The Past

Being a child has its many highs and lows. You've got the loving family who will always take care of you. Feed you. Cloth you. Love you. You are the highlight of their world. The apple of their eye. The bounce in their step.
Being a child is one of the greatest things in the world. You don't have any responsibilities. Don't have to worry about waking up for school, because mom or dad will have to wake you up. Life is on cruise control and you are in the back seat enjoying the view.
But being a child also has its hardships. Are you liked by your friends? Do you have a playmate on the playground who will always choose you to play tag with? Do you have any problems with a school bully? Do you have a crush on a boy and get made fun of by him if he finds out? Those questions can eat you alive. Losing your best friend to another person on the playground because they have a nicer backyard to play in. Or getting picked on because your mom cuts your hair and makes your clothes so you don't have the new "in style" clothing. Its hard being a kid.
When looking back at the past one often asks the question, "What if?" or "What could have been?"
What if I didn't have acne growing up? What if my friend Lilly hadn't decided to go to Maggie's birthday party and decided I wasn't cool enough because my party didn't have a clown? Or maybe even, What could have happened if I decided to pick green socks that day instead of pink and been kicked out of my group because of it?
All these questions can eat you alive right?
Life can wear you down..
Yet all these questions are always asked, day after day, night after night.

But instead of looking back and asking them, think about how much time you will be saving if you look ahead at life. To believe that the grass is greener, and life will get better. If you don't dwell on the past, and you look towards the future. The glass is half full instead of half empty. Life will be more enriching in your eyes. Hope, and Joy will keep a person going. Despair, and questions will drag you down and add burdens to your happiness.

Clear eyes, and Full Hearts. Can't Lose!

These words will keep you going. With eyes wide open you will see the beauty. With full hearts you'll be able to dream big. And with these you won't lose. You will always win, and succeed. Anything you set your mind to will and can happen. Nothing in life is impossible if you just believe.

All sayings these sayings have a truth. But the morale is, that life will always be better if you just set your mind straight, and believe that it will be.


Dear Bella,
You might think your life is not that great. You might think that life has given up on you. But you have the whole world ahead of you. The world has everything to offer. You are an artist. You love life. Just because your life isn't that great now. Just think, 7 years old is only a fraction of how much time you have left. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and soul and you will have peace. Live for you, live for God.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. That whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Think about this. God gave his son to this cruel world. He had it rough. He was whipped and chained. Then crucified. Life does not suck if you think about it like that.
Open your eyes and see the beauty.

I love you baby girl.
You're daddy loves you too. He will always be there for you love. God is always there for you to, if you need someone to talk to who will always be listening he's your guy.

Auntie Amanda