December 2010
49 posts
This happened:
Mom: “Laura likes to make stuff, what do you call that?” Shannon: “I’m not sure.” Mom: “A craft…someone….” Shannon: “Martha Stewart.”
dielike-dogs asked: I wanted to share something with you,
other then I love you,
On my 18 birthday, I'm getting a tattoo, two anchors on each foot, and across then, I'm thinking I'm gonna have a a banner across once and each will say Encourage, Encourage.
and I'm thinking of getting "fearless, She" written somewhere.
You guys are great and i love you...
other then I love you,
On my 18 birthday, I'm getting a tattoo, two anchors on each foot, and across then, I'm thinking I'm gonna have a a banner across once and each will say Encourage, Encourage.
and I'm thinking of getting "fearless, She" written somewhere.
You guys are great and i love you...
”Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His Gospel is peace. Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother And in His Name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, Let all within us praise His holy Name! Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever! His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!”
- O Holy Night, 3rd...
I seriously wish I was in Narnia right now....
For the lover of the fantastic, the imaginative.... →
Sometimes I feel like society gives children keys to the world and let them discover all the terror, the lies, and the horrors, and the bondage, for themselves. Fathers don’t protect their daughters, they don’t teach sons to be men. Mothers fail to pass the knowledge of being a lady to their girls, and give up on their boys knowing honor. Those children bear children in their search...
weak-kneesx asked: follow me back? :D
”The obvious question is this— why would I be so inclined to cling to this allocation of power as if it were my own? In the forest, I had given myself over to an impulse. While this impulse may have been born out of an innocent need for food, it was at least adopted by a sinful desire to be comfortable with my condition. You see, it is a shaming thing to face the truth of my sinful...
Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
rumorsownsyou:
For the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse will be visible from North America on the longest night of the year: tonight. It starts at 1:32 AM, perfect reason to stay out tonight and walk home from last call.
The total eclipse will last funtil 3:53 AM, during which the moon will appear to change colors due to the light filtering through Earth’s atmosphere and...
Yes to show photos. →
My friend Brandon took these.
Ironclad War Pony
I usually feel most at home on tour. Its the remotest relation to a house, but my heart is in a van driving across the country. No matter the terror I experience when I actually contemplate the absentmindedness of American motorists, their blatant disregard for life, and their selfish-ambition whilst operating a 2 ton bullet. Life is not safe, so why should I expect any aspect of it to be so?...
“A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (via dillonthornberry)
I told this story tonight. I needed this story tonight.
March 1, 2008 Strange to look into the eyes of a child and see so much of yourself. Today I met Devian. He is two. This strange little creature that lives a life far from what I have witnessed in my own. But we are alike. We were outside in the sunshine. The breeze the only chill that concerned us. So small, this little boy, in...
Showbread is drifting up in all staccato goodness from the downstairs. I hear the murmur of voices that I know well, and not as well. The frosting of snow has been licked off by the rays of sun so that now the ground peeks out with delight. We have a show tonight and I hope that the bars of social reservations are denied entrance into the basement which we will play. Where friends will be...
laurajones asked: finally, an answer :)
http://laurajones.tumblr.com/post/2345894490/what-are-you-about-what-drives-you-what-brings-you-to
http://laurajones.tumblr.com/post/2345894490/what-are-you-about-what-drives-you-what-brings-you-to
I’m miffed, at the moment. The audacity of some people is rather absurd. They simply don’t consider that their remarks are directed at other human beings and they know nothing of the situation at hand. I wish I could call them out without simply being ignored. Like all the other reason and courtesy in their lives.
A day for a...
Snow is blanketing the world, and bringing with it the excitement of spur-of-the-moment organizing. A white wedding.
There’s perfection in the dark. No one can see what we are. But in the light the battle proves, To frighten us, to make us move. No man loves to see his frame, Is crooked, ugly, wracked with shame. But if perfection means I’m blind, I’d rather be wretched and stand in the light.
onefootout asked: "A man may well himself discover truth in what he wrote; for he was dealing all the time things that came from thoughts beyond his own."- MacDonald
I've been studying for my final in a class I am taking called Inklings (what it deals with is pretty self explanatory i think) and I am reading this article written by George MacDonald, and I cannot help but desire to share it...
I've been studying for my final in a class I am taking called Inklings (what it deals with is pretty self explanatory i think) and I am reading this article written by George MacDonald, and I cannot help but desire to share it...
Courage to the loved ones:
Brothers they are precious, like rocks comprising ground, There is nothing you can build Without foundations being sound. Sisters they are beautiful, Made out of the same stuff, And if you fail to notice them, You’ll never love enough.
Meet a mind and heart and find You’ve forever found a friend. And without such binding ties You’ll discover your near end. Brother I do love you, And...
Today: Had good conversation about unfortunate topics. I finished Christmas present buying. Materialism is such a fad. Spencer and I went to Salvation Army. Saw Whitney, the bright and morning sunshine of a cloudy day. Sat on the floor going through records. Found sweater of composite goodness. Acquired: A Yes dance remix, a BeeGees record I might find a good home for, Vivaldi, and Russian...
laurajones asked: honest to goodness, i'm going to answer your question. i'm bad with words, so i'm still swishing it around :)
The Intersection
He awoke to the ringing of a bell. A girl in dark clothes had tapped it with the tip of her fingers to summon the barista to the front to take her order. He brough both hands to his eyes and pressed their itching brows. His book had flipped the pages into some chapter concerning the idiocy of the soul. He flipped back through the leaves to where he had started. The coffee shop was near...
To know the need for Grace
onefootout:
When a newspaper posed the question, “What’s Wrong with the World?” the Catholic thinker G. K. Chesterton (friend of C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and member of the Inklings) reputedly wrote a brief letter in response:
“Dear Sirs:
I am.
Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton.”
onefootout asked: Your inquiry has made me curious: When and how did the Father grab hold of your heart?
Ps. 18:28
I need You turn turn my darkness into Light. I am full of darkness. And if You alone can do this, then I will go to You alone. Alone if I must. I must, I must. It is the decision we must all make. That I cannot live without You. That this bleak and utter meaninglessness will never satisfy my heart. But You set fire to the hearts of men. You burn with wisdom amidst my folly. You turn the dead to...
Joe: You have a turtle shell!
Me: Would that make me a turtle?
Joe: No, it would make you a Fairy Princess in a turtle shell.
I had the best voicemail I think I’ve ever gotten happen last night. It was Amanda. Hope exploded in my chest. Hallelujah, what a Savior.
onefootout asked: I'm not sure what you mean by that? I'm sorry if the meaning should be very apparent to me. :)
The things I make: →
I just started up an online store yesterday. I’m rather proud, even though half my bags are wrinkled from being stashed in the merch trunk. (Click the title, or go here: http://laurareitzel.storenvy.com)
Douglas Gresham on The Inklings:
”But it’s only fair to say that the whole attitude of the Inklings, which was sort of a loosely affiliated group of scholars who would get together and read aloud to each other the works they were writing at the time — which, by the way, was a very brave thing to do — was to tear the works to pieces and pull out every mistake they could find, with great humor at the same time,...
