"It's hard to say goodbye.. cause baby it's a good life"

In 2 months, I have lost 7 of my closest friends, neighbors, and some of the best people I've had in my life.

May 8 - Jessica was hit in a car crashed and died that night
May 10 - Audrey had a severe asthma attack and died that morning
June 2 - Bro Babb, the man who sealed me to my family in the temple, passed away when he fell and stopped breathing
June 6 - LoRee, a close friend of mine, passed away and they don't know the reason why
June 14 - Noelle passed away because she fell while hiking
June 21 - Annabelle left this world due to heart complications
June 29 - Ava died because her kidneys stopped working


It's been a roller coaster ride. I've been in some of the darkest places of my life and experienced some of the most joyous moments at the same time. I love you guys!

Never wears off

The excitement, the rush, of being published, well it never wears off. It's an amazing accomplishment.. and amazes me more than most with the stuff I'm dealing with now.

My poem was dedicated to a little girl I've known for about 3 years now. She has been battling a very rare and difficult cancer since she was 18 months old. She has had to undergo a number of treatments due to this cancer, Neuroblastoma, as doctors try to find a cure. She has been through over 11 surgeries (and she's only 5 years old, that's about two surgeries a year) along with blood platelet transfusions, CAT, MRI, and Nuclear scans, bone marrow biopsies, stem cell harvests, radiation treatment to head, orbits, and abdomen, Phase I radiation immunotherapy trial, and Phase II antibody immunotherapy.
Little Miss Taylor is now battling a new form of cancer. Chemo-Induced Leukemia has taken over the poor child's body.
Please pray for Taylor, and donate money if you can.
Go to http://taylorlove.org or www.facebook.com/lovetaylorlove to learn more about Taylor, Neuroblastoma, Chemo-Induced Leukemia, and children like Taylor battling these deadly cancers.

Oh, and here's the poem I wrote ;-)

Truly amazing as she fights her way
Agonizing everyday
Yelling, screaming, crying for help
Loathing all the pain that's felt
Ordinary, that's all she wants to be
Relieved from treatment, feeling free

Loving life while she's got the chance
Opening her heart, feeling the dance
Very fearful for when she might die
Everyone is blessed to have her in their life

A Bunch of Songs!

Whoo hoo! I finally started guitar lessons after about 2 months of teaching myself online!! I love my teacher. His name is Dave. He likes guitar. I like guitar. We have a lot in common.
I'm playing a bunch of songs now. I can play:

Last Kiss by Pearl Jam
Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
Fall into Me by Sugarland
We Run by Sugarland
The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia by Reba McEntire
I'll Keep on Loving You by Reba McEntire
Angel by Sarah McLachlan
I Will Remember You by That Guy That I Don't Know His Name
Good Riddance by Greenday
Twist and Shout by the Beatles
Fancy by Reba
When You Say Nothing at All by Allison Kraus
Streets of Heaven by Sherrie Austin
How Great Thou Art
Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood (WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOO!!!)
and I Told You So by Carrie Underwood (Ok.. I know it wasn't by her.. but it's her version.)

I love it!! Haha :-)