My Sunday With Skylar - "How To Save A Life"

It started out like any other "Trip To The Moon" day. First we went to McDonalds in Wal-Mart to get nuggets. We didn't think it through all the way, or I'm sure we would never buy a 50 piece chicken nugget. Technically we only ate 48, a total of 24 each, but we definately weren't thinking when we thought we could handle it. One thing though, we can cross that off our bucket-list.

It was a good day. Hanging with Skylar. We were headed to the moon and got there, before long we realized we needed kites. Back across town, to the dollar store, we were now on a mission to get kites. Heading back to the moon we stumbled across a helpless creature who now goes by the name of Shivers Iris Raegan Nelson-Willeford.

"Haha, look at that cat! I know I'm not crazy, I saw a cat!"
"Shana, that's a dog, look."
"Is it a chihuahua?"
We stop to look at the dog and realize it's starving and homeless. Being the person I am, I couldn't just leave her there. I put her in my car and immediately got her food, which she scarfed down as if it were a tiny treat. I took her home and fell in love real fast.

She may not be the prettiest dog in the world and she may not grow to be the biggest, but her little self is full of love and appreciation. She definately isn't a lap dog, but it is cute how she thinks she is. Once you sit down, she climbs in your lap and cuddles to you, showing just how much she truly does love you. Walk anyway, she is garunteed to follow with her head held high just to watch you. I feel like a hero. I am her hero. Skylar and I. We rescued her. I'm so proud of her already, and I haven't even truly started training her yet. As much as we're her heros, I know I have her for a reason. I know the people who fought so hard to keep me from having a dog are letting me keep her for a reason. I know I was meant to find her...as much as I'm her hero, Im sure in a way she's mine.

I love this dog more and more each day. I'm so excited to have her!

One Act Play 2010 - Moon Over Buffalo

^^ Me and Adri at the mall

^^ Some of the cast/crew

First of all, congratulations to Coty Nino and Megan Gaitan for getting honorable mention. Congratulations to Ricky Cardwell, Adriana Hinojosa, and Andrew Nino for getting all-star cast. Congratulations to Lloyd Sutherland for getting honor crew. Last but not least, congratulations to Gregory Portland with the cast of "For Better" and to Miller with the cast of "The Diviners" for advancing to the next round of U.I.L. One Act Competiion. (Even though both schools used things that should have disqualified them).
We did really good A.C.J., but we just didn't come out on top and that's okay... it's just ONE judge's opinion. It's a play, it isn't life and it definately won't kill us. The drama that went down thursday evening after the awards (and I'm not saying drama as in the performances) was HIGHLY unnecessary and way out of line. Sometimes you aren't the best and when you finally get told by someone that another is better than you at something, you don't have to make a scene about it. Your scene was better than some of your acting on stage. Maybe if you put that emotion into some of the moments in the actual play you would have recieved a better honor. The "queen" was finally pulled off her high horse and she couldn't take it. The person who "out did" her truly was trying to just be nice and truly did just want to take a picture with her. She wasn't trying to "rub it in your face" as you say. Sometimes people need to grow up a little, that type of attitude won't get you places in life.
Overall though, it was a pretty fun day. Aside from the drama and the unprofessional workers at pizza hut, I had a blast. That's what it's really all about. The most important thing was having fun. Though it would have been really nice to advance, part of me is glad we didn't. No HUGE drama with it now, and I don't have to stress over making rehearsal. Going to the mall and hanging out was really fun with the crew and everything really was just one big party.

Again, Congrats to G.P. and Miller and break a leg this upcoming thursday.

Sometimes I may question, but one thing for sure is my love for Him will never fade.

So I've been thinking a lot about things that don't ever seem to make sense to us. Maybe they aren't supposed to make sense. Actually, I know that they aren't. As a human we can only grasp smaller concepts. God doesn't need us understanding every single deatail about our life. He doesn't promise to make any of it easy for us and he never promises that there is going to be a tomorrow, but He does promise that we will live with Him eternally as long as we love as He does. It's hard to do so, especially when life gets hard, but it means the most when you don't give up after so much stuff is thrown your way. Even when you feel out of touch, all you can really do is keep trucking.

I'm not sure if it's the stress of being a senior in high school, picking a college, finding scholarships, applying for scholarships, or just recent events, but I personally have felt completely out of touch with My Makers. I pray, constantly. I read my Bible, nightly. I'm not sure why I feel so lost, but I do. I start thinking and I'm sure it's recent events. The loss of two students at our school and the confusion that comes with pain and death. Dear friends were taken from us and this world way before their time and it's left all of us wondering "what's next"? Well at least some of us that I know of are wondering it. What's after this life? Will we look the same in Heaven or will we just be balls of energy? Will we love our loved ones differently, like our husband/wife and children... will they have a separate type of love or will it just be a mutual feeling of love between us all? There are so many questions that will remain unanswered until God calls us up, but He gives us time to do the things that we need to do in life. To make our lives count. And despite what we may think, it isn't about making ourselves happy, it's about loving others and making others happy the way He taught us to. That's one thing I'm sure of.

God also gives us the strength we need to take on everything. If you decide to not avoid the pain in your life and to actually take it on, then you will be ready to do so. God gives us the strength to be ready. You also need to be ready for disappointment, because though it does get better, it will get worse first. Even though it gets worse, He promises that it DOES get better.

Anyway, I'm going to stop ranting and leave you with advice from a good friend of mine by the name of Adrian Thomas:
"Simply make the decision to let Him be in your life and nothing else matters. Live for Him every moment of your life and keep your eyes on the prize which is eternal happiness and health in Heaven with your loved ones."