Guess who's backkk!!!

Hello friends!

I have returned from the depths of my non-presence in the blogging world.

(That made no sense & I don't care in the slightest)

In case you are wondering, my "give-up-social-media-for-lent" thing didn't go over very well, but I do have reasons for my failure, we do a lot of things pertaining to our ministry that I really could not afford to be away from social media entirely I (obviously) managed to stay off Blogger, & mostly off of Pinterest, but I cannot say the same for the rest.

Regardless, I am back now, & in an effort to be a tad more organized & post more frequently, I've decided to come up with a schedule for myself for the coming days.

Starting tomorrow, Thursdays will be book posts, whether it be reviews, squealing anticipation of a new book on the horizon, movie comparisons, or other kinds of squealing for movies that are coming out for my favorite books, whatever it is will be book-related.

It will be a mostly every other day schedule, so Saturdays will be my "Ups & Downs" posts.

Mondays will be any kind of writing, whether it be thoughtful/meaningful, a poem (of sorts, I'm not very good at poems), just a photo with a few words, or my rambling thoughts, it'll simply be words.

Since there are 7 days in a week, it can't be exactly every other day, so the next will be Wednesday, where, since I can't think of anything else, there will be any kind of suggested post or tag that happens to come up, so be sure to give me any kind of request imaginable! You can comment on this post, or any post at any point and I'll be sure and get it posted, on a Wednesday, as soon as I can! 

All the other days of the week (Sunday, Tuesday, & Friday) there may be other posts, but they won't be planned, if I find a song I want to post, or have anything random to say, they'll be on any of those days.

SO the schedule is as follows:

Sunday: Free

Mondays: Writing/Words

Tuesday: Free

Wednesday: Requested/Tagged

Thursday: Books

Friday: Free

Saturday: Ups & Downs

(you will be able to find this at any time in my "about" page)

That's all folks! See you tomorrow with a post about (drum roll please....) The Elite! (And other Selection stories!)

xoxo

Molly

40 day hiatus???

Hey followers,

I know I said in my last post that I was hoping to post more this month than I have in the last few months...

Because of new circumstances, that will not be happening.

My church is doing Lent (like they do every year) and though you're not required to participate, we're encouraged to, and I'm taking this opportunity to give up something that generally takes up 90% of my time:

Social Media.

I spend more time than I care to admit on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and more, and the more time I spend with my phone in front of my face, the less time I spend with family and friends. So I'm challenging myself to put my iPod down and close my laptop, and generally be more productive.

Maybe this isn't technically for Lent, maybe I'll cheat once in awhile and scroll through Instagram for 10 minutes, I'll probably still get on Pinterest to look for craft projects instead of spending time in front of a screen. 

This is a challenge and a promise I'm making to myself and to God, it's not "for Lent", it's not to please anyone else, and we'll see how long I last, but I'm doing this to make a habit of it.

If I spend 40 days away from social media and generally spend less time on my laptop, I'll be less likely after the 40 days is over to resort to that with all my free time.

I deleted my social media apps from my iPod and am downloading the Bible app, because that's why I'm doing this, instead of spending an hour catching up on social media when I wake, I spend that hour reading God's word. I'm hoping to get a devotional book of some sort, but for now the app will have to do.

So, it's been real guys, see you in 40 days.

xoxo

Molly

Hello March

March means...

DIVERGENT movie,

and many fangirl feels.

Hopefully more posts,

and warmer weather, (maybe?)

Time with friends,

and big changes.

Improved relationships,

and lots of laughs.

what does March mean for you?

Because she suggested it, and how could I say no??

A few weeks ago, I posted here asking for ideas on what to post about,

One of my favorite people in the whole entire world, commented with a few suggestions, 

Her exact words were.. 

"You could write about movies, fandoms, clothing, crazy stories about your dreams (I loved those), or maybe even owls. Who knows?"

Those are all marvelous ideas, but if you know me, than you know that the one that stuck out to me the most was that one tacked onto the end...

Owls.

And because my flawless bestest friend ever suggested it, how could I say no??? 

So here we go.

She really could not have picked a better random animal to choose. I do rather have an obsession with these gorgeous birds.

This one is positively gorgeous, and it has a heart shaped face!!! Eeeek!

I also absolutely love anything shaped like an owl or with owls on it, I know that's a huge thing right now, but I am not ashamed to say that I am on that bandwagon. I actually own a necklace just like this.

I'm also obsessed with notebooks, does someone want to get me this?

It's sooo leetle!!!!

Haha okay I think that's enough for now. 

That was fun :P

Thank you Google Images for all the photos ;)

xoxo

Molly

"About that..." - a mini-scene

I walked over to what had become our meeting place lately, we talked all the time, how we managed to always have something to talk about is beyond me, as we have almost nothing in common.

But I liked it.

"Hey" I said when I walked up next to him.

"Hey," he said smiling, "what's up?"

"Not a whole lot, what about you?"

"A whole lot of nothing"

"mmmhmm..."

A few seconds of silence passed between us before I rolled my eyes and said,

"You, my friend, are an excellent conversationalist"

He looked down, "yeah... about that..." He said slowly.

I blinked "What, that you're actually terrible at holding a conversation?" 

He chuckled softly and shook his head.

"Then what?"

"About me being your friend."

He looked up then and I saw the playful glint in his eye.

"Oh? You don't want to be my friend anymore?"

He shook his head again "No, not especially, it's really not much fun. Do you want to be friends?"

I blushed, "Not especially."

"Then it's settled," He said, "We're not friends anymore."

"Right, well if we're not friends," I said playfully, turning away, "I guess I'd better be going"

He grabbed my arm from behind "Sometimes I think you're going to make things easy this time, then you remind me that nothing is easy with you."

I smirked, "As long as you know that, I think we'll be just fine not being friends."

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Some strange part of me finds this absolutely adorable XD

Enjoy I suppose, if this even makes sense to anybody else, it makes sense in my head.

xoxo

Molly

I write because...

Because I think a lot, 

  My thoughts make sense, sometimes,

My words don't.

  Nothing that comes out of my mouth makes sense

It's all a jumbled mess and I can't fix it.

 But I can write.

When I write, it makes more sense, my thoughts don't seem...

Quite so nonsensical. 

  And if it doesn't, I can try again.

Erase, scratch out, delete, backspace,

try it again.

My fingers fly across the keyboard or page,

and it doesn't have to be perfect.

It can be broken, wrong, messed up, and make no sense.

Nobody ever has to see my rough draft.

I write because I can perfect it,

when I'm speaking, it all tumbles out and I can't fix it,

I try to explain it and it makes even less sense,

I feel like banging my head against the wall,

I want to scream "that's not what I meant!"

I write because I can fix it before it even leaves my mouth.

I write because then it makes sense.

I write because it helps me to understand what I'm thinking.

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Sometimes I feel like all I can think after I talk to someone is "I shouldn't have said that/said it like that"

And I come up with stuff like this.

xoxo

Molly

The Sunshine Award!

"For bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere."

The rules are:

I. thank the blogger that nominated you and link to his/her blog
II. nominate other bloggers and let them know on their blogs
III. answer a list of ten questions
IV. the Sunshine Award button must be posted on your blog

The beautiful S (Should I know your full name? Eek.) who has a lovely little blog called A Free Mind, gave me this award, thank you sooo much!!!

1. What is your favorite scripture verse?

My answer to this question is ever-changing, and I have many, the one that comes to mind is Psalm 34:18:

"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit"

because I found it when I needed to hear that most, but high up on the list are Isaiah 1:17, James 1:27, Isaiah 6:8, and 1 Timothy 4:12.

2. Would you sacrifice your life if it would save that of a stranger's?

I'd love to say that I would without a second thought, but it all depends on the situation. If it was a split-second, push-someone-out-of-the-road-because-there's-a-car-coming, I don't think I'd be able think quickly enough to do so, but if someone had a gun and said it was me or someone else, I'd say to shoot me, I'm not afraid to die.

3. Given the chance to swim with dolphins... would you accept?

 What kind of question is this? Of course I would!!! Actually, I think I have before, but it was a long time ago. I think it would be a blast, dolphins are so sweet and cute and just make me want to hug them.

4. Are you more "fascinated" by the light or by the darkness; why?

Honestly, I don't know. Light is beautiful, and when it hits things just right, you can see things in ways you've never imagined. But the darkness strikes up my imagination, when you can't see anything, anything is possible, and there is no logic in actually seeing the proof to tell me otherwise.

5. Can you speak with a different accent?

Hmm... Perhaps. But you most likely don't want to hear it.

If it's on command that is, when I'm in Uganda, I unconsciously start speaking with a Ugandan accent.

6. Do you play an instrument?

I wish. But I do not. My brother was gifted with the musical ability in my family, I got none.

7. Has the ocean ever filled your dreams?

My actual, sleeping, nighttime dreams, no. but my daydreams have defnitely been filled with the beauty of the waves and the taste of salt.

8. Presuming you own one, how often is your journal put to use?

Whenever my thoughts become so much, that I have to get them out of my head and put them on paper, when I don't want to say it out loud, but need get it out somehow.

9. Why on earth (pun intended) would anyone wish to rule the world?

A selfish desire for power corrupts people's minds. Satan twists their thoughts to make them think they won't be happy until everything is their way and exactly how they want it.

10. What is your favorite hymn?

I can't say that I have one...

Well that was fun :) 

I nominate...

KayleeBeth @ That Bright One

Heather @ JesusChick

Sarah @ My Randomness and Ramblings

Paige @ All Things Beautiful

Priya @ Priya Kate

And since you are ALL beautiful and wonderful, anybody else who else who would like to do this, I nominate you ;)

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Before I go, I want to say that I should be back on my blogging game soon, I actually have inspiration for what to write for once! See you all soon :)

xoxo

Molly