anna catherine

   There is always a book that sticks with you, that you doubt that you'll ever forget.    This is one of those books.    Now, despite the rather creepy cover (my neighbor told me she thought it looked just downright demonic) this is such a lovely Christian book.    It's a story of tragedy, romance, redemption, thrills, and tea.    A book isn't a book until tea is mentioned somewhere.    When this book first came out, I didn't know Mirriam yet.    I knew who she was, and that we had a mutual friend.    My friend Ashley told me all about how good it was, and how she sobbed over it, and how it was in her Top Three Most Amazing Books of All Time.    So, naturally, I was interested.    I love a good book recommendation.    But I didn't really know  Mirriam until I started this blog, and I was looking for other blogs to follow.    So I fol...

   There are always certain people that mean the world to you, that you can't imagine your life without.   There is always someone, when the world turns cold around you, that is there for you.   Always.   No matter what.    I'm not a touchy-feely person, though I do love hugs.   Bunches.   I don't have huge crying fits over the fact that I spilled some milk.   I'm not one of those kinds of people.    But sometimes, I am lonely.    I don't know why I'm lonely.   I have friends, I have books, I have Jesus Christ.   I go to a public school class every day.   Most of the people there that I interact with are friendly.    And yet still.    The curse of being homeschooled is that you feel like you're either always alone or never alone, both of which are not fun places to be.    I feel always alone when the entire house is quiet and I'm all done with school and my book is...