Awesome Things on Facebook Tonight

For some reason, Facebook seems more awesome than usual tonight...thought I'd share some of my favorite updates/statuses.

"As the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are HIS WAYS higher than MY WAYS and HIS THOUGHTS higher than MY THOUGHTS.

~Isaiah 55:9 :)
my God rules. can i get an amen?!"


"progress made on lit essay:
i've opened microsoft word"

‎"A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss"

"Boys, if you don't look like Calvin Klein models, don't expect us to look like Victoria's Secret angels."


Tower of cymbals!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEq-0inAWzk (this was my post to David's wall! ;D)

Friday the 13th

Sorry for the lack of posting lately...between homework, jazz band, wind ensemble, symphony, indoor percussion, and my man being home, I haven't had much time to post. But life's been good. :)

Yesterday, on spooky Friday the 13th, I had a CRAZY day...in an awesome way. Right after school ended, David picked me up and we went to Trolley's house for a jazz band practice. FIRST TIME THE JAZZ BAND HAS EVER GOTTEN TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. It was SO good! David was there too, playing the lead trumpet part to help the other trumpets and be awesome. That went until 5...and then David and I ran to McDonald's, drove over to the school, ate our deliciously greasy meal in the parking lot, and then I hurried inside for my indoor percussion practice that was supposed to be from 6-9.

WELL. When David and I had first pulled into the school parking lot, we noticed that there was a firetruck around the back of the school with its lights going off. We thought there was like a car fire or something, but everything seemed fine near the band room so I didn't think much of it.

I went inside and IMMEDIATELY one of the kids from indoor asked, "Did you hear what happened???" And I was like no....and they said that seven kids were stuck in the old elevator in our school. AND THEN I found out that those seven kids...were OUR KIDS. Like, four of them were members of percussion and the other three were in indoor cologuard. They had stayed after school and for some reason needed to use the elevator so they all got in it like an hour before practice started and got stuck...and then called 911.

So 6 o'clock rolls around...about the time my percussion practice is supposed to start, and they're STILL not out. And we couldn't start without them cause we were supposed to be learning drill and you can't learn with four of your battery kids missing. So we all just sat around for awhile. Bass drums decided we wanted to have a mini sectional while we waited, so we went into the chorus room and jammed out for awhile. It got to be like 6:43 (haha, Cara ;D) and we still hadn't heard anything from anyone. So I went into the band room and turns out...PRACTICE WAS CANCELLED. Our local firefighters didn't know how to get them out of the elevator (at this point they had been in there for an hour and a half) and so they had to call in people from New Jersey with special equipment to get them out. So we had no practice...bass drums stayed until 7:30 cause we wanted to rep some parts of our music, but then we got to go home! Which meant David time for me. :)

So that was my crazy Friday the 13th...and today's gonna be crazy too. Going over to David's in like an hour, Amy's picking me up from his house at 1:30...then me, her, Steph, and Leslie are all going out to lunch, then I'm going back to David's at four, and then David and I are going out to the Movie Tavern tonight (SO EXCITED! NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE!) to see Mission Impossible and eat yummy food.

Wooo! Busy life...but I like it that way. :)

Love this!

My band director played this for our class today...it's great. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFT3JtPyfjA

My grandma passed away in the night. She's up in Heaven with God now...probably feeding the birds there, tending His garden, and beating everyone in Scrabble.

I'm going up to New York with my mom this weekend...to help with all the little details that have to be taken care of.

Prayers for my entire family would be very much appreciated.

You know your boyfriend's awesome when...

...you're trying to finagle as much alone time you can get with him in the basement and he tells you he'll enjoy your time together wherever you are.

"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?