Caleb+R.



What is warm, soft, and all the colors of the rainbow? A blanket. One night I was going to sleep in my sisters room, down the hall to the left. I grabbed my soft blue pillow, two of my favorite stuffed animals, and my lizard patterned blanket.

I have used my blanket on my pillow since birth so it is pretty warn out. Stitches were coming lose but thankfully there is a lacing on the perimeter so it doesn’t fall apart. It is about two feet by 2 feet in size, it is square, soft, and had a pattern of lizards of every color. As i picked it up, one of the stitches came loose and got caught on the door knob. i ran through the door way unaware of the stitching. Suddenly I felt a pull from my pile, MY BLANKET! Two holes suddenly ripped out of its smooth, soft, and feminine cloth. I ran into my parents room crying. “my blanket, my blanket”. But thankfully it was fixable. November 2010

. Lately over time the fixable was unfixable and the blanket’s holes grew larger and larger in till it shrunk to the smallest bit of warn out cloth.November Glaring sun beat down on my group on a hot September day at Genesee. Team work is used in the two challenging but fun activities on the top of the towering mountain peak. Hungry children trudged down the hill for a picnic and high challenge. As I left day one and returned for day two, joy hit me like a plane flying low at a hundred miles per hour. When we started the hike, it felt like heaven: burning thighs, moving legs, and a beautiful view. The only thing that could be better would be meeting my Lord Jesus Christ. Leaving Genesee brought great memories: hikes, bonding, friends, and generous teachers. October 2010

My hair is the ocean, deep, thick, and crashes on both ends. Full of life it sits up there like a boy on a stool. A brown mix of light and dark like a fuzz ball. Noelle’s hair is full of smells. Noelle’s hair is long but smells of fruit and other sweet things. Not dumb but a blond. Her hair runs past her shoulders and down to her chest. Megan’s hair is lazy. It does what if feels like. A mix of brown sits on top of her head. It straightens and curls but that’s all it it can do for it is not talented. Aubrey’s hair is dark and long like a shadow. It obeys command. Falling beautifully to her shoulders. October 2010

I am on the wrong trail. I wonder what the wind whispers to me. I hear thee motion around my soul. I see the lightning strike. I want him to come. My foundation is the rock.

I pretend I am the master of my mind. I feel the gifted grace. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I touch my own heart deeply. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I worry about being alone. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I cry when I am healed. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am a follower.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I understand the grief. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I say what needs to be mentioned. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I dream about hope, love, and peace. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I try to follow the blood

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope he will come one day. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am a believer. October 2010

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hear the door squeak as i open into my backyard. A slight breeze blows through the pines and sprays pine cone shavings into the dark green grass. It smells of wet grass in the corer in bags to be thrown into the garbage bin. Dew also mists the air with a fresh shush. It sounds of a car horn and fresh air. I touch the perfect grass beneath my feet, cold and soft. the leaves rattle once more. A hush of the wind silences the world and all in it. I hop onto my nature-made swing, it speaks no words but says so, so much to me inside. The sun hides behind a cloud like playing hide and go seek, leaving a eire shadow that sings a song of peace. The rabbit springs through the fresh green grass eating his dinner. The mouse uses her strong legs to set the snake off course under the dark gloomy deck. The snake slithers towards hid mouse feast by the old wooden sand box. The hawk shines above in mid air hunting down her prey skipping below. The squirrel climbs the tree to feast on acorns and fresh willow leaves. The butterfly lands on the beautiful landing pad we call a rose. The sun sets behind the mountain and all becomes dark and light and salt and water. The lake falls dim and we slowly enjoy it all. This all flashes by in brief seconds but at the same time it takes countless hours and time can tell went on around that getaway. October 2010