I'm thankful for:

Leaves that look like flames

Houses with red doors

my favorite pen

the color of my grammie’s eyes

the shape of my mother’s

dresses that swish

little black shoes

My sisters’ smiles

My boyfriend’s hands.

My dad’s laugh

My brothers nerdiness

nicely done nails

warm coats

hot chocolate

hugs

friendly people

photo albums

comfy jeans

Bikes

hula hoops

pumpkin pies

interesting belts

adoptive family members

leather boots

good books

old things

a clean home

a messy room

nose dimples

laugh lines

Being catholic

exciting news

friends

fresh air

sun sets and sun rises

cute hats

baby smiles

love

life

faith

laughter.

But monster's aren't real, right?

I sleep with the closet door closed. It has to be closed or I can't sleep.

I sleep with my bedroom door closed. It has to be closed or I cant sleep.

I sleep under a blanket at all times. All of me under it, including my face, or I can't sleep.

But monsters aren't real, thats just a story told to children to scare them into staying in bed.

Right?

One night I let my foot out of the blanket, just to see. 

I imagined (I think) a giant spider crawling all over it, up to my face, coming to sink its teeth into my-

I woke up crying, and put my foot back someplace safer, shaking under my blankets.

But monsters aren't real, right?

One night, I left my closet door open by accident.

I kept imaging the clothes as people, coming to get me, a monster to scare me, ready to scream-

I screamed and shut the door. I watched it the rest of the night.

But monsters aren't real, right?

Dark thoughts for a kid but the dark inspires them.

We do not fear the dark, but what is in it.

But monsters aren't real, right?

(an obnoxiously weird poem from a girl whose afraid to say she's afraid of the dark. and whats in it.)

I'm possible.

Sometimes you're called to suffer for the Lord. Sometimes you need to simply smile and try to get on with life. Sometimes that seems impossible, but NOTHING is impossible! Except perhaps turning into a chicken. Or becoming the President of the USA if you're born in Uzbekistan. But things like being happy, facing people who are terrible, doing things that might make you uncomfortable, or even really scary things, like saying no, standing up for someone or your beliefs, or (at least for me some days) simply getting out of bed and facing the world, are possible.

Impossible
I'm possible.
AND I SHALL FINISH MY COLLEGE APPS LIKE ASAP

LIKE MY PROJECT?

unpopular and fearless clarification.

” I’m catholic, but I don’t agree with their stance on gays!” “I’m catholic, but I don’t believe in their stance on sex!” 

Okay, so could you stop being ignorant for two seconds and LOOK UP WHAT WE BELIEVE AND WHY.

Gays: As Catholics, we love and accept EVERYONE. If you’re judging people and not loving them and respecting their human dignity in any way, its YOU who are not living your faith. We love the gay people. We don’t love gay sex. We don’t love any sex unless its inside a marriage, which we define as between a man and a woman. If i was to go have sex with a guy outside of marriage, I’d be in trouble too. Unfortunately, if you’re gay, you may feel like a life of celibacy is stifling. BUT ITS NOT. God will give you different blessings and gifts besides sex. You just have to pray. 

Sex: As I said before, Sex is great INSIDE marriage. In fact, JPII in the theology of the body talks a lot about how we’re made for it. but you have to pay attention to the fact that sex is a gift of self, which you can only truly give to your spouse after your wedding. otherwise its not a gift of self, its not about love, its about desires that you feel the need to have met. So you’re using the other person. In marriages, sex is only pure if it comes as a gift of self and from a real deep love. So, stop having sex outside marriage and then saying its okay to receive communion and not feel bad about it because its a mortal sin.  

Now, if anyone wants more clarification on the faith and why we believe things on these issues, shoot me a message.