Rooaaaddd TRIP!

AH! I love trips with friends... and pictures that document them. This weekend, we're headin to look at a college, juniors and seniors settin out on a nine hour drive to bliss. We'll laugh (really really loudly), sing (mostly made up songs, there's nothin better!), and talk (we're girls, what do you expect). We'll enjoy each other's company and forget about life for a couple of days. I love trips like this. Packing becomes an awaited event, and I giggle at the thought of four days spent with such amazing people. We'll take lots of pictures, and permanently embed in our brains the memories that are attached to them.

Friends at school will be missed, greatly missed, in fact~ but... We're gonna have a ball!

Mz. Poppins is putting her rather large carpet bag filled with surprises, her funky hat adorned with flowers and cranberries, her cleaning methods, and her secret love for the chimney sweeper... away for now. For now, she is simply a girl.

Alright, friends... here's to more memories made!

Love,
simply a girl.

P.S. don't worry, Mary will be back in a couple of days!

The Best Ever.

I love children. And when I mean I love them, it's like a deep, soul-filling love that no one can possibly understand unless you can find a way to crawl into my heart. It's a love for them so beyond a "babysittin" love that every girl between the age of 12 and 15 possesses. It's a love for who they are as little people. They're quirks, movement, and the uncanny way that a sweet child can sum you up with one look. They know when something is wrong, even if you greet them with a smile, and a kind word or hug from an "older kid" means everything. I love knowing that each and every child I come in contact with was knit together by such a perfect hand... that they are made in the image of a beautiful Maker. Therefore, they are so intensely beautiful. And I love them.... which is why abortion... it breaks my heart. I know this is a cliche term thrown around without so much as a bat of the eye. But when I say it, I mean it. It moves me to tears, just the thought of it.

So, my sweet future baby, I will love you forever. I don't care if you are not viewed as earthly perfection, you are perfectly wonderful to me. Already. I promise to love you for who you are, and nothing less. If you are a stunning little girl, let's have tea parties and play house and dress-up... sing in the rain, and laugh together. If you would rather roll in the mud, get dirty, and throw a basketball into a hoop, you go girl. I'll be right there with you, although you might have to teach mommy some of your amazing skills. If you are a handsome baby boy, let's play catch, watch the Incredibles over and over again, and play Destroy the Earth with my Finger Guns, or whatever you choose to be your weapon. To my child, whether boy or girl... let's just have fun, okay? I am praying for your sweet soul right now, and I'm seventeen years old. I want you on this earth. If you ever doubt or wonder, come to me and we'll talk. I'll take you for ice cream, or coffee, or to get some cute shoes, or a new tie for prom... and we'll talk. I will listen to you and respect you. You know why, sweetheart? Because I love you... and will always love you. You are the best baby girl/baby boy a mom could ask for.

Praising God for new life,
Your Future Momma

Stream of Consciousness.

Meet me~ my name is Mz. Poppins......... Oh, my goodness, I wish. But, this is the blogging world and here, I can be anything I want :) So, for now, I will be Mary Poppins. A nanny by trade, student by force, and friend by choice, I keep myself pretty busy.
I realize this is "new beginning" take two! But this time, I’m really going to try… even if it’s just little snippets of me day. Today… since there is so much to catch up on… I’m just going to write out my stream of consciousness……………. The homecoming court was Maeghan, Shae, Rachel, and Sarah for the girls and David, Andrew Baxter, Daniel, and Jon for the boys. Sarah and Baxter were King and Queen. I FINALLY get to play a non-mom part in Our Hearts were Young and Gay… alongside Lauren Hofer. I play a nineteen year old girl named Cornelia going on an ocean voyage with her best friend:) such fun! I have plans to move out when I turn eighteen. I’m really excited for this step. I’ve been accepted into the pre-nursing program at Simpson, which is where I see myself for the next four years, God willing. I never talk to Matt Stark. I never talk to Laura. I hang out mostly with Sarah Bartow and Elyse. Sarah is very much my friend, E is more my sister. We fight all the time. All the time. But in so many ways it’s a healthy relationship. She agrees with me. I know it. Her and I went to Fat Daddy’s bbq, which was a surprise, and then went to see Valentines Day (Which I LOVEDDDD!!!!), and then to get shakes from Dude’s. will we be able to survive as roommates?? I guess we’ll see. I’m getting oh so tired of school, and can’t wait for it all to be over! I just can’t wait for summer, then college, then new adventures. I don’t know what I’m going to do for spring break yet… but I want it to be something fun and different. Ideal? I’d go on a vacation with one of the families I babysit for, and be their nanny for the week! That would be a blast. I think it's weird that the boys want to be on a discus team. but, no regrets, right? so, go for it, I guess! I was scared to talk in yearbook today, due to a teacher freaking out about the noise level. I think it's really cool when a friend can sense something is wrong... I hope I can always tell and pick up on my friends moods! I LOVE getting random notes (Thanks, Sarah!) and should probably start writing more myself. The Bachelor is on tonight. I really can't wait to be pregnant. I wish I had more time for leisurely reading. This summer is going to be amazing. Jim blesses me beyond belief. I’m continuing to write my book, and am hoping to have it finished soon (ish). So we’ll see where it ends up, I suppose :)
Well, that’s all for now!

“The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.”