The Word Crafter: Busy...so very busy...

Who Am I?

I am merely a teenage girl, trying to find her way in life. But if you look closer, you will see my fingers are stained with ink from the aimless doodles that cover every blank page and margin, and from the furious scribbling that fill the pages of my numerous notebooks. You will notice that I burst out singing at random times, am extremely absent-minded, and laugh way too easily. I read avidly, write fiercely, love passionately, and hate bitterly. The Bible is the source of my peace--and I am a sinner saved by the mercy of God's grace. I feel naked without my camera, and everywhere I look, I see possible snapshots that could have been taken. My pen is my weapon, my camera is my companion--and beauty is my inspiration. I am, as L. M. Montgomery put it, "an eternal slave to beauty". I spend most of my time gazing at the curtain that separates the natural from the supernatural—but at times, at times, the curtain is lifted. These moments I live for.

Today, I woke up, threw my clothes on (and I mean that almost literally), rushed downstairs, jumped into a chair, yanked out my Bible, and took a deep breath. And spent a short time with God with the rest of my family (excluding my Dad, he's at work), as is the ritual of every school morning. After that, I gulped down my breakfast, washed the dishes, and thundered downstairs, thinking of all the school I had to finish.

I am exhausted! I just returned from my vigorous soccer game (we lost, but it was fun. Two war wounds: a bruise above my eye from a soccer ball in the face, and an aching ankle from a misplaced kick), then swallowed my baked potato in seemingly one bite, and hurried back downstairs, jumped on my computer, and attended my online writing class, with one minute to spare. Now it's over, I can finally just sit and rest. It feels so nice! :]

Off to write in diary and elaborate on plots (I'm feeling doubtful right now that my creative cells will be able to rouse themselves out of their stupor to hatch something other then gibberish),

4 replies:

Emily Ann said...: Lovely Bekah. I hope that you have a better day tomorrow!; September 21, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Cassandra said...: Sounds an awful lot like the craziness in my life right now, only I haven't had the time to write in my diary... it has been quite neglected since I started high school :(

Love and Blessings,
Cassie; September 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Joëlle said...: hey Bekah, i'm glad that you had a time to spend with God even though you were so busy.

God bless

Joëlle

p.s: i also like soccer, but can not play it!!; September 22, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Kristin said...: Hi Bekah! I just wanted to stop by and say Hi and to thank you for stopping by my blog :) You have a beautiful blog! It sounds like you're a busy girl too. It seems like just the other day that I was 12. Ha!

Kristin; September 24, 2009 at 5:57 PM