Oh my luve is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June: Oh my luve is like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry,
my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun; And I will luve thee
still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare
thee weel, my only luve! And fare thee weel a while! And I will
come again, my luve, Tho' it were ten thousand mile!

This is the most beautiful poem... I've had it in my head the whole day.
All day it rained and the wind blew hard and it made for the most beautiful day. Tomorrow is Leap Day and so, I wish a wonderful Leap Day on all of you!

Sometimes things don't make sense. Sometimes, life doesn't make sense. That's when we try to come up with our own conclusions and philosophies on life and we search and search for some meaning in it all.

Such as why there was a kind looking man standing at the intersection holding a sign saying "Will work for food.". Such as why no one stopped to help him but only gazed with pity at his chattering teeth and sad eyes. And then, they simply drove on.

Sometimes, there aren't answers to all the 'why's' in this world.

Just a walk

Quick post before I leave for church!

Today was absolutely beautiful outside. I went on a walk with Abbey Taylor, this crazy awesome chic I know. We went to the park near my house and explored under the old bridge and just sat there and talked. After we came out from under there, this lady stopped and talked to us and said some really beautiful things. She told us about how one time she sat with her friend and ate lunch in the pouring rain and that that was one of her favorite memories. She said "One day, you girls will remember this day and you'll look back on it and smile."

She was so right.

I will remember this gorgeous day for as long as I can.

Life isn't made up of the huge things you do in life, it's made up of the small things you do breather by breathe, moment by moment.

So. Here's to today.

Riches

It's raining outside and the sky is grey so I thought it an appropriate day to write.

I didn't have cheer practice so I have my afternoon all to myself and I couldn't be more glad of it.

I might go outside and take some pictures or read a book and just enjoy this beautiful, dreary day. Coffee also sounds delicious :)

The other day, I found out I might be going to Paris and Germany! Needless to say, I'm excited. Sometimes, I can't even begin to describe how incredibly lucky I am. When I listen to my friends talk about their home life, and how they're afraid their mom might leave them, when I hear them say they never sit down and eat dinner with their whole family and when I hear them say they've never been out of the United States and don't understand the joys of knowing a different language, I just want to cry. I am so so so so lucky to have the family that I have... We sit down and eat dinner as a family almost every night, my parents' love for each other is increasingly stronger every day, we fight with each other in different languages and still make up in the end with a Te perdono, y te amo. We sit around and laugh till the tears roll down our faces as we recall memories from Uruguay and Venezuela and all the wonderful, brilliant people we knew there. We aren't rich by any monetary means of the word but we're incredibly rich when it comes to love and the care we have for each other. Sometimes I may be annoyed by my family but I know one thing for certain. I wouldn't trade any of them for anything in the world.

Snow Day

Oh beautiful day! I woke up to the amazing text I've received in awhile and it said SNOW DAY! I smiled and laid in bed for a few minutes and then with my usual nerdiness got up and studied Italian for an hour. Then it was back to bed for me!

At about ten, I got up and made myself some coffee~but shhhh..that's a secret. I'm not technically supposed to have caffiene due to my arrythmia but sometimes I can't help it :)

I then headed out for a photoshoot in the snow. I almost froze to death but all for the sake of photography, right?

Today I sent off three letters to some of my closest friends on this planet. One letter went to New York to my dear friend, Rose Wagner. Another went to Oklahoma to my 'adopted' cousin Jess and the last to the only person with whom I can be truly retarded and get away with it (most of the time, we just laugh and try to talk to each other which results in this incomprehensible gibberish that only we understand) Sarah Leffler.

Tomorrow is Valentine's day... hmm, mixed emotions about this date.

Io habbitiamo en Parigi. I wish :)

Don't just dream.

Someday, I'll do something great. Something that will change the world.

Strange how we all think like that and expect to suddenly realize those dreams at the drop of a hat, with no work done in between here and then. Wishful thinking, no?

No, to fulfill a dream like that, it will take much more. It will take work, risks, maybe broken hearts and only the ones with enough drive to keep on will survive this cruel race of life.

The race for fame, power, freedom, and for some even immortality.

Immortality in life but even more in the hearts of men for all time. It's a great dream, changing the world is but-

The winners are never just dreamers.

They're also the fighters.

It does not do to dream and forget to live. -Albus Dumbledore