I was on Myspace! And my best friend just showed me how to find all my old photos and information because it had been YEARS since I logged into it. We had some good laughs looking at photos and reading our old blog posts.
Here are a few old photos "found":
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| Carly, Greg, me, Bekah |
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| I am wearing my all-time FAVORITE pair of jeans EVER! |
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| Joe and I at Liquid Joe's when we were dating! |
Below are a couple of old poems that I had written. The first one was during the time I was dating different people and realized pretty quickly how frustrating it was at times. (A lot of fun too though!) I think it could have been about one in particular. The second poem was about a friend but I related to her at times and it was more of a metaphor.
Written: June 30, 2004
{The Mask of Love}
Unwanted desires
Selfish passions
Destructive motives
Slaves to fashion.
Greedy hearts
Suffocating demands
Lying lips
Deceitful hands.
Bitter emotions
Wounded healing
Devious behavior
Angry feelings.
Poisonous souls
Insincere truths
Empty words
Troubled youth.
Hopeless future
Disappointing fate
Time is over
Endless wait.
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Written: December 8, 2008
{From Black to Brown}
A memory is lost
Deep in her thoughts
She clenches her fists
Pain has been taught
Over and over it plays
A never-peaceful ending
Just a reminder to herself
Her heart is still mending
How long will it take?...
Where will it go?...
Until she finds out
No one will ever know
But there are times
Pain shows in her eyes
Consumed, they turn black
Too many tears, too many lies
A forever constant struggle
Between freedom and living
Her eyes tell the story
Of anger not giving
But a simple word
Or perhaps a phrase
Can be softly uttered
To change her ugly ways
From here her eyes
Turning from black to brown
A welcomed reminder
In her pain she will not drown.
What are the words that relieve you from your pain or heartache?
By: Brittany Rae
-------------------------------------I even found a blog post I had written when I got engaged, graduated college and another one when I got my first teaching job! I had completely forgotten about writing these. It was so neat reliving how I felt!
| Subject | ENGAGED! |
| DateCreated | 4/27/2006 10:24:00 AM |
| PostedDate | 4/27/2006 10:05:00 AM |
| Body | So last nite I got engaged to the man of my dreams!! It was so exciting too because I was actually surprised, which I thought was going to be impossible. My roommate brought me down to Thanksgiving Point to check out some locations against my will but I love her to death so I was just trying to calm her nerves since she was the partner-in-crime who had to make sure I liked the place enough. If you've never been to the Tulip Gardens there you HAVE TO go--it truly is so gorgeous. She led me to this one location to this beautiful waterfall and gazebo and Joe was standing in front of the waterfall dressed SO handsome. So I walked over there and he sat me on this cute bench and he got on one knee and said things I can't quite remember bc I was in shock  But I said yes and we took some pictures around the garden and then I met up with the b-crew. It was a perfect nite to have with such a perfect guy--I really am so blessed and can't wait to start my life with him. |
| Subject | THE END OF THE BEGINNING?...OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END?? |
| DateCreated | 4/25/2006 12:47:00 AM |
| PostedDate | 4/25/2006 12:31:00 AM |
| Body | Graduation--A time for celebration and excitement. A time to look back on all your accomplishments and rejoice in the bright future ahead of you.. Starting that long-awaited career that forced you to get a college degree before entering its realm... But what comes to my mind is, OMG!!! I FEEL OLD!! My thinking is you know you're getting old when you are REFLECTING ON YOUR COLLEGE DAYS. I mean, isn't that some of the stories our parents have shared with us as an event that signified the end of their adolescence?----> Even if they didn't actually say that... it is definitely assumed I think. It is just one of those things that you can't help and you want to be excited about, but when you look in retrospect, you see the times you had as a 'kid' and what now lies ahead-- For me, I am graduating in TEN days. 'HOLY CRAP' are my thoughts every day. I don't feel ready... I don't want to almost!! But I am... I will... and then I get to do what I know God has called me to be--a teacher. WOW.. I feel like a student myself still today in this world.. God is so funny.. he likes to push us out of our comfort zone to do what HE knows we CAN do. So here's to graduating college to all my other friends who are embarking on this endeavor- CHEERS! and may you feel young forever!!  |
| Subject | Finally a teacher!!!... Now what do I do?!?! |
| DateCreated | 7/11/2006 4:53:00 PM |
| PostedDate | 7/11/2006 4:46:00 PM |
| Body | So I can't believe it, but I got a job teaching at a brand new school in Herriman! I will be teaching 3rd grade at a year-round school that starts JULY 25th! So here are some updates since I don't have any time really to call all my friends and family to let you all know. Yesterday I started "new teachers to Jordan district" orientation. It is preeeetty boring so far, but they feed us free lunch and give us a TON of books and activities to do with the kids so it's not so bad. We also talked about payroll and found out that salary has increased somewhat... never again I'm sure :) BUT THE BEST PART about yesterday was that I met up with all the new teachers and the principal and she gave us a tour of the new school and showed us all the cool technology our classrooms have and let me just say that it's amazing--the best in the state! I was shown my very own classroom and it's so nice! It's big and has windows (sounds dumb but most don't!) and a sink/water fountain inside the room and lots of cupboard space. I was SOOOOOO excited to see it and to think of all I can do inside there. Today I didn't get to go up there bc I came into work (I'm still working pt. time), but tomorrow I'm meeting my 3rd grade team leader who will hopefully help me order supplies and help me plan on what to do these next couple weeks. So that's about it! I'll update if I can... but I don't have computer access really anymore!! Just know how happy and excited I am.. and how AWESOME my principal is!! :) |
