Once upon a time there was a beautiful little girl who was born to a mother who lived in a trash heap. The mother did not want to live in a trash heap, but she had nowhere else to go… she had no home, no job, and no family. The mother wished with all her heart that she had a nice cozy house to live in, and money to buy her little girl dolls and teddy bears, and cupcakes and pizza, and all the other things that little girls love. But all she had was a piece of a blue tarp she

Brene Brown quotes about creativity... "There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't." "Unused creativity is not benign... it metastasizes. It turns into grief, rage, judgment, sorrow, shame." My mom and aunt and I were talking about art and creativity... school art... home ec... talents and how people downplay theirs... There are so many things that can be considered "art." It's how you approach them...

So I read a quote this last week... When God planned your calling he factored in your stupidity. Seems a little extreme but it does describe how I feel about this last week! Last Friday ended with our class having a mock trial which had been put off a couple of days already because of people with the flu. The 5th and 6th were playing volleyball in the gym and the 3rd and 4th were making bread in the kitchen. It was terrible and I ended the day vowing to be a self controlled r

Disclaimer: the description of the town may not be quite accurate because I don't know exactly what's going on in the streets if Ganthier this week. And you may read this and think I'm being overdramatic, I don't know. I don't think I am. In the streets of the town I called home for one year, in the bustling busy streets where everywhere you went you were met with a cheerful "Bonswa", there is somewhat of an eerie silence. The boys and girls are not traipsing to school in the