"The Love of God"

My grandma is dying. She has ALS.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement... In ALS, nerve cells (neurons) waste away or die, and can no longer send messages to muscles. This eventually leads to muscle weakening, twitching, and an inability to move the arms, legs, and body. The condition slowly gets worse. When the muscles in the chest area stop working, it becomes hard or impossible to breathe on one's own... There is no known cure for ALS... Death often occurs within 3 - 5 years of diagnosis. (A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia)

She was diagnosed about 5 years ago. At this point, she has lost the ability to breathe on her own, and she has almost no movement of any part of her body.

She is the strongest, most dedicated and inspirational person I know. Her love and devotion to God is amazing. Every day, she has a nurse print out Bible verses from her computer, put them on a clipboard, and prop the clipboard up in her lap. She then spends most of the day memorizing as many verses as she can.

I don't want her to go...I love her so much. But I know that she's in pain and that she wants to go home...she wants to be with God.

My mom found this poem that she wrote when she went up and visited her this weekend...I love it.

The Love of God

Lord, I have felt thy love,

But when my body was well and strong

I always had to hurry along.

There were so many things to do

I had little time to think of you.

Lord, I have felt thy love,

As the bright, cold snow came from above

And covered ground, and tree, and shrub.

With the steps to sweep and paths to clear

Not much thought of thee this time of year.
Lord, I have felt thy love,

As I watched the miracle of spring,

Seeing the return of each new green thing.

Now with the grass to cut and more tasks for me

There's still little time to think of thee.

Lord, I have felt thy love,

In the sunshine of days of summer,

Busy with home and helping Mother,

Planning picnics and entertaining,

Still little time for just plain praying.

Lord, I have felt thy love,

As I go back to school in the fall

Trhilled with the excitement of it all.

With papers to correct and plans always due;

With meals to get and housework too,

There's time for a brief thank you to you.

Lord, I have felt thy love,

When my body was racked with pain,

I had time to pray, again and again.

The joy of it all You hear me still

And now I will try to know thy will;

And each day as I go my way

Lord, I feel thy love.

Ugh.

You know how on facebook, there's ads on the right side of the screen that come up? And usually they're like based off your interests or info they can find on your profile.

Well today I logged on, and on the right the first ad was for...

TakeControlPhilly (Condoms)

Then for the Alive Festival (which is a Christian festival),

Then for a shirt that says Jesus, take my heart.

How messed up is that?

It is time!

That's me from last year! :)

Yupp! Indoor Percussion season has officially started! Well, it 'officially' started last Tuesday, but tonight we were assigned our drums! I'm Bass 2, which I'm EXTREMELY excited about! Bass 1 and 2 are the most challenging drums in terms of notes and music and splitting, so that'll be awesome. And I love the girl who's playing Bass 1 (Joelle) so we'll rock it out together. :)

Run-down of the Bassline:

1. Joelle (sophomore, marched trumpet in marching band for two years)
2. Me!
3. Pat (my alto sax in training...a freshmen who did marching band)
4. Ryan (tenor sax freshmen who did marching band)
5. Quinton (mello freshmen who did marching band)

So it's a pretty good line up...it's funny though, I'm the only semi-experienced person on the line. None of them have ever marched indoor before, so it'll be interesting...but I know what I'm doing and there's a bunch of people in other sections who love to help so everything will turn out fine.

Sidenote: The title of my post is a quote from a movie...wonder who can guess it. :)

Recommendation of the Day

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2k0gqx/thebeautydepartment.com

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SITE.

If you're into fashion, finding out new ways to style your hair, curious how to do some of the basics for hair and make-up, need make-up ideas for all times of the year, or tutorials on how to shape your eyebrows...THIS PLACE HAS EVERYTHING.

I seriously like check it every other day and there's usually at least one new post up.

When I have free time...let me rephrase, when I should be doing homework but instead I choose to waste time on the internet, I go to this site, go to the hair, makeup, or tutorials tab...and just scroll through and read what's interesting to me. And then when I get to the bottom of the page, I click OLDER ENTRIES and keep reading!!!

Seriously, check it out.

Sometimes what you need is a few good quotes

I firmly believe that the shower is one of the best places to have a conversation with God. There are absolutely no distractions...other than occasionally turning the water to a higher temperature. ;D

"The Virgin Diaries"

Wouldn't that be hysterical if that's what I renamed my blog? I could post like this:

Dear Diary,
Today I woke up. I went to school. I came home. I'm about to go to sleep. I am still a virgin.

Dear Diary,
Today I woke up. I saw David. We had a fun time. No worries though...I am still a virgin.

Dear Diary,
I'm getting married today. This will be my last blog post ever.

Ha! But no...not gonna do that. :P

BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE POST.

This video was too hysterical for me NOT to share...brace yourselves.

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2011/11/ellens_thoughts_on_the_virgin_diaries_1130.php