Ryan

A couple of years ago I developed this habit of signing "I love you" to people. Well yesterday Ryan, my autistic brother, was passing me in the kitchen and I stopped him and held up my hand in the ASL sign for love. Normally he wouldn't care what I had to say and would be on his way. But every once in awhile he'll let you connect with him and his world. When he saw my hand he looked me right in the eye and said, "I love Carlee."

Wow!

I didn't even know that he knew signs!

Now when I hold it up he says, "I love Ryan."

And I do! I love ya Ry!

Book Report: Count of Monte Christo

What a good book! I've wanted to read this since high school, but I didn't get around to it until last week. I loved it! Just ask Casey... I couldn't put it down!

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”

What I liked:
-The adventure!
-The tone the author chose
-The developed themes that represent the core of human emotion
-The developing of characters throughout the whole book
-Dantes relationship with God

What I didn't like:
-It wasn't a happy ending. Let me clarify-It was a GOOD ending-I'm just a sucker for happy endings.

Recommendation: Read it! And then keep it on the shelf for a rainy day. (Just to note: It's nothing like the movie)

My Study of Life

Alright, it is finally time to use this blog as I originally intended-a record of 'my study of life.' So far I've basically used it to journal my life and travels, but I'm going to try and revert it to what I've always intended it to be. And the reason I'm posting this intention at all is so that I will finally commit! ha ha! Sometimes you just do what you got to do!

Life is to precious to just sit back and watch it pass by. We only get one chance, one life. Doesn't it just catch you off guard once in a while that you are alive! That the Lord has blessed you with this chance to prove yourself here on Earth. We get to live, love, and serve Him and those that we have been blessed to have in our lives. Wow.

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative is so uncomplicated. It can be expressed in single words, not complete sentences.

It sounds like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.

-Barbara Hall, A summons to New Orleans, 2000

I'm terribly excited to use this blog for my studies, projects, and findings. I've been doing this in a notebook for years but its time to get it organized and share!

The unexamined life is not worth living.

-Socrates