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"The old house has changed and the children are grown, but it's still the place that I'll always call home."





This could be longer, but it's a cute little sentiment, and I've been pretty busy.
I've also written a 20 page character summary of 10 Book of Mormon Heroes this week... and I'm counting that. But not attaching it. (Because, well, it's 20 PAGES LONG!)

Just for fun.

I think Google is scary sometimes (that's for another post).

But you have to admit....
This things are pretty dang cool.
One step closer to Harry Potter's talking portraits.

Lights and shadows

It's a light, a beautiful light, over the horizon, into your eyes...
Son, sometimes it may seem dark, but the absence of the light is a necessary part.

You feel just like the sun, and if you say I'll be alright, I'm gonna trust you, babe. Gonna look in your eyes, and if you say I'll be alright, I'll follow you into the light.

Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise. 

The sun will come 
To light the way, 
To change the darkened skies
To brightest day. 
Thou hast giv'n thy part;
What is left undone
Is in His hands, have faith, 
God will send the/his sun/son.

 2 Nephi 11-12 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.

“God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.” -Albert Einstein.

Darkness. Light. 
We hate the darkness.
But contrast is beautiful.

Without bright lights and heavy darks...

The world is grim and gray indeed.

November

 Well, this month was especially busy, and I did LOTS of artwork. But I didn't do any progression pictures. So this is what you get. It took a lot of time. It's made of lots dots. It's a plant in the HFAC, and I swear that I could SEE the plant grow. That was... fun.

Today's date.

Today's date is really awesome.

I did not forget.

You missed our Skype date, lunch fell through, or you simply just "forgot."

That's ok, I understand. It happens quite a lot.
Things are happening in your life you don't quite understand,
and I'm only just too willing to lend you a helping hand.
Talk to me, rely on me, I wish you would reach out.
If we put our heads together, then we'd figure it all out.
Or not.
That's ok, I know quite well how busy life can be,
but every now and then, I wish that you'd remember me.

The time was not so long ago when we were the best of friends.
No matter what they say of distance, I'll be there to the end.
But our friendship seems to stall in the ever-present past,
Did you forget the fun we had? Is this how the die is cast?

Sometimes I wonder if you know how much you mean to me.
My feelings haven't changed, I only wish that you could see.

Or not.
That's ok, I understand how crazy life can get.
But I think that--maybe--you should know, that I did not forget.

2,000

With approximately 182 posts, my blog has reached 2,000 page views. Although about half of them are probably me, making sure that things posted correctly... it's still a cool feeling.

NaNoWriMo

I wrote the preface for my novel (in honor of National Novel Writing Month. aka NaNoWriMo). It's super exciting.