April 16: Supposed to Be She was everything she was supposed to beQuiet and ordinary, go with the flow, don’t rock the boatShe was everything she was supposed to beIt was her chance and so hid herself behind a cheerful guiseShe was everything she was supposed to beThe truth of who she was pushed down…
Author: Emily
Book Review: I Am The Walrus
About the Book Eoin Colfer meets Rick Riordan—with a little Margaret Peterson Haddix sprinkled on top—in this hilarious new sci-fi series from award-winning authors Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman. When fourteen-year-old Noah falls from the trees on his classmate Sahara, he doesn’t understand how, or why, he would have been up there. It’s just one…
Knotted and Frayed
Determined to unknot the path though our fingers bend and our caloused hands bleed
From the effort to unwind ourselves from the knotted, rugged landscape of our hearts.
Over under around and through we follow the mountains and valley and never quite see
Beyond the next bend the frayed edges become worn with time and tears.
The Beauty in Brokenness
The Japanese have a word for making broken things whole again
For embracing the flaws and honoring what is to come
How weak spots can become stronger than before
How missing pieces can be reunited by something beautiful
How what could have (should have) been tossed aside
Can be useful – beautiful – even stronger than it was