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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

So I'm realizing how pointless xanga is.
No one posts anything, except for two of my friends.
And their posts aren't directed at me and I always feel kinda bad reading them...

On another note... today is Tuesday.


Thursday, April 10, 2008

well I don't know where I'll go now,
and I don't really care who follows me there.
but i'll burn every bridge that I cross,
and find some beautiful place to get lost.


My youth pastor has a saying that has stuck with me lately. "God's no is just a greater yes." I think I'm finally realizing that. I've changed since last year. Last year, the thought of growing up was terrifying to me. More than anything I wanted to hold on: hold on to my friends, my family, the things that mattered to me. This year, everything has been reversed. I can't wait to grow up. I want to move on with life.                                                 

         the stars above remind me that there is more
          out there, that maybe this town has done its
         job in watching me as i grow up. but maybe
                   it's time for me to move on, to get out
                   and experience what else this life holds.

Dealing with an important part of moving on with life has been more difficult for me than I thought it would be. I'm not returning to the NCFCA next year. I've learned a tremendous amount through the last three years of competition. But now, it's time to say goodbye. Part of me is going to miss it tremendously. But most of me knows that this is what I need to do. I've learned all I can learn from the NCFCA. I've gathered extremely useful skills, and I think it's time to apply them in the community rather than in competition.Yes, there are pangs of sadness as I close the door on the NCFCA, but there are so many other doors that are just waiting to be opened.
                              
I lie on the grass, breathing in the silence, listening to the night, looking up at the stars. I look up at the night sky and I wonder about life, about you, about why I'm here. And I look up at those cold, beautiful stars, so far away, and I realize life has never seemed so big.

I argued with myself for a long time over whether or not I should attend regionals. I had mostly decided not to go but I was wavering on that point... and so I just put the decision off until after registration had closed, and now I find myself breathing a huge sigh of relief because I am so happy not to be competing there. Toward the end of this year, I found that the stress of competition was robbing me of any joy. I still wanted to get to Nationals, but I know now that wasn't in the plan that God has for me. And that makes me excited. I honestly can't wait to see what else is out there for me. I'm so, so ready to say goodbye.

                                     

No we're not gonna waste another moment in this town and we won't come back, the world is calling out.
Leave the past in the past, gonna find the future.
Life is what happens while you're busy making your excuses
Another day, another casualty but that won't happen to me

 I've never been the greatest speaker or the greatest debater out there. And honestly, I'm okay with that. I've realized that awards and recognition are never going to satisfy me. That ultimately, there are things that are so much more important. I've gained a few amazing friendships from my time in the NCFCA. No, it wasn't all good, but I can close the door without any bitterness. I ended the season with a 2-4 record at RMC. It wasn't exactly the greatest way to end my debating career, and honestly, I could be upset about it. But I'm really not. In a way it was the perfect ending. Getting to Nationals would have robbed me of so much that I've learned. Matching my sister's achievements would have left me empty. I think it's best to go out quietly. No awards, no recognition, just the feel of God holding my hand as I walk out the door. Just the noise of Him whispering in my ear: "come on, let's go, I have so much more to show you."
 
                 

"There is perhaps a strange freedom in my certainty. It's like playing poker with God, and I'm all in – every last chip. And He had to know that I would be, because he made me this way. And I cry sometimes, but I also have to smile, because win or lose, we're walking out of here together. And I wonder if it's rare, this crazy thing always pushing in my chest, the weight also a gift, God always saying "Come on, follow me. Let's go see this new thing. You have to trust me." And me with all my questions, always reaching to rewind, that button always broken. And everyone with their stories and encouragement, words about miscarriage and redemption and "this too shall pass." And God smiling, going "It's me, you know me, I know you, I'm proud of you, Let's go, Let's do this, You've never been alone."

I have memories I'll cherish from my three years of competition. I think that in years to come I'll look back and laugh at how much it all meant to me. The NCFCA has been a major part of my life, but it's time to move on to other things. Maybe not bigger and better things, but things that are meant for me. I've learned so much about trust and letting go. And a big part of that is coming into play now as I leave the NCFCA behind. It's not easy, but I know it's right. God is good, and His plans are far better than my own. I didn't necessarily achieve what most people would consider greatness. And that's okay. I learned something far better and I'll carry that lesson of trust with me for as long as I live. In the long run, this is so much better and I wouldn't have it any other way.
 
                                                              

And so our adventure ends, and some of us found our heroes and others conquered their fears.
One might even say we triumphed. I'm not sure it happened that day or that summer,
but somehow we were older and different. I knew I'd never forget any of it because
I realized we're not just given life experience, we're given the experience of life.

Happiness is never found where I expect it to be. It doesn't come from awards or ribbons or standing on a stage. For me, it came through a whisper, a breaking, a fall, and finally realizing that I am more complete without something than with it. It's been a long and hard journey to get to this point. But now, as I leave the crossroads behind, there is only peace, and a promise of other things to come. I can't wait.

The story that is incomplete
The picture's left unfinished
So I am writing my own ending
I let my pen bleed black or blue
And I will color in the meaning
It will be gold and green and true
And I'll learn to love my new discovered proof
I'll be grateful for this day
(I will be grateful for each day to come).


Friday, March 28, 2008

I miss my best friend...


Monday, March 10, 2008


The city is making me sick, and the season's getting colder.
And it's not helping now that we're growing so much older.
In all this monotony, oh darling it's getting to me.
And how do they expect for me to plan out my life so precisely?
And all this negativity, you know it's getting to me.
I just don't understand why we all can't run away.
                              
 
I hope you get all the moments you deserve.
I'm sorry if I've made your life complicated.
I'm sorry for a lot of things, but most of all that I never got the chance to tell you that, no matter what happens next, I'll never be anything but grateful for every moment I spent with you. And even though I keep fumbling for the right words, all I really wanted to say was thank you.
                                                           
I know it's been a long time. You've lost that look in your eye.
 The one that told me everything was fine without a word.
But now we're standing face to face, with nothing left to say but goodbye to yesterday.
I don't know if I can make it.
( I don't know if I'm that strong.)
In my mind I see you clearly. I want to know, does this feeling go away?
Like shooting stars we shine and then we fade, breaking the promises we made.
             
 
We swing and we sway as this tiny voice in my head starts to sing, "You're safe child you are safe." You're safe child you are safe. Is this all too familiar? Does it happen all the time? I'm just asking you to hear me. Could you please, just once, just hear me? More than anything you wanted to be right Still it's you, you, it's you I can't deny.
              
                                           It's the quiet night that breaks me.
                                 I cannot stand the sight of this familiar place.
                                    [Tell me it won't always be this hard.]
         
I realized then why we respond to the sound of the waves, and the falling of rain, and wind in the trees. Because they are meaningless. They are nothing to do with us. They are outside our control. They remind us of a time, very early in our lives, when we did not understand the noises around us but simply accepted them in our ears; and so they provide blessed relief from our continual needy attempts to change our world in magic deed or endless thought. Meaningless sound, which we love against the anxiety of action, of pattern-making, of seeking to comprehend and change.
                                                             
I am watching over you from the stars; don't be scared, I know exactly where you are. Cause there's a piece of me and it's burning in your heart. I forgot to tell you something. I forgot to clear the air, forgot to apologize for nothing. I forgot that life's not fair. But I remember you swearing to me, I remember you never cried. I remember wanting to believe but now I don't remember why.
 
           I say to myself, "Self, why are you awake again?"
       It's one A.M, standing with the fridge wide open, staring at such a sight, florescent light.
The stars are bright, might make a wish. But as it is, I might watch TV,
                     cause it's nice to see people more messed up than me.
                                               
I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that's when it all hurts the most
I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts
You can never escape, you can only move south down the coast

There's no living in my life anymore. The seas have gone dry and the rain stopped falling.
Please don't you cry anymore.
Can't you see? Listen to the breeze, whisper to me please. Don't send me to the path of nevermore. Even the valleys below, where the rays of the sun were so warm and tender,
now haven't anything to grow.


Thursday, March 06, 2008



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