Christmas and Things

My 6 months are officially up. :) Christmas was interesting this year. We left in the afternoon for California and got there around 1:30 AM. The next day we visited my great grandma, and the day after that I went to San
Francisco with my aunt and Max. It was great! We got back yesterday. School starts back up again on Tuesday. I still have to read most of a book for AP Lang. :( No one has blogged in a little while, including myself so I thought I would.

Honor and Love

My mother (my, that sounds odd) is truly wonderful. I learn an unbelievable number of things from her that have really helped me--to be a civilized, sensible human being, that is. I cannot even put to words how grateful I am for her. I've already talked about boundaries so I'd like to talk about something new I learned today. Really, though, I've known this all along but putting it to words really makes you think about it and it can help. I won't be able to talk about this near as well as her but here's my attempt.


Honor. It's technical definition is honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions or high respect, as for worth, merit, or rank. One needs to both give and receive honor in a relationship. In my opinion, honor goes right alongside love. I find that the best definition, at least for me, of love comes from I Corinthians 13: 4-7. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. I honestly believe that this can help you to see who you really love. Of course, it can be very difficult to follow all of those things at once, but they're good guidelines. Love is a topic that could take hours to talk about. Hours, days, months, etc. So back to honor.


If you are having a conversation with someone and you can feel that either you are not being honored or they are not being honored, you should end the conversation. End it and pick it back up when you are both able to honor one another. You will get no where without it. You may even discover that you are never able to honor one another. In that case, it would be better just to end the relationship. If it is healthy, there should be no tension or trying to make it work. It should come naturally. You have to look out for yourself, and put yourself with people who are good for you. One-sided relationships do not work. It takes two. I could continue but I ought to go to sleep. I've had a full day.

Music music music

On Tuesday this week my family and I went to the Rose Garden in Portland and saw Mumford and Sons live! It was by far the best concert I have been to. SO much fun.
There is only one more week of school before winter break. I am so excited. A lot of great things are going to happen this break. :) I'm also very glad that it hasn't really snowed this year. Hopefully it just won't! The winter choir concert is on Thursday and the band concert is on Tuesday. Good good good!