Emirates....wooo!!

hmmm

Yesterday was church again and then we went to the B's house. I won't use last names on here, but we've known the B's since we lived in Jordan. Also the Bl's. The Bl's were at the B's house with us. It was lots of fun.....

Tonight we might be celebrating my birthday as a family, since we were still home. without dad, on August 1st.

Some people living in Belize on vacation here might come over then. They're a sweet family.


Oh, there goes the mosk I believe. It's 12:30 PM.
The call to prayer is usually the hour before dawn, dawn, noon, and then sunset and an hour after sunset. Or something like that. I used to wake up to it in the middle of the night in Jordan as a little kid, but now we live right in between two huge ones and it doesn't bother me.

It's actually quite pretty when they have a good Muez-zin. Yeah.

Lah dee dah. I'm bored at the moment. I still need to practice my pipes...I've only been doing chanter. Bad girl, I know.
My mom and I have been working out at the compound gym. It's a nice one, and I like the Elliptical.
What else is there to tell you all.....

Dad has two days off of training. Yay! His simulator last night wasn't very satisfactory to him though.

Oh. Guess what. I've decided to be Emirates cabin crew when I turn 21. I've always wanted to be a flight attendent, and it would be something fun and interesting to do until I am married. Plus, I am very impressed with this airline company. If they are half as good in six years, I'd jump to work for them. Not to mention all the references and referrals I could get, living in a compound with 50 Emirates captains!!
The only thing I have against them is that you practically have to be a model to be on cabin crew. It's sad.
BUT that's what I plan on doing when I'm 21, after I work at Starbucks when I'm 18. Yep.

Starbucks is twice as expensive here. It's a terrible tragedy because I am very attached to Starbucks and feel ashamed buying coffee anywhere else (which I must do).

Ok, well, I will go now.

Dancing is survival.

youth group

This is the essence of Dubai in reality.
Though it is not a quarter as strict as KSA
Though it is very materialistic
Though it aims to be the party city of the gulf
Though Emirati women wear open abayas with skin-tight jeans and 8in heels peeking out, bangs showing under the hijab, designer sunglasses, and seem to have mobiles to their ears at all times
Though these nationals are incredibly rich
Though there is beauty in modern architechture as well
Though they gave a block of land for five churches
Though there is religious tolerence

Islam still reigns, and I can hear the loud and eloquent reminder five times a day.
These people have a need, and it isn't for all the amazing "stuff" that the 34 malls have.

Geometrically beautiful, otherwise fallen.
(mosk right outside our compound)


For Heather! Wafi City SHopping Centre is designed Ancient Egyptian style, inside and out. Everyone usually calls it just "the wafi pyramids" because outside it has three little glass pyramids on top, and there are two big one sbeing built connected to it, meant to be hotels. There is already a pool. It's an alright pool, but not as nice as the Aviation Club. It's still better than any I've ever seen in the US though!

I like the youth at DECC church. This week I finally got to go and it was very fun.

This is from our tiny yard, looking up the high ladder to the roof. (ceilings are extremely high here)

These are what most of the flowers here look like. They are on trees.

...I get tired of subjects...

Well, I shan't be able to post pictures here very often because the stupid thing won't let me....oh, well. I will just have to paint better word pictures

Yesterday, Friday, was church, as the weekend here is Thursday-Friday. Soon it is changing to Friday-Saturday though. Church will still be on Fridays. It's confusing...

I plan to memorize the music before I join the Dubai Pipe Band, but I'm not even sure how it will work because currently there is something we have to attend on Monday nights when they practice, though both might change after the weekend switch...we'll work something out....

Oh, and I've been looking into belly dancing. My parents still think I'm joking though, so I don't know if I'm really allowed! It would just be for fun and excercise, I would never perform even if the studio did recitals. Belly dancing is a lot more fun than pilates, and just as good excercise. Plus, I've got to do some form of dance to survive!!

Emails from friends are flooding in and I love that. Today has been boring so that has kept me from moping about. One of these days I will have a chance to think, but I don't plan on breaking down. I truly like it here, and I will just have to get used to missing people and emailing them. Grr, that's hard though. I especially miss the band though; Cabar Feidh. Also my best friends....Sara, Aubrey, Alley, and, of course, AJ.

Aubrey's beginning tenor drumming I think. Anyway....


The haze here is geting on my nerves. I want to see that gorgeous, rich,blue desert sky!! And tis all covered in a blanket of humidity, pollution, and raised sand from the construction (which is EVERYWHERE).

Yay!! Some pictures just appeared. Maybe I will just have to be patient. But in the meantime, I will be updating a photo page on my other site. http://thevintagepiper.piczo.com It is usually where I just put my poems and things for my friends to read, but it's easy to get photos up there.

This thing is ALL OVER. It's rather annoying...in the airport, in the shopping centres, and I am assuming in the malls although I haven't been to any yet....it's the "Dubai Summer Surprises" character thing. Blehwhatever.

I took this from the Emirates plane.

There were many lovely clouds...I couldn't open the window much though because people were sleeping. Thankfully, I got a little sleep as well. I'm almost over jet lag now. At least, I think so.

It is so hot! Like being in a sauna constantly, except that you cannot get out f it. Inside it is quiet cold, though. My room is chilly at night because we don't want to turn down the AC too much because it heats up quickly when the sun rises. Still, the AC is such a blessing and very effective.

All our compound is pilots, most are westerners. I love all the accents. When driving out there are many buses of laborers. None are Emirati; they are all Pakistani, Indian, Asian. Most maids are Asian or Pakistani. The Emirati people are very wealthy, and usually wear traditional dress, but very fancy. (such as, for ladies, abayas with diamonds on them, and the women are allowed to fix their head coverings in public and let their bangs show)

It is the non-western expats who do the construction, and there is so much of it! The tallest building in the world is being build here, and at a rate of a few stories per week! There are things being built everywhere....shopping centres, housing developments, hotels.

We pass the Burj al Arab often. It's so pretty....I've seen the inside on a tourist film, and that's probably all I'll ever see! It's a 7 star hotel.

I haven't been to the beach yet. It's very hot to swim in, but it gets chilly in the winter (if you are climatized, which we won't be for some time!!). For us the winter will be like summer back home, at least the first year.

The pool in our compound is very large and nice, but is usually used in the winter because it doesn't have a cooler (!!). I swam in it last night and it was very warm, and so it's not fun for very long.

Perhaps when I get out more I will be able to write more comprehensive and interesting thoughts. Hopefully pictures will work more soon too....

-me

P.S. To Tim, Heather, Raya; all of those who were on myspace...sorry, I can't get to it here. The government blocks a lot of sites. Oh, well, you'll just have to email!!

We're Here!!

Hello! I have about a million more pictures than this but after the tenth time trying I haven't been able to upload more at the moment....here goes:

Light tunnel to international terminal in Detroit....

Last glimpse of the US.


Dubai from the air:

This is a Target-type store.

See, in the house was the interesting cutting board.
Pizza delivery guy...in the background you can see part of the sail-shaped Burj al Arab.
This is what you see from the back of the villa.

I will post much more later but right now I have to go!

SO

I am moving out of this state of Michigan in five days.

To the magical land of Dubia.

Dubai.

Not Dubia.

A friend calls it Dubia.

It's quite entertaining.

Two more days to St. Andrews.




Yay for competition!

Yay for Cabar Feidh!

Yay for OSAS people!

Yay for 12 hour long airplane rides!!



Oh. I get to see Lady in the Water tomorrow. I have been dying to see that movie.... but theatres are a rarity. I am going with the Aubreyful. She makes everything funner.

party

Yesterday we celebrated my birthday....








It was fun.

I got a Starbucks card ; )


<3

....

HEY YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEIRDO SPAMMER DUDE.....

QUIT COMMENTING ON MY SITE, ALRIGHT??


...gosh.

Saline

Saline was great.

I played a lot in the evening with Zack Read and Tim, Heather, and Sean, just for fun. Then I put on the big bass drum and we did the drum salute...it was pretty funny.
There was an impromptu talent show, and Heather and I decided to dance the Highland Fling....we won!!!

This is a fantastic, hilarious movie.

Only about 2 weeks until St. Andrews!

-me

P.S. This band rocks my socks. (except I'm not wearing any right now....that count?)

Lots of News!!

Starting at the beginning...
July 4th: Good Morning America parade, the earliest in America! I sure got to sleep in that holiday. [insert sarcasm here]
Heather (talented drummer/highland dancer) and I danced the Highland Fling. Maura taught it to me in Oberlin when we were both utterly exhausted, sore, and bored beyond belief after our competitions.

Fireworks! ....I got some amazing shots of fireworks. Those bits of light and fire and sparks and gas provide a great deal of amusement for something relatively simple.July 12th: I spent the night at Sara's house. We went to a Greenfield Village tea in the morning. Twas fun, and we had some interesting conversation, as usual.
We have seen photos of our new house!!! Now I am most impatient to go...well, there is much that I will miss, but I do look forward to it.

I want to see this movie. It looks so delightfully creepy and strange. Those types are for me...

Tomorrow is the Saline Celtic Festival. What fun unofficial Highland Games are...! Hopefully some camp people will be there.

<3

OSAS

Sean was tired and used his pipes as a pillow...
Playing the card game mauw can get a little insane.
Krystal and I dyed our hair. We end up living to see our 15th birthdays. Skankin' in the rain. We were soaked.
"...Drew!" That is one looooooong story.
My class was fantastical beyond belief....Iain Macey rocks my socks.

<3 Cait

Camp

OSAS is over....I am so very sad. But I promised people I would be happy, so I will be. I miss everyone incredibly though!
I will have loads of pictures soon but for now:

I dyed my hair.

I did advanced piobaireachd and loved it.

I didn't place at the games but I'm ok with it now

I got yelled at by my more expreienced friends who thought I was crazy for not being content with Alma.

I danced in the talent show and it went well...seemed to touch some people, especially one.

I learned the Highland Fling!



I learned that I will be missing someone more than I could've imagined.


<3

Marathon, Business, and Packing

We had a LOTR marathon with some friends. It was a crazily fun time.

The Arabic festival went well. It was fun....my friend made me go on the scariest ride, but it was the only one I did ^_^
I got my hair cut.
This week I have been with friends a lot. Dad left on Wednesday! He is now in "our" new country. Today my best friend came over and we packed and made cookies. Tomorrow I have a competition and camp starts!!! OSAS here we come!



MirrorMask is an amazing, weird, bizarre, frightening, artsy, depressing, beautiful, wondrous movie. You have to be the type to like it though, I suppose.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Absolutely. We should stick little wheels on the bottoms of our shoes and then we could slide around everywhere!"

<3

....

MOVIN'
The container from the outside.....it shall soon be on a ship across the sea....
29 boxes of books to go....waiting in the garage.
Loading dad's car:


It's inescapably true and everywhere now....we are moving....soon...and I will miss this place...it's people...its music....its dance....

Still, it's awfully exciting!

This is the reason I began this: so y'all could see what is going on with us, with moving, with our new home. It was ballet teacher Miss Julie's idea.

<3

Less Like Scars

I have pictureses for you.

The band played at Trader Joes. It felt REALLY odd, playing in a store, but hey, it helps the band....







Dad took us flying.

Candace was falling asleep on me in the car.

Less like tearing, more like building

Less like captive, more like willing

Less like breakdown, more like surrender

Less like haunting, more like remember
And I feel you here

And you're picking up the pieces

Forever faithful

It seemed out of my hands, a bad situation

But you are able

And in your hands the pain and hurt

Look less like scars and more like

Character

Less like a prison, more like my room

It's less like a casket, more like a womb

Less like dying, more like transcending

Less like fear, less like an ending

-Sara Groves

It is so true.

<3