It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis

My English teacher put this on the board today and I really liked it. It's true I don't know what I'm going to do with my English degree when I (finally) graduate but the more English classes I take the more sure I am that this is what I'm supposed to be doing. We also did a rush write where she started a sentence on the board and gave us 3 minutes to finish it, this is what I wrote without even thinking...

Writing is Like...

...an ineffable joy when the right words come. It's something that can't be described to someone unwilling to try. It's my one release that doesn't have to fit perfectly into a box created by someone that doesn't understand me & the freedom it gives me.

Maybe you don't see it, but I was surprised by the way I feel about writing. Give me a piece of paper and I'll write, I usually do it out of habit and it usually starts out with me writing my name 10 times and then I just start going.

I don't know what it is but I love to write.

No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy. A motto of the British Special air force is, “those who risk, win”. A single green vine is able to grow through cement. The Pacific North Western Salmon beats itself bloody on its quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream, against the current with a single purpose:

Life

-Elizabeth Town

Reader's Digest

As previously mentioned I toned back my reading this month and worked on projects more but here are the few gems that I picked out. I started the month by reading another Judith McNaught and ended with a wonderful new one.

I was very weary of this one when I started it because it's a little different. It's the story of a teacher who is kidnapped by a famous movie star who has recently escaped from prison. I know what you're thinking and that's exactly what I thought....wacko! It took me a minute to get into it but I ended up loving it. They're stuck in the mountains hiding out from the cops after he hijacks her car at a coffee shop and they're totally awkward and end up being totally cute! You'll love it!

This I absolutely loved this book. It is a very different book and at times a little hard to follow. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where everything is dangerous and the only stable thing in the world is the Road. The father and son encounter all sorts of people in different states of desperate. The ending is a little different, just like the rest of the book. Chris recommended this book to me months ago and I spaced it but he recommended it to me again and I ended up reading it the same time as my dad. I HIGHLY recommend it, but you better read fast, the movie comes out October 16!!

I know I read another book at some point in between those two but I can't recall what it was right now so I'll let you know when it comes to me!

Summer Fun

This last month I've been a little MIA and I apologize! I didn't quite bury myself in books like I have previous two months but I did get a little in on the side! We went to Lake Powell with everybody for a couple days and I was so excited to get back on a boat!! I was a little rusty because I didn't get to go last year, but I loved it! Ethan's never been water skiing so we tried really hard to get him up and he made a valiant effort!! He made it up but never quite got the hang of staying up! The little girls were not happy to learn how to ski but they loved swimming and riding on the tube!

Chris and Ty got really good at the surf board without using the rope and I was very jealous!