I hope I never get used to the smell of rain.

With a beautiful, antique, opal/diamond ring rested on my finger and the warmth of a director's praise still spread throughout me, I feel happy and content with Summer.  I've sent/received a couple letters, I've made [and spent] some money, I've seen some movies, I've sung a bit and acted a bit more, I've danced and my healing blisters didn't even crack open again, my hair is being cooperative and I'm slightly tan, I've started and finished a few amazing books... Life is good.

All my love, Laura.

P.S. I have the best friends in the world.  Yes, that includes you.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

There is perfect,

and then there is flawless.

They don't exist together because
our flaws are what make us

Perfect.

~  ~  ~

Sometimes, you forget that everyone has hardships.

You see someone and they seem so put together and amazing

and you are jealous.

Then you learn more about them

-like, say, you read their blog-

and you realize it's just a mask.

It's just an outer shell,

a protective covering.

Does anyone see through mine?

Inside a person

there is but a heart, soul, and mind.

The mind deals in facts

such as, he will break your heart

and he has enough to choose from already.

The heart deals in impulses

such as, we have a chance

and perhaps I am the girl for him any way.

Now the soul,

the soul is the most tempermental

and the most mysterious.

It is what lingers

when we are gone.

It is made up of experience,

of thought,

of hopes and dreams

and love and emotion.

We are all but souls weighted down.

If we let our souls take over,

and didn't listen to our hearts and minds,

would the world be a better place?

would we end up together?

Tell me darlin', do you wish we'd fall in love?

Love, Laura.


P.S.  I was at the park and saw the darlingest little boy.  The dad walked up with an equally cute little baby, and I told him, "They are soooo cute!"  He replied, "I may've screwed up with a lot of things, but they did turn out great" [or something to that extent].  The vulnerability shocked me, as did the truth.  We will all be redeemed in the form of the next generation.