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"The Final Judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts--what we have done. It is an acknowledgement of the final effect of our acts and thoughts-- what we have become." - Elder Dallin H. Oaks

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Song Stories

I wrote up a bunch of song lyrics and now I'm going to try to make them into a story.
Here it goes!!

"Share the secrets that you've kept in cuz it's cold inside." (guy)
"Ok. Well . . . I think of you from time to time and in between. Your turn!!" (lady)
"Ummm. . . I can't breathe without you but I have to." (guy)
"Tell me why!!" (lady)
"It won't be long till the summer's gone, and well, you might find that you're my second choice. . ." (guy)
"There's too many barriers. . . wait. what?!" (lady)
-lady #2 knocks on the door. guy opens it-
-lady falls on knees-
"Please don't take him just because you can!!" (lady)
"But I can't help falling in love!!" (lady #2)
"What kind of world do you want? Well?!" (lady)
"Don't cry to me, cry to him! He's the one that lied to you!"
-lady turns to guy-
"I want you and your beautiful soul!!" (lady)
"Look. For so long my heart was breaking, then she came along. I'm sorry." (guy)
"You're not sorry!" (lady)
"Dude chill!" (guy)
"It's obvious how much you wanted anyone but me. Will you hold her hand?"
"Of course. Look, I'm sorry. At this point in my life, you're just not the one. I'll find you someday." (guy)
"I'm not going to stand here and wait." (lady)
"I probably shouldn't say this, but- " (lady #2)
"HUSH!!"(lady)
"Am I going to stay? Uh, no." (lady)
"Will you go." (guy)
"Am I going to leave? I don't think so." (lady #2)
"Hey ho! I wanna go now. You know, it was amazing how you could speak right to my heart. But you really should quit with all the lies you're telling. That one afternoon, all I needed was that phone call that never came, and I nearly fell apart. And you know the pictures of you, pictures of me, on my wall? Well, I'm going to rip it out, remove it. I hope you're happy. She will love you more than I could. I'm leaving now, and you'll never have me back cuz it's too late to catch me now."
-lady walks out the door.-
So as this lady walked away, she thought, "How could I have been so stupid? Should I turn back? No. Don't turn back, just keep on walking." But as she turned the corner, she did look back. He was standing there, holding the hand of that other lady, and laughing with her. As much as the betrayed lady wanted to break down and cry, she didn't. She kept it together. And as she took her last glimpse of him, she whispered,"Please, don't forget."

Ha ha. That was fun. I tried to make it dramatic at the end, but i don't know if it worked that well. Oh well!! Lol. Well, I gotta go to bed. Night y'all!
Love-
Rachel

Sunday, April 5, 2009

New Blog Layout. . . Again!!

You'll notice, again, that I have changed the look of my blog, and the title. The title is now, 'Don't Forget', which is the title of a song by Demi Lovato. Anyway, I hope you like it.
This weekend was conference!! Don't you just love General Conference? I do!! I love listening to the talks and feeling the Spirit. I also love being able to have some family time. What I also enjoy about it is being able to sleep in a bit and then getting to wear my pajamas all day!! I think my favorite talk was. . . I don't remember his name, but he was from Portugal or something and he was part of the Quorum of the 70. It went him, then another guy, then Elder Perry. Anyway, I loved his talk about the whole GPS System thing. It was very clever and inspiring.
I got a call this afternoon, and guess what I get to do! I get to speak on Sunday!! Lol. Tragic, but kind of cool at the same time. I get to speak on the Atonement. This is kind of a coinkinkidink because that's what I'm reading about in the the scriptures right now. Maybe not so much coinkinkidink, but more inspired probably. Anyway, if anyone has a favorite scripture or quote about the Atonement, it would be muy muy appreciated. :D
Hmmm. . . what else. . . Oh ya!
Mom is going out of town on Tuesday for Alicen's wedding in Texas. So it will just be me, Dad, and occasionally Spencer here. I am going to be in charge of meals and chores and, according to Dad, much much more. *sigh* I guess it will be ok. We'll miss mom but she deserves to get away for a while. Oh! And Loryn, if you read this before tomorrow (Monday) remind me to tell Dad to get a garage door opener! Or else I'm going to be locked out everyday after school. Not the teenage dream, I tell you.
Last night, Mom and I went to Roberts to get beads to make bracelets for her visiting teaching people. Roberts is right next to Deseret Book, and it was Women's Night there. Man I'm glad we weren't going there! The line was huge and it was freezing outside!! Anyway, we got into Roberts and it was a bit busy but not too bad. We got a bunch of beads and had much fun.
So today during conference, we made six bracelets. It was fun, but a lot of work.
Ha ha. After I tell you this next part, you're going to think I'm like a 3 year old or something, but anyway. Mom asked me what I wanted to do during conference. I thought for a minute and said that I wanted a coloring book and crayons. Mom gave me that 'are-you-serious?' look and laughed. I was like, ya I'm serious! I want Hello Kitty and Mickey Mouse! So Mom was like, Ok! So on Saturday morning, I came out and sat down to watch and after the opening prayer, Mom brought out a grocery bag that had two coloring books and crayons. The two coloring books were Hello Kitty, and Sesame Street (because she couldn't find Mickey Mouse). And the crayons, you'll never believe this, it was a box of 96 crayons! pencil sharpener included! and a space to put your name! Ha ha. See? Now you think I'm a 3 year old. But I'm not. I just like to color things. It's one of my favorite things to do with kids when I babysit them.
Anyway, now that we've had a look at the immature side of Rachel Covert, I have to go. Love you all!
Love-
Rachel
PS. Don't judge me!!