busy day

So today is a busy day. i am taking a short break from the busyness to post a post. i woke up this morning at 8:30 and took a shower and did my hair-makeup. and then i went to the Demis for math. it was a fun class. :) we played hangman. and then we had lunch after and watched videos of the cc banquet that i didn't go to. then we went to the Lang's to drop meat off? idk. now i am home and in 30 mins, the Ruths are coming to practice music. then the whitpans. and then we are eating and then heading over to the hayes for skit practice. can't wait!!! 

Here is the face i made when i found out Glee doesn't come on till spring. i was depressed, to say the least.

I'm grateful.....

.....for

the One who saved me from my sins

worship

piano

blue

BG

my sisters

scarves

teachers

jennifer elizabeth you know who

work

texting (when i have it)

Gmail

the machowskis

my parents

tissues

cameras

sunny days

the radio

electric blankets

parties

fellowship

trampolines (sometimes)

CG at the demis

tucker and hattie

kids

bailey

funny people

anatomy

youth camp

american eagle

sales racks

my own room

love

mrs demi

walking

volleyball

frisbee

life

the list goes on and on. isn't God good? what are you grateful for?

life as of late

So my life has been pretty boring, normal, soso. So big news, I SWITCHED ROOMS!!!! I now have a much bigger one. And TWO closets. Can you ask for more? I love my new room, and I still have to decorate it, but that's coming.We had CC on saturday, but before hand we went to the Hayes for cheesesteaks. Now there were alot of cheesesteaks left over because the boys were starving themselves because of wrestling, but it was all good. I really love going to the Hayes, and I really love ice cream sandwiches. Well not really, but I love stories about them. And Mike Lebo. Yep.

Jenny drove us to CC ( She really is a good driver, I promise) and the message was wonderful. God is so good to convict us of sin! Then we went home and talked with our parents, and then slept. I love sleep more then I should.

Then on Sunday we had church and I greeted and the service was fantastic, and then we had a youth meeting. Again, the boys starve

d themselves, so we only ate like 7 of the 14 pizzas we got. Then our family went to lancaster to have family portraits taken, which was boring, but we went out to Cracker Barrel for dinner. It's my fav resteraunt. 

This post was boring, so I'll throw in so

me pict

ures to make it good. OH! Other fun news. I'm going to the Ruth's to practice for worship, and hopefully sing on Sunday to fill in for someone!! Yay!!! 

Peace, people. Stay cool and classy. Ttyl.

A Picture is worth 1000 words.....

So if I had 1 and a half pictures, would that fill the 1500 word paper that I have to write today? I wish. 

So basically, today is crunch day. I have 1500 words to write. And my word count is 0. Goose egg. Nada. So that's that. 

Last night was caregroup. Jenny and I talked about some very funny things. VERY funny things. And Jake asked why we were on the floor laughing but I won't repeat it because it's not blog appopriate. :0

This weekend should be fun. I was supposed to see New Moon with Livvy on thursday, but I can't. WAHHH!!! Friday night we are doing something, then saturday we are shopping, then seeing Blindside with a bunch of people, then to the Hayes' house for cheesesteaks, then to CC, then Bailey probably sleeps over, then church and greeting, and then I don't know what happens on sunday. I think we're having someone over? 

Work has been lovely. Except that I got my soffes stapled. Yes, stapled. I pulled them out of my bag, and they had a huge rip in the seam. So my senior guard, (Dan Saunders = favorite) whips out the stapler and goes to work. Nice, Dan. Oh yes, and I got vat dropped last week. Some guards are not my favorite. booooo...... Oh and I am having an inservice on thursday... I think? Yah.

Well I better get writing. Oh.... and next I'll post on a song I've been working on. Later!!

*Gorky*

weekends are fun.

this weekend started out looking fun. after work on friday i went home and found out that bailey was sleeping over on saturday and chilling here on sunday with the demis and the blakes. i was happy. so i went to sleep. 

then i woke up and found out that the demis were going to new york instead of coming over. (thanks guys). no but it was for a good reason. and then i found out bailey wasn't allowed to sleepover. so it was sad. but we went shopping which made it all better. i got a jacket at target that I quite love. and other things. we saw the ruths there. can i just say that i love mrs. ruth?so that was that.

then we went to a play with bailey on saturday night even though she couldn't sleep over, and we made fun of people. "Is that a flamingo?" yes, it was. "i know like the whole stage crew. i want to hug them."  "you definitely should. they're all boys." "fine then I'll just say hello." and we ate crunch bars and drank lemonade. it was lovely! and we took pics on her phone. if you want to see a cute picture of me, check out her phone.

and today was sunday. i went to church early with dad, and tried to help set up, but i don't think i was very beneficial. so i watched the worship band with rachel ruth. then we had a prayer meeting with all the teens. God is so good!! i was affected in worship and the message more because of that meeting. then after church a bunch of teens went outside and caleb played a song for us. it was a very nice song. and then i went home with the whitpans.

and thats when the fun started.

so we got changed and talked and listened to music and ate meatball sandwiches and chips ahoy and then we went out to this bridge where we took lots and lots of pictures. it was a fun day. and i love those girls.

so even though bailey didn't sleep over and the blakes and demis couldn't come, my weekend was still a blast. check this pictures out. 

http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMac93/ADayWithTheKaits?authkey=Gv1sRgCMrgoJWNiuyhqQE#

and this week is looking awful. work, tests, extra math, a dentist appointment for a filling, ew. so pray i'd get through it cause it's looking grim. 

peaceout.

the evils of email

so i thought i'd write a short post because i haven't posted in a while. and i am starting to get annoyed at the concept of email. here is why.

1. people who you don't want to contact u can contact u easily.

2. because of email i had to listen to a dozen 8th grade boys have an e-fight.

3. email takes time away from the simple pleasures in life, like popping bubble wrap.

4. email can be addicting.

5. email can be the bearer of bad news.

now email isn't all bad. but right now it's not on my good side. 

now onto happier things!!! we got a trampoline!!! it's 15 feet, and it's a beut. oh the joy!

also, i now have a job. i'm a lifeguard at the y every tuesday and friday. i work with fun people, so it's a fun job. 

fun things that have happened/ are happening/ will happen

sleepovers with my besties.

cheesecake factory. i had pumpkin pecan and it was to DIE for. 

CG. "okay, now your straddling something. now imagine that." 

work. and pulling hair balls out of pools. and other fun things of that nature.

compass. i don't know why it's fun, but it usually is.

worship night. i am SOOO siked about this!!! i get to go to the Ruth's and get lots of tips and i can't wait.

church.

anatomy. okay so you're probably like, why did she put anatomy? i love anatomy, that's why. and i think i might want to be a chiropractor or something that has to do with bones n stuff. :) so i can't wait for anatomy.

piano. Mrs. Bollenbach is an amazing teacher!

harvest party. trampoline + teens+ bonfires+ adventures+ fun people= a fun time.

halowwwwweeeeeennnnn. at Livvy's? maybe.

so that's that. i am a busy girl. and i still have a math test to do for tommorow. it's 11:59. and the phils won!!!!!!!! and we will win again. i am tired and so are you. goodnight.

guard test

okay so this weekend i am taking the life guard test at the west chester y. i am nervous, so please pray for me! everyone says it's easy, but i'm not so convinced. :) i will post to let you know what happens on monday. if i pass, i get the job!!! yeeps!!! i'm excited. 

let me leave you with my fav quote of the day...

"Wait, you don't eat eggs, but you do eat chicken? You're like... a retarded vegetarian." 

~ Sam J on my strange eating habits. :)

and, because my mom is just that cool, she got this preview snap shop of our class photo. some people are cut out, but you can still enjoy it. 

Meet Bailey

My new Itouch. Today is her 3 day birthday. Leave a comment to welcome her into the world!

There are alot of things I can do on Bailey like mess people's faces up and find out who loves me and take iq tests and surf the web and listen to my fav music. But messing people's faces up is on the top of the list.  So enjoy these pics of messed up faces and other fun stuff.

the past two days....

.....have been awesome. Seriously awesome. The fun started out with an outreach early in the morning on saturday at a park in Downingtown. I blew up baloons with Caleb B for at least an hour. And then I painted faces. Except three times the kids wanted me to wipe off the paint and redo it because it wasn't good enough. I was a little hurt, but I managed to hide it. Needless to say, painting detailed batman things on little toddler faces is not my thing. at. all.

After the park, me and Becky went out for lunch with Emma and Martha to catch up. It was a fun time. We went to Dairy Queen and Hallmark and we looked at cards. Very interesting cards. :) And Noah Machowski thinks he's taller than me. But he isn't. 

Afterward we went to cc. Awesome time!!! Talked to fun people, did cart wheels, and had awesome worship. Great time. Except I got a random spider bite. Don't ask.

Then Bailey slept over and she made me take the battery out of my clock. So sad. We had midnight ice cream and talked on the swings and apparently the last question I asked was "why do people call Connor tag?" I never got an answer. 

Then came the best part of the weekend. We went to BGC and Bailey came as a guest. Everytime I walk into that church I feel more and more like it's my home. It's like my favorite place to be! So I greeted and I met this fun girl name Melissa who is fun. And then we had worship and the service. And I used the pen that Bailey HATES!!!

Then we went outside for lunch. I love this church plant so much I can't even describe it. It has some pretty awesome people on it. So we ate and talked and talked some more and then me and Caleb and Caleb and Isaac and Bailey and Melissa and Kate went into the auditorium. I started playing the piano, and Caleb R joined in and we did this for like an hour until the fire alarm starting going off. (which happened right after Bailey started singing. A coincidence? I think not.) And the firemen came and we all had to leave. So we left. And then we came back. And we talked some more. And it was awesome.

And then we went home with bee and had dinner and it was a good day. This post is so jumpy I'm suprised you got through it. <3

CG

I love our new care group at the Demis. It has fun people in it. We have fun times. :) I could say alot more but I am sleepy. So here is a link for pictures for you to look at. 

http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMac93/CGPics#

And here are some of my youtube favs of late...

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/435995/taylor-swift-wins-best-female-video.jhtml#id=1620605

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBiUTXNEmRQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnjOntaRxKg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roe3Ba0uQKs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkdcYlOn5M

Random, but fun. Don't feel like  you have to watch them all. You might have to copy and paste the links. 

Pictures

smart food

Right now, I'm eating smartfood because there is nothing else in this house to eat. Unless you consider wheat pasta or sweet n low tasty. We need to go shopping. At least we had smart food, though, or else I may have died of starvation. 

I started school on Tuesday, to my delight. I looked at the first question in the Advanced math book, and I have to tell you, I was a excited, because I remembered it. But, it all went downhill from there. :) Thank God for solution manuals! So school this year looks hard; advanced math, p & a (for all you kids out there that means anatomy and physciology), World History, Advanced Writing, Literature, PA history, bleh, the list goes on and on. But I'm actually looking forward to the challenge; It'll be good for me.

 

If your reading this, could you pray? Our cat's missing. Tucker scared her away. :( We think we may have saw her today, and we're going to look again tommorow. She's been gone almost a week now, and we miss her. Also pray that I'd get a job. I applied for Highland Orchards and am waiting for a reply. Thanks!

We are just getting our cable tv set up, and then we're watching the last half of the Eagles game. Michael Vick is smokin out there.... sorry to all you dog lovers. I love dogs too, but get over it already. 

Well, Emily just finished up the smart food to I guess it's back to sweet n low. Becky is rummaging through the kitchen and she just told Mom we need to go shopping. When Becky says we need to, we REALLY need to. Well, I'm done. Sorry that this post was so sarcastic, but I'm in a mood. Bleh.

God is Amazing.....

....And so was Youth Camp. I can say without reservation that this was my best year yet. I had such an awesome team! I mean, who in their right mind would put me, Em, and Sunny together? Poor Gen, the girl's cabin was not a quiet place. And the guys took such awesome leadership! On the field, Wes made sure everyone knew what they were doing. Jim led when the leaders were at their meetings, and Isaac did too. The rest of the boys were just joyful and encouraging to the girls. They made it so easy for us!!! Plus we sort of had a blast. It's not every team that can intimidate like us. And thanks to Isaac, I have Man in the Mirror memorized. :) In case you can't tell, I had the best team ever. YAH RUST!!!  http://picasaweb.google.com/KateMac93/Yc09#

But Youth Camp was way more than cheers, red hair, and the turquiose team. It was about God's presence. GOD WAS THERE at camp. He met us. Here's my story. 

I came up when they did the call for self righteousness, hoping to be met by God. My parents came over and prayed for me, but I still felt the same. I felt dry, cold, and empty. So I got up. I looked around me, and their were so many youth crying!! Dudes who I'd never seen shed a tear were bawling and being prayed for. I went to my seat, grabbed my bible, and went outside. I just feel to my knees and begged God to meet me. I felt so distant from Him. I wanted Him so much!! I was sobbing by myself when Sam Wallace saw me. She had been crying, and she came over and gave me a huge hug. I just poured out my heart to her, how I'd been struggling with devotions, security, prayer, distractions, the internet, everything. She shared her struggles with me, and we just prayed for each other. God used her to meet me. I felt so nourished and strengthened by that time!!! I felt so much closer to God. 

So the night ended on a wonderful note, and I got to see one of my closest friend's prayers answered!!! You know who you are. :) God is so good!!

Then the next day, I watched at some of my best friends were baptized. Becky, Emma, Martha, Jack, Jen, so many!!! I got to prophesy over some of them. It was such a rich time. 

Next in line is moving. We are moving this saturday. If any of you want to come out and help unpack before or after the wedding, feel free!!! Here's my # 610-531-5491 in case you need it. 

Please pray for God's grace as this is a stressful time for our family. ;)

Thanks so reading!!!!

P.s. In heaven, we will be turqouise. 

The Gossip Problem

Well, I have my first guest-poster! This short article was written by Emma, and I think it could apply to many people's lives right now, firstly mine. Enjoy!

      

    Far to often when young women gather together gossip is not far from the conversation.  I am speaking from past experience when I say this.  Gossip comes so easily and is very hard to avoid.  I love to hear all the news.  I want to know about what your sibling did or comment behind someone’s back about what he or she is wearing and how he or she is acting.  Why is it so hard to keep away from gossip?  Well there will always be the problem of sin, but in what way does that sin show itself?  Many times we want to appear cool or important so in order to do that we make fun of someone else whom we think will make us look better. There may even be times when we are just gossiping because that is what every one else is doing. The Bible makes it clear that gossiping is wrong and Solomon warns us of the consequences of this sin. Take a look at this verse.

Proverbs 16:28, A Perverse man stirs up dissention, and a gossip separates close friends. 

We see hear that gossiping can ruin a relationship.  Now you may think that your gossip wouldn’t have that great of an effect on anyone. But how do you know? There may come a day when your gossip could really hurt someone.  Look at this verse in proverbs. It clearly tells us to avoid gossipers. 

Proverbs 20:19, A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.  

Are you the gossiper that this verse is warning believers to stay away from?  Maybe you have never betrayed anyone’s secrets before. You might be thinking I’m not that bad so this is all irrelevant for me. You could not be more wrong.  It is only by the grace of God that no one has been hurt by your unkind words, Please know that now would be the time to respond. You have the opportunity to repent before anyone is hurt.  I know that it can be so hard to stop an interesting conversation because someone is gossiping, but it will be so beneficial in the end if you lead your friends out of gossiping.  God can help you in your fight against gossiping, remember that he is there for you and will bless your efforts to obey him.

This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, (1John 5:3)

WHY???

Is nobody commenting on blogs anymore??? Why???? I fear the blogging faze is beginning to fade. 

Rasberries

Well I know I just did a post, but what I did today is post worthy.

So I babysat for the adorable Metzgers today, and on the way home from the pool, Rhyan spotted a rasberry bush on the highway. We stopped, and found that the whole strip was lined with rasberry bushes! Mrs. Metzger kicked me out of the car to get some.
Then later me, Becky, and Mom went back with bags and scissors and cut some of our own! Aside from a few honks and stares, it went awesome. We collected a whole bag of them! We finished the night with dairy queen and a walk in the park. It was the best.

So, next time you're on the road, keep your eye open for some rasberries. You never know what you could find!

Springfield

well i tried to post this earlier but it didn't work so here goes.

i'm sort of sad right now, not gonna lie. a family came to look at our house to rent it and they want to paint my lovely purple room. and that got me thinking of all the things i'm going to miss from springfield, so here's a list.

- rachael

- the mall  (Jackie/hot topic? win.)

- all my mexican boyfriends

- the ultimate party house next door

- Creepy Mr. Calvy, Cadet Kelly, and ski hats in the summer

- spicy italian hoagies and indian people

- four square, volleyball, frisbee across the street, walks, and clear splash

- the metzgers and ben and finley

- my secret attic

- the tanning roof and aluminum foil

- trees and swings

- "Heylo!! Can I helpe yoo?"

- Tucker on Baltimore Pike (well no, won't miss that too much)

yah it's been a great 7 years here, but it's time to move on. Cresmont Drive here we come. 

oh, in case any of you care, my phone's name is rob and he showers every night and is the hottest thing since edward cullen. that's for you liv.

This is a very random video of me and Emma. We had a blast this weekend with two sleepovers, a twister tournament, and lots more. Enjoy this now, because I'll probably delete it later. Beware, you're probably about to see me in a way you've never seen me before. :P

Ahhh....

I had a fun weekend. It started out with family night on friday and coffee ice cream. I love coffee ice cream.

Then Saturday bright and way to early we went to second saturdays, where I washed cars and held up signs and ate Anne's licorice. Afterwards I went home and spent the afternoon with my neighbor looking at her yearbook and deciding who was the cutest guy in each grade. (her idea, she's in 7th grade. :P) 

Then I babysat for the Metzgers, Grant, Rhyan, and Julia (we call her Jewels) and we told goofy Dora stories and played Olivia Queen of the Trampoline. I really love those kids; I'm gonna miss them!

Then yesterday (sunday) I went to church and served in the dinos, where Rachel Gemmel made my day. Possibly my week. We were in assembly, and I was kind of doing her hair, and she just turns to me and says, "You're gonna make such a great Mom someday, Katie." I pratically cried. Then when we got back to the class, she says, "You know, you and me Katie, I think we're really good friends. I mean, we know each other really well, and I'm always friends with people that are older than me. So we should really hang out sometime." She is the cutest. I'm so glad she's going on the plant!

After lots of great fellowship, I walked up to the Target shopping center with Martha, where we bought shirts and mouthwash. Yes mouthwash. Then we were starved and we wanted to talk so we walked to Bertuchis and it was really dimly lit, and all the waiters were dressed in black. We sat down and it was so dark that I opened the blinds and Martha freaked! Ah well. Oh, and we really loved our waiter. Haha.

Then I went back to the Machowski's house and went on a driving lesson with Emma and played frisbee with Noah and it was a fun day.

phone.

well, the day has come. i now have a phone. i have unlimited texting, which i'm pretty siked about! and it's an lg rumor 2 with a keyboard, which is also neat. check it out!

i'll be on vacation this week to williamsburg, so it should come in handy. 

could you guys also pray for me? i'm having struggles with getting along with my parents at times. i tend to push for things to be my way, and it makes everyone more frustrated. thanks!

as of now...

i really like life! let me explain. i had such a wonderful weekend! saturday i went yard saling (saling through yards) and shopping for the morning where i found some very nice deals. after, me, ems, and dad went into downingtown while our new house got inspected. then we went out for lunch. then me and ems went shopping again while dad did some stuff at kinkos, the most boring place on the planet.  i found a super cute top, and a neat billabong wallet, which is really colorful. then we went home and ate becky's homemade meal, which i thought paled with mine, but my parents disagreed. :P

then on sunday i went to church in the morning and got to talk to lots of people. especially emma, who i really missed. then i stayed for the second service and went home with sarah, who is possible the funniest person on planet earth. we hung out, told J. G. stories, (you might only understand that if you were on lime team) ate, and took pics. you should have seen what we did with the pillow. :) 

and we are trying to come up with a nickname for her, so let us know. 

then the best part was the church plant meeting. i really am loving the people going on this plant, including levi russell. those eyes can melt you!

and jen got to pray with me, which was really helpful. i can't wait to grow with all the girls going! 

so that was my weekend. sorry for the novel you just read. congrats on getting through!

1361 Cresmont Drive

We. got. a. house. 

AHHHH!!!!!! I'm pretty excited! 

There are a few things that have to happen before settlement, but the sellers have accepted our offer and it's likely that we'll be the ones to get it. It has a skylight, which I'm very excited about. When I buy a house, it's going to be one with a sky light. Sorry, that was random.

I'm thinking about yellow, white, and a navy blue theme for my new room. Ideas? I'm not creative so I could use help. 

Here's a link for the house! We're going to repaint over alot but keep the red living room, which I also love.  

http://www.trulia.com/property/1049669290-1361-Crestmont-Dr-Downingtown-PA-19335

YAYAYAYAY!!!!!! God is so good. I also can't wait to host lots of peeps from the new church. I'm sensing sleepovers, Jen? :)

camping

well, i'm going camping this weekend. i'll be gone till sunday. should be fun! except that my dumb camera broke AGAIN and i can't figure it out. i talked to one of the monza's and they said that the particular canon model i have isn't that great, so i think i'm saving up for a new one. 

ah well. we're leaving now. bye everyone!

wow

KRIS WON!!! Can you believe that? I was sure it was going to be Adam. But nooo...... wow was I surprised. 

I am right now at the Machowskis getting ready for photography class. The music is loud. Hehe.

See you all later!

American Idol

Okay, this is a little strange. I've been walking up to Subway more because their food is not only delicious, it's actually healthy. WOW! Anyway, I walked up there yesterday after looking at a house, and as I was ordering, the guy knew what I wanted! He's like, "Spicy Italian on wheat with peppers and provolone, right?" I looked at him and he kind of smiled. A little strange, don't you think? Maybe I've been there to much. :) 

Anyhow, now to the point of my post, American Idol. My aunt wanted to play scrabble (I'm pretty good at scrabble) so I missed half the show last night. I only got to hear the last two songs. I thought the 'No Boundaries' song was a little cheesy, sorry Kara. I didn't think it fit either of their voices, but more Kris's than Adam's. 

Predictions.... who's going to win? Well, I want Kris to win. He's cute and sweet and has a nice voice. But Adam, on the other hand, has killer vocals, despite the fact that he's a little queer. So I've got to say I think it'll be Adam. I'm actually really sad that Allison isn't in the top two. From the beginning, I was holding out for it to be her and Adam. Oh well.

I'm going to Emma's to celebrate her very belated birthday tonight, so we'll see if I even get to watch it. Oh, by the way, pray for her, because she just had oral surgery and is in discomfort. Not fun. 

Sorry this is so long! Congrats if you read this whole thing, now you get to look at pictures. :)

Sister dates

I really love my sisters. I just got back from a sister date with Emmy at the corner subway. We shared a sub and drink, and just chatted. She talked about her class, and boys in her class, etc. I think she's more mature than me sometimes. Alot of times. :) I love spending time with this girlie!

Yah, so me and Em are pretty much the best. Here's some shots from the mac. Don't we look alike? (except that her eyes are way prettier than mine)

I love you so much Em!!!

Church Plant in Downingtown

This is a really bittersweet subject, but I'm going to try to talk about it anyway. As most of you know, my family and I are going to be part of the church plant this coming August. We're looking for a house right now, and will probably be moving in January. 

I'm excited about the plant, but scared at the same time. All I've ever known (no matter how sappy it sounds) is Covenant Fellowship. My dearest friends are there, and I'll be leaving most of them. Not that we still can't hang out, but It'll be different. 

I'm excited because I get to be a part of something where I'm really needed. This church is going to need to have all hands on deck and I'm looking forward to it.

Wow, and to top this all off, I just have to share the dream I had last night. I dreamt that on the church plant the only people who came to the church were indians (from india) who didn't speak English.  The pastors made us put on robes and learn their language to better communicate with them. We met in little tents in the woods. It was so awful.

Haha, anyway, I'm looking forward to planting Brandywine Grace. I'm trusting that God will meet everyone there in totally unexpected ways!

Photography

I get really happy when I have my camera in my hands. Hence, I love photography! I think I like portrait shoots the best cause you get to really bless others through it. It's also a ton of fun! I'll try to be posting some of my pictures every now and then, after I do shoots. Enjoy!

As always, comments of any nature appreciated! :)

Guilty

YAY!! School is almost over. I want to share with you a short story I wrote for writing class called guilty. Let me know what you think.

My lips trembled as I climbed the rickety wooden steps of the guillotine. Filthy, guilty tears ran down my dirty face without restrain. There was no turning back now, no changing. Only tears.

   Why did the last minutes of life seem like a lifetime in themselves? I felt like a million pounds as my swollen, bloodied bare feet rose above the last step. The French flag, my French flag, waved overhead, as if accusing me of my country’s downfall.

   Every sound was magnified times ten. In the front of the gathering crowd was an old woman, shrieking profanities and accusations through her dried mangled mouth. “Thief, dirty bloody thief!” Guilty…. Her accusations cut into my throbbing heart. Guilty….

   Pitiful cries of a young child rang from the spectators, pleading. “Mummy, no. I don’t want to see him die, Mummy no!” I caught glimpse of the young mother wrenching a hold on the child, pinching him and forcing him down. “Foolish child, this is what will happen to you one day if you keep up your mischief.” The child’s   wails drifted in with the rest of the crowd. 

   These people are here for entertainment, I thought. I blinked unwanted tears from my eyes. Thoughts of the fateful day ran through my aching mind like poison through the veins. A rich man with an oversized wallet, a crowd, a commotion, a wallet in my hands, accusations, arms, all over me, preventing me from escape. Prison. A trial, the one word from the judge’s arrogant mouth that brought me to this platform, put me in these ropes, insured my doom… “Guilty.”

   I heard laughs. Two lads my age stood at the foot of the platform, pointing and mocking my plight. “Get away,” I shrieked through a sudden torrent of tears. They poked at my feet with sticks, tormenting me so I couldn’t bear it. I struggled to free myself from the ropes that bound my wrists, preventing me from ensuring the ruin of the impudent boys. The brick hard arms of a guard held me back. I pushed, but couldn’t free myself. I turned to look at my constrainer, expecting to meet eyes of steel, eyes without mercy, eyes reminding me of my impending guilt.

   Instead, my teary eyes met the opposite. The soldier’s face was laced with kindness and hope.  He leaned to me and whispered these words into my ear; “Vous pouvez être épargné,” You can be saved. All other sounds, the accusations, crying, and shrieking, sounds of death and hopelessness, melted away. I no longer heard them. My ears were tuned only to the words of the guard. “God sent his only son to earth, and He died on a cross.” He said earnestly, his hands cupping my wretched face.  “With his death he paid for the sin you’re about to die for so that you wouldn’t have to pay for it again in eternity. Believe in him, and instead of going to Hell, in just minutes you’ll be in Heaven.” Glorious hope and understanding flooded my dark, oozing heart like water to mud. I understood the words of the soldier, and knew they were true. I gripped his hand tightly and he whispered a prayer into my ear.

   He then squeezed my hand and said, “It’s time. Go with God.” The executioner grabbed me. I didn’t struggle. The crowd grew louder and louder, “Guilty!” they shrieked, but I didn’t hear them. I heard God’s voice calling me. The executioner’s black-gloved hands shoved my head into the wooden half circle. My mind was far away; I was at complete peace. Drums sounded on the platform. The executioner raised his arms to the blade. Peace. His arms came down. Peace. Everything went black, and I heard music. Then this magnificent, glorious, indescribable voice came from the darkness and said, “Not guilty.” 

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Hey everyone! Welcome to my first blog, Katie through a Keyboard. Here I'll be talking about a bunch of things that interest me, and you can give you're opinion, too! I'll likely be posting about books, movies, and some tv shows. Also, I'll try to put some of my photography and writing work on here. I would much appreciate your advice and critisim! Thanks for checking this out.