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Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic It’s Me… Again 😀 in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 8 months ago
Do you have more than one sister? I have three younger sisters, 12, 9, and 3.
My parents haven’t set a ‘dating age’ for me, an official one, (my dad jokes that it’s 35 :D) but I’m okay not dating now. 18 and without a boyfriend may seem crazy to the world, but I’m fine with it. There’s no way I’m ready for a serious relationship and marriage right now… though I expect most people say that. 😀 I guess if everyone waited until they felt 100% ready we’d have a lot less weddings. 😀
I wouldn’t say most of my close friends are boy/men, but I definitely do have some good guy friends. Sometimes I’m more comfortable around guys than girls, depending on the group. I think it’s mostly because I grew up between two boys, and it was just us for a while. So I’m at ease around guys, and it’s easy to talk to them, even if it’s about, you know, cars and sports and stuff. ;P
Right, I wouldn’t want to marry someone I wasn’t good friends with either. I think it’d be odd to be approached by someone you didn’t really know, or just had super casual interactions maybe once a month. Cause then it’s like… okay, so why do you want to date me if you don’t really know me? Maybe we can have some conversations here first, buddy. XD
My list is most qualities; loves God more than he loves me, hardworking but won’t put his job in front of his family, respectful of me and all women, etc. Likes and dislikes aren’t specifically on the list most of the time… it’d be nice to marry someone who shares all my interests and hobbies, but I don’t think it’s a must for a good marriage. My mom and dad are very different; Mom loves books and Bluegrass music and history whereas Dad barely reads at all and would prefer soundtrack music while he works on a house reno project. But I think opposites can attract and work very well. Are your parents very similar in tastes, or more different?
Left to Die is written by Ivy Rose. It’s a short book, a novelette or novella, I guess. Very, very good, though. Very good. She also wrote another book called Old River Road. It’s a sweet, historical romance, the story of her ancestors.
I do have other journals… I have a Bible study/sermon notes/prayer journal, a regular journal, a travel journal for when I take vacations or trips, and then I suppose what could be called a writing journal of sorts… I take it everywhere and put down descriptions and free verse and things I saw that I liked and character descriptions and bits of writing and story ideas, stuff like that.
I have read George Muller! His life was so AMAZING! I’ve read his biography three times and each time I was absolutely astounded at how God provided for him, every. single. time!!!
I haven’t read the other two, but ‘God’s Smuggler’ is on my list.
Who do I admire most, (besides Jesus :D)
My mom, my seven best friends, Corrie TenBoom, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Esther, Ruth, and Daniel from the Bible.
Favorite quotes… AUGH I WANT TO PUT, LIKE, ELEVEN HUNDRED!!!!! I’ll settle for a few, I suppose 😀
“Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.”
– Adaon, The Black Cauldron“Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king – every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.”
– Taran, The High King“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those are the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something. There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.” – Sam, The Lord of the Rings
“She was never quite ready. But she was brave. And the universe listens to brave.” – Rebecca Ray
“Be weird. Be random. Be who you are. Because you never know who would love the -person you hide.” – C.S. Lewis
“We are here to laugh at the odds and to live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us.” – Charles Bukowski
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@anne-of-lothlorien
I only have one sister. My parents both wanted more kids, but they got married late…and then had me late…and then my mom was told she shouldn’t even attempt to have my sister health-wise (am I ever glad she /did/)…so they didn’t have any more.
Can you tell me about your sisters? What are they like? What do they love to do? What do they look like?
“I guess if everyone waited until they felt 100% ready we’d have a lot less weddings.”
(: I bet so, but would it not be a better world because of it? X)
“;P”
😀
The thing you mentioned on your list are good!!!
The first three things on my list:
1. He must be a true Christian.
2. He must have control of his words and actions when upset and angry. I, I need this one Jesus. Please.
3. His tongue. Oh Lord, give him control of his tongue. Give him a kind tongue. Give him a tongue of peace and patience and /love/. (I know he will slip, ‘ If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man’, and I know he won’t be, /perfect/. Just, overall.
So, yes. 🙂
“I don’t think it’s a must for a good marriage.”
Indeed. (:
“Are your parents very similar in tastes, or more different?”
My parents? Hmm. They both love to read, though they don’t do it very often. They both love Bethany and I, and would do anything for our good. They both are disciples of Jesus……… *mind going blank on similarities* (: Yes, they are different.
“Left to Die is written by Ivy Rose.”
I have it on my list to get. Thank you for telling me about it!
“His life was so AMAZING!”
I know right??!!! I’ve read it so many times I’ve lost count. I should read it again…it’s been a while. (:
Alright, a bit deeper into this (I know it will probably take a long time to answer…sorry.) 🙁
/Why/ do you admire your mom? Why do you admire your seven best friends? Corrie TenBoom (I know she was great, but) why do you admire her? Why do you admire J.R.R. Tolkien? Why do you admire Esther, Ruth, and Daniel?
“I WANT TO PUT, LIKE, ELEVEN HUNDRED!”
I have so many too, it’s crazy. (:
The ones I liked most from your list:
‘every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.’
– Taran, The High King
(I loved this, but, just curious, the ‘Taran, the high king’ of what?) (:
and the quote from – Sam, The Lord of the Rings
Wow. That was good and beautiful. I think I’ll like Sam, a lot. (:
Now a few of my favorite quotes: (:
“Passion has little to do with euphoria, and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does /not/ mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.” – Danielewski (I don’t know anything about him, I just heard his quote somewhere and it has stuck with me. (:)
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” -Bryan (again, I only know his name…and not even his full one 🙂 )
“If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you will most certainly be right.” -Unknown
“Learning is a gift. Even if pain is your teacher.” – Unknown/I forgot
“You are afraid people will judge you. Fine, let them judge you. It is better to be judged for righteous words than silent hypocrisy.” – Words spoken to me by Secret.
I just looked through my poems for one to share with you… I’m sorry? Can I be excused from sharing a poem I wrote?
I’m either talking to Jesus about messed up life stuff, or am praising Him and asking for passion… The first I don’t feel I should share. And the second might sound, I don’t know, weird,…or,..a little /too/ lifted up, ecstatic, and joyful when looked on from another’s perspective?
By!
Gracie
@anne-of-lothlorien
Oh, another quote! (Another ranking at one of my favorites.)
‘It will not do, as you live the rest of your life, to assume that someone else will bear the major burdens. That someone else will demonstrate the key convictions. That someone else will run for office. That someone else will take care of the poor. That someone else will visit the sick, protect civil rights, enforce the law, preserve culture, transmit per-determined value, maintain civilization, and defend freedom.
You must never forget that what you do not value, will not be valued. That what you do not remember, will not be remembered. That what you do not change, will not be changed. That what you do not do will never by done.
You can, if you will to and act, craft a society whose leaders, business and political, are less obsessed with the need for money.
It is not really a question of what to do, but simply the will to do it.’
– Judge Saunders