[my novel... and on another note...]

Sorry for not posting in a while. As most of you know, my cousin, Boston-Carter died two on January 23, 2011, and I have been in most emotion as of the last couple weeks.


Aside that, some of you know of the working on my first novel, Friends, Far Away, and an Emerald Orb, and I am here to give you a little update on the coming of that.


My Novel:


Word Count: remins unknown as of the moment (the computer I am typing it up on won't restart!)
Page Count: 15
Chapter Count: just finished chapter 3  :)


Well, my mom and I are just about to sit in her cozy bed together alone and watch Full House, what a classic! So I really need to go  :)

[please pray!]

Dear fellow bloggers, this is a rather sad reading today... so be prepared for a little emotion...

My cousin, Carter Clark had a major heart defect, and he was going to need multiple surgeries... his poor old heart just couldn't stand any more... and yesterday, January 23, 2011, at 9:44am, he went to live with Jesus. 

Please be praying for my family and Carter's parents and two sisters, Addyson and Ava. 

We are all devastated and we would appreciate any prayers that come to mind, even just a word.

Thank you!

Anna Marin...

[love one another...]

"Love one another as I have loved you."
                      John 13:34


That verse is so misunderstood and understated these days...


How many of you love Justin Bieber?
Yeah, none of you...
How many of you hate Justin Bieber? 
Yeah, okay, all of you...
How many of you love him because God made them and that is what we are called to do? That's right, about, umm, no one... 


God created Justin Bieber just like He created you, fearfully and wonderfully. 
He loves them just like He loves you, undying and everlasting (I know, I am redundant sometimes...).
He cares for them just like He cares for you, carefully and willingly.

Justin Beaver Bieber

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you think about it, Justin is just a normal teenager with a passion to sing and be himself. And if you really think about it, he really is an extremely talented kid with a mom and a dad, who are divorced and living seperatly.

Justin is just like you and me, he loves God and to be honest, is just a normal teenager, interested in girls and living life to the fullest- fun and extreme.

One time, he even said, "I have never been kissed... so sometimes before bed I practice on my teddy bear..." 

Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those people who are like OH MY GOSH! IT'S JUSTIN BIEBER. In fact, when I see him I think, Wow! He is really talented and in some ways kind of cool. God loves him and thats all that matters...

How could you hate him when he was created just like you and me?

I mean, he laughs, he cries, he goes through hard times, he has good times.

He has friends, he has enemies, he even gets hurt sometimes... 

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I hope through reading this post that you will understand that God loves the people that we don't love sometimes. Some people get a little more than others, like a recording contract and a bunch of people who adore you. But to be honest, I love Justin Bieber because God loves him and he is just a kid that does what he loves to do  :)

[friends :) you gotta love em']

Friends are so important in life. They help you through the good time and the bad. Your rainbow during the storm... your candy during a scary movie. Your sweet rain in the tornado!


Sometimes you need to have some fun with some of your favorite people... me and my friends had a little fun one afternoon... and when we have fun... these are the results:


        
This is me and my friend, Southern. Oh, wait... you don't know what I look like. Lets just say I'm the brunette and she's the blonde  :)

 

This is me... they wanted a picture  :)

It isn't the best...

     

One of my best friends, Becca

pretending to be a nerd  :P

 

We were rappers for the afternoon  :)

Oh, and yes, this is me.

  

Once again, me... brushing my teeth... as a rapper

     

Two of my best friends, Becca and Southern... being rappers

Now this is just awesome  :P

Oh, this is Southern

Becca being a Star Wars wookie  :P

And this just has to be my favorite...

my best guyfriend... Ben the rapper  :P

[snow, snow, how anna loves snow!]

Good morning everyone! And what a glorious morning it is! Family around, no school tomorrow (I only go to school on Tuesday and Thursday), don't get me wrong, I love school, it is just that we have a test tomorrow that I was not looking forward to whatsoever, and snow everywhere.


This morning I woke up at seven (I am a morning person, and a late night person, which is good because I love sleepovers and that is a plus  :)) to find it still relatively dark outside (dark enough to sleep), the snow falling at just the right speed, calm and still enough to collect pretty fast,  and I though to myself, erm, why not go back to sleep! So that is what I did!


Have you ever though about snow, really thought? Look outside right now, I see snow, and if you see snow, how much do you see? I see about two inches and still coming fast! If you see what I see (now that was just to close to Do you see what I see, way up in the sky shepard boy, do you see what I see!), think about how special each one is. Each is a little, cold diamond of frozen water falling from the sky for us to play in. Each one is different. Each one is unique. Each one is part of God's creation!


So, after you have thought about it. Go out side and, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow  (but please not until Thursday because I am dying to go to school on Thursday because I haven't see my friend Ben, Becca, and Jonathan in ages!)

['if I find in myself...]

desires in which nothing in this world can satisfy, I can only conclude that I was not made for this world."
- C.S. Lewis

This is the way I have been feeling lately. "that I was not made for here," those words are simply magical, aren't they? When you think of yourself... in this world... and being made for another world, its just sickening. I mean, if we are not made for this world, it means that we are made for another, doesn't it? And if we are made for another world, then that means that somehow we must get there. Whether its through the back of a wardrobe or through a picture, we know we will somehow get there, won't we?


If you ruled a magical land of your own, what would be in it, that is, if you could choose. Would there be lions like Aslan? Would there be evils like the White Witch? Would there be fawns and talking animals? Hmm...? Difficult isn't it?


If I owned a land of my own, there would be dragons, and secret islands, magical "going-up" waterfalls, and bright blue skies as far as the eye could see. There would be talking creatures, and evils of every kind. The trees would dance and talk just as the humans in our world, the flowers would smell like anything you wished them to and there would be no electronics or unhealthy "nowaday" items. 


My world wouldn't be perfect, nothing is, except for Jesus. 


If we all joined together and used our imaginations that so many people reject these days because the "Barney days" are through and made fun of so easily, and made up a world where nothing could stop us, we could have super powers and we could work together to make a better place. 


Now, if you had the power to create your own world and help our world be a better place, would you?

New Years Rock!

Hey Guys! ITS 2011!!! Can you believe it?!?!


On New Years Eve night, my best friend, Southern slept over and we stayed up until 4am. At exactly 12am on JANUARY 1ST, 2011, we took a picture on my phone (which turned out to be HALARIOUS because neither of us were ready- I'm keeping it forever!) and did a happy dance! It was so much fun!


Well, gotta go  :)
Hanging with the family!


See ya, thanks for reading!