We all have dreams. Whether big or small. Realistic or far fetched beyond ones' imagination. Without dreams we would have no ambition, goals or aspirations. So I agree with The Eli Young Band, " keep on dreamin' even if it breaks your heart."
Here are some of my dreams:
- Have my own clothing line. I watched my grandmother sew every time I stayed at her house and finally I picked up the thread for my own try at age 6 and fell in love. By age 8 I was making shift dresses without a pattern. I make a lot of costumes for church plays and a few dresses for myself when I have the time. I want to show women that you can look cute and classy at the same time.
- Open a restaurant! I love love love to cook and bake. It's a stress reliever for me! When most people are stressed they eat, me, I bake. I've already decided the name, sweet southern comfort. It would have a very friendly and homey vibe and serve the best of modern day southern cuisine.
- Be the best wife, mom and P.A possible. I love my life because I'm always busy and plan to keep it that way. I want to be the mom that always has an open door and a heart for understanding. However, I was put on this earth to help other people.. Staying home with my children would be too selfish of me. I want to be the wife that still maintains a relationship with her husband throughout a busy schedule and never falls short of his expectations.
- Be a first lady! Very specific,I know. I just would love to fill that role! I don't think I could handle actually running a state but I would love to be the backbone of someone who can!
- Adopt! I don't believe in having children when there are so many out there who need loving homes. It's almost like a slap in the face to them and telling them they're not good enough.
- live in a big white plantation home with rows of oak trees!!
May you continue to dream and may all of them come true!
Xoxo,
The girl in a polo and pearls
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
10 fears- no specific order!
Fear - noun 1. unpleasant feeling aroused by the threat of danger, evil, or pain 2. awe, esp. toward God
1. Becoming lost in worldly things. Life is ever changing which creates chaos and I need something that will NEVER fail me. I don't want my anchor to slowly rise above the water with me in an oblivious state.
2. Losing ones I care about. I've never lost anyone close to me..most can't say that after 17 years of living but thankfully I can. I fear that I will break down and never return to a functional life.
3. Snakes!!!! I had an encounter with a snake over the summer. He decided to swim with me...it didn't turn out well for him.
4. Wrinkles!! My face hasn't seen the sun since age 8! I'm completely OCD about my skin! I drink 10 bottles of water a day and slather my skin with lotion! Pretty sure I'm one of the few 17 year olds who use anti-wrinkle cream.haha!
5. Growing up. I go from visualizing my family to crying about not knowing how to go about planning college. I know it will turn out great but it's scary!
6. Lowering my standards for someone. My family and I have set standards for me to withhold especially when it comes to dating. I fear that I will fall head over heals for someone who's not really my "prince charming".
7. homeless men at stoplights! Those people who think its ok to approach young women at stoplights! I'm all for being charitable but don't come knocking on my window asking for money...I will run the red light.haha!
8. God. He is my Savior, my alpha and omega and he knows he can take that away with the snap of a finger. Just like your parents, you love them and joke around with them but you best fear them..mine anyway. Haha
9. Losing contact with my friends in high school. I know there will be holidays and we'll all be a phone call away but it's not the same as being able to drive down the road, sit in your BFF's room and cry about your heartbreak.
10. I'll settle. I don't want to settle for anything, whether it be my future husband, school, job or house. I'm NOT a settler. I just fear I'll become one because I'll feel like I'll have to.
1. Becoming lost in worldly things. Life is ever changing which creates chaos and I need something that will NEVER fail me. I don't want my anchor to slowly rise above the water with me in an oblivious state.
2. Losing ones I care about. I've never lost anyone close to me..most can't say that after 17 years of living but thankfully I can. I fear that I will break down and never return to a functional life.
3. Snakes!!!! I had an encounter with a snake over the summer. He decided to swim with me...it didn't turn out well for him.
4. Wrinkles!! My face hasn't seen the sun since age 8! I'm completely OCD about my skin! I drink 10 bottles of water a day and slather my skin with lotion! Pretty sure I'm one of the few 17 year olds who use anti-wrinkle cream.haha!
5. Growing up. I go from visualizing my family to crying about not knowing how to go about planning college. I know it will turn out great but it's scary!
6. Lowering my standards for someone. My family and I have set standards for me to withhold especially when it comes to dating. I fear that I will fall head over heals for someone who's not really my "prince charming".
7. homeless men at stoplights! Those people who think its ok to approach young women at stoplights! I'm all for being charitable but don't come knocking on my window asking for money...I will run the red light.haha!
8. God. He is my Savior, my alpha and omega and he knows he can take that away with the snap of a finger. Just like your parents, you love them and joke around with them but you best fear them..mine anyway. Haha
9. Losing contact with my friends in high school. I know there will be holidays and we'll all be a phone call away but it's not the same as being able to drive down the road, sit in your BFF's room and cry about your heartbreak.
10. I'll settle. I don't want to settle for anything, whether it be my future husband, school, job or house. I'm NOT a settler. I just fear I'll become one because I'll feel like I'll have to.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Manic Monday!!
As crazy as Monday's are.. I make a list about new things happening in my life, new discoveries and random thoughts!
1. Anatomy is really hard. I don't know how anyone can say there is no God when they have to study the body.
2. Being sick just isn't very fabulous and doesn't mesh well with painting the town pink in preparation for summer!
3.Yoga is so relaxing! I do it twice a week now!
4. I pray that I become a less jealous person.
5. I'm pretty sure it's impossible to eat healthy at my house. Homemade everything and anything.
1. Anatomy is really hard. I don't know how anyone can say there is no God when they have to study the body.
2. Being sick just isn't very fabulous and doesn't mesh well with painting the town pink in preparation for summer!
3.Yoga is so relaxing! I do it twice a week now!
4. I pray that I become a less jealous person.
5. I'm pretty sure it's impossible to eat healthy at my house. Homemade everything and anything.
There could never be a more beautiful you
Open the latest issue of vogue or any other fashion magazine. What do you see? Super skinny models? Flawless complexions? Hair beyond perfection? Thought so. Now, how many of you just thought , "why can't I have that figure", "why doesn't my skin look that flawless", "why wont my hair curl like that?" My hand is defiantly raised high.
I have to admit, I've walked into school many of days having that "ugh" feeling and just looking at a girl and saying." I need that dress" or "I wish my hair looked like that." I USE to struggle with self consciousness on a daily basis. I didn't reach to an unhealthy point physically but mentally I did. I felt as If I could never look cute enough or be tan enough or small enough. Regardless how I looked I would find a flaw.
Thankfully, the day I got saved all that changed. I'm sure you don't believe it when people say you will be born again, but I'm here to tell you, you will. You will perceive yourself and others differently. I began recognizes my strengths and pointing out others too. I live a very healthy life style, I also have to for medical issues but it's not a worry to me anymore rather a good habit. I go to the gym daily and eat a healthy diet. My hair doesn't always fall perfectly in to place, sometimes it has a mind of its own! My skin doesn't appear as brilliant as Tyra banks. My wardrobe isn't one of London Tiptons. But, I'm not Tyra banks or London Tipton or anyone other than myself, the one God created me to be. He created me to be a little clumsy and clueless sometimes and ya know, I'm completely okay with that.
"little girl 15 flipping through a magazine says she wants to look that way but her hair isn't straight and her body isn't fake and she's always felt overweight. I can promise you theres a man whose love is true and will treat you like the jewel you are .But there could never be a more beautiful you, the hopes, the choices that you've been through. You were made to fill a purpose that only you can do. There could never be a more beautiful you."
I have to admit, I've walked into school many of days having that "ugh" feeling and just looking at a girl and saying." I need that dress" or "I wish my hair looked like that." I USE to struggle with self consciousness on a daily basis. I didn't reach to an unhealthy point physically but mentally I did. I felt as If I could never look cute enough or be tan enough or small enough. Regardless how I looked I would find a flaw.
Thankfully, the day I got saved all that changed. I'm sure you don't believe it when people say you will be born again, but I'm here to tell you, you will. You will perceive yourself and others differently. I began recognizes my strengths and pointing out others too. I live a very healthy life style, I also have to for medical issues but it's not a worry to me anymore rather a good habit. I go to the gym daily and eat a healthy diet. My hair doesn't always fall perfectly in to place, sometimes it has a mind of its own! My skin doesn't appear as brilliant as Tyra banks. My wardrobe isn't one of London Tiptons. But, I'm not Tyra banks or London Tipton or anyone other than myself, the one God created me to be. He created me to be a little clumsy and clueless sometimes and ya know, I'm completely okay with that.
"little girl 15 flipping through a magazine says she wants to look that way but her hair isn't straight and her body isn't fake and she's always felt overweight. I can promise you theres a man whose love is true and will treat you like the jewel you are .But there could never be a more beautiful you, the hopes, the choices that you've been through. You were made to fill a purpose that only you can do. There could never be a more beautiful you."
Saturday, March 24, 2012
I've got the good Lord smilin' on me.
Waking up at 7 am instead of sleeping in and laying out all day, gulping down your breakfast to make it there on time, forgetting to close the garage, and rushing off to class all sound oh too familiar when it comes to the first day of a new school year. A few days ago, it hit me, I would never have one of those days EVER again. I will never again be able to utter, "oh next spirit week I'll wear this or we'll have to stay at my house after every football game." MAJOR CASE OF SENIORITIS.
I remember freshman year walking into my English II classroom eager for a new year, my first year of high school! Anyway, sitting in my desk dead front and center staring into the brown friendly, familiar eyes of my teacher, she wracked our brains with this question, "Where do you see yourself in twenty years?" The class fell to a screeching silence, the kind where you can hear a mere pen drop. I took the liberty to break that silence, I began clambering of my plans to attend Clemson University and receive my B.A in biology then go off to P.A school. But, it didn’t stop there, I continued to go on about meeting my husband at the end of high school or perhaps in college who was the epitome of a southern gentleman, and how he would attend med school and then we would practice together. After we were well settled, we would have a son named Bentley and a little girl named Anna Claire.(of course, Bentley would have to be older to protect Anna Claire) I continued to speak of their matching blue and pink seersucker outfits and my and Anna Claire’s multitude of Lilly mommy and me matching sets.
I seemed to have no doubt in my mind where my life was going down to my future daughter’s monogrammed bows. Now, I can’t even tell you where I’ll be attending college in the fall. The whole Clemson dreamed was crushed five minutes into the visit and I’ve had my eye on somewhere else since then and finally received my acceptance letter a few weeks ago. Ecstatic as I was my parents didn’t share the same feelings. Now, it is mid March and I’m torn between two places. The night my parents and I discussed the letter I was on the verge of tears, seeing my life flash before my eyes, so I did what I always do when I’m lost, turn to the one who found me. I opened my bible rummaging for any sign and my tear dropped on Proverbs 31:25 “ She laughs with no fear of the future for her hope is in me.” I’ve decided this is all God testing me, he always seems to show up and play these little tricks on me. Choosing a college isn’t my decision or my parents it’s His. He’s going to tell me where he wants me to go, where I can continue to stay in his word and do good works. Right now, I’m not sure where that will be, but I know one thing, when He’s ready, He’ll let me know.
I remember freshman year walking into my English II classroom eager for a new year, my first year of high school! Anyway, sitting in my desk dead front and center staring into the brown friendly, familiar eyes of my teacher, she wracked our brains with this question, "Where do you see yourself in twenty years?" The class fell to a screeching silence, the kind where you can hear a mere pen drop. I took the liberty to break that silence, I began clambering of my plans to attend Clemson University and receive my B.A in biology then go off to P.A school. But, it didn’t stop there, I continued to go on about meeting my husband at the end of high school or perhaps in college who was the epitome of a southern gentleman, and how he would attend med school and then we would practice together. After we were well settled, we would have a son named Bentley and a little girl named Anna Claire.(of course, Bentley would have to be older to protect Anna Claire) I continued to speak of their matching blue and pink seersucker outfits and my and Anna Claire’s multitude of Lilly mommy and me matching sets.
Your attitude is only as bright as your outfit!
The girl in seersucker and pearls
You may just see me as the girl always wearing seersucker and pearls but God's created me to shine a light into the world.
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