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Purple Moon ~ Tessa Emily Hall

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Hey, everyone. I'm so excited to host my very first guest post on A Write Spirit today! About a year ago, I was browsing through writing blogs and stumbled upon Tessa Emily Hall's blog, Christ is Write . It's kind of weird because it just registered with me (like a week ago) that we both have "Write" in our blog names... Oops. Anyway, I was so inspired by Tessa's writing and I was amazed that she was about my age. After reading her blog for a few weeks, I emailed her with a question and found that she was an extremely encouraging person. From that moment on, I excitedly awaited for the release of "Purple Moon." A few months ago, she asked if I wanted to be a beta reader for the book. Y'all, I was SO excited. I didn't have to wait, anymore... Victory for the impatient one! :) I readily agreed and the book was wonderful. Then, a few weeks ago, she asked if I would be willing to take part in her blog tour. Again, I was psyched. I hope you enjoy

Why I'm Still Single (Chronicle of an Awkward Two Days)

Have you ever known someone that’s just awkward ? They don’t mean to be. They don’t want to be. They try NOT to be, but despite their best efforts, they just are . Folks, I am that someone. I am as awkward as the days are long. I used to see this awkwardness as a curse, but the longer I live with it, the more I’ve come to embrace it. Let’s be real, here. People like me make people who aren’t awkward laugh –and considering that I like to make people laugh, I think it’s worth it.   Of course, being “wonderfully awkward” (as my friend described me) has its obvious disadvantages. Plus, I have this theory… I can’t believe I’m actually blogging about this, but why not? Y’all, I am almost twenty, single, and (lately) worried about how I’m going to manage being a Crazy Cat Lady when I don’t like cats. I’ll probably just tweak it to Crazy Dog Lady to keep up with the awkward theme. That works, right? Anyway, I used to spend a shameful amount of time trying to figure out why I’m almost

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered... to the Wrong Person

Have you ever known someone who just seems to self-sabotage everything they attempt? Well... I have been known to be a little bit like that. See? I'm a natural "helper." I love helping people with their problems and their goals. It's one of my traits I'm most grateful for, most of the time, until the guy I had a huge crush on came to one afternoon asking me to help him write a "love letter." Being the nice person that I am, I agreed, so during 7th period English we sat down to write this beautiful outpouring of love to a girl whose name we were not sure of, but knew that she was really tan with, short, shoulder length, dark brown (almost black) hair. Note: At the time we were in 7th grade and my friend rode the bus with this girl. That's where he fell in love with her. On the bus. The fact that he'd never actually spoken to her was irrelevant. So, we sat down and wrote this letter and let me just say... based upon the limited information avai

While I'm Waiting

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Before I post this, let me take a moment to explain my sporadic posting... I live in the middle of nowhere and do not have internet at home (except the 2 gigabytes on my phone). So, I'm pretty much having to just post when I can. Plus, I started my sophomore year of college two weeks ago and it's been busy... Anyway, that's my excuse. Moving on... Today, I'm going to be merging Musical Monday with Wednesdays in God's Word (is that what I decided to call it??) because I have internet today and it makes sense. This is the song that's been on my heart all day.  "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller Lately, I've been struggling with an old battle of mine -loneliness. Well... maybe not loneliness as much as just singleness. I have amazing, awesome, wonderful friends whom I love dearly, so I'm not exactly "lonely," but being single gets to you after a while. I did the math the other day, y'all. I have been single for