Story of a Girl

Sometimes rescue comes to you.
It just shows up, and you do nothing.
Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't.
But be ready, when it comes,
to decide if you will take the outstretched hand
and let it pull you ashore.

"Don't Think or Judge, Just Listen."

I Loved this book! Seriously, one of the most enjoyable reads amongst YA fiction, amongst the books I've read in the last two years or so. The story of Just Listen follows Annabel Greene as she navigates her way through a messy chunk of time, where life deals some crushing blows, but also brings some wonderful gifts.

Lessons learned:

Some lives may look pretty perfect on the outside, but we never have any idea what is really going on in the inside. (Yes it's cliche, but a truth we tend to forget when we get stuck in the idea that the grass is always greener wherever we aren't, etc.)

Honesty is the best policy. (Yep, I wholly was convicted by this whole embracing lying lifestyle. Lying in the sense that we do it to keep others out, to keep from dealing with the real raw stuff in our lives, to deceive others, and to deceive ourselves.)

Family matters. Friends matter. Share, love, and be there for one another.

Just Listen.

june, i'll sing a song for you, oh how i love you june!

welcome june, the first of the summer months!
a gloomy beginning,
but we felt your warmth as we sat in the afternoon sun.
thank you june for the beauty you offer us.
i look forward to a many lovely days spent with you :)