In loving memory

I went to a visitation to a friend of the family's today. They had been battling cancer for a while, but the last news that we had heard was that he was doing pretty well. We then learned that they had called hospice.
A couple days later I was told that he had died.
Yes, I was sad, but not that heart wrenching feeling that one gets. It didn't quite sink in.

I am the type of person to where it takes a while for things to sink in.  Especially death.  It doesn't sink in till the visitation when you see the person who is left behind, the one who wonders how they're going to go on, the one who is no longer one with someone. 

When you see it through that person's eyes. 
To see a person you love in pain.

How does one deal with this?
What do you say to the line of people who are related to that person that died? 
It'll be alright?  Well, yeah...
I'm here for ya?  Some how that just doesn't sound that comforting to me...
They're in a better place?  But what if they aren't?  What more the grief is.
I'm sorry?

Frankly, I didn't really know the people in the line.  I knew and was trying to get to the person on the end of the line that had been left behind. 

And the look in her eyes...

The look of they aren't crying, but you can see that they have been, and are crying on the inside...

Thats when it sunk in.  Thats when that gut wrenching pain and tears happened. 

I'm afraid I didn't give any words of comfort but going and letting her know that we love her and that well, we'd be thinking of her-
Some things can't be expressed in words.  Sometimes all you can do is give them a hug and listen.

Catching up on things...

Wow whee!  Where has the time gone?  It seems like it was May just yesterday;now its July!  Gardening, chores, watching kids, Geometry and everything else  keeps a person going , but I always make time to relax.;)

The boys watching green pickers go by. 

 

The Marbold house

 

My mom and I went to an antique sale.  I mean these were the real things not the copy's.  Needless to say there were some pretty interesting things.  I can say though that I wasn't ready to dig into my pants pocket and dish out the dough for anything so I didn't buy anything. 

Very tempted to get these.  They were the cutest little things. 

One of the little buildings around the house.

It was funny I was taking pictures of a couple things because well,why not?  And one of the dealers came behind me and said, "Pictures are $5 each."  I was quite stunned.  Then the lady started laughing and told me she was joking(much to my relief)  She warned me though to be careful because some dealers get quite upset about that.  Something about people taking pictures of antiques and then making a copy of that item therefore lowering that item's value?  Needless to say, I was wary of taking pictures after that. 
We bought kettle corn and then went on to Springfield to get a couple things that day.  It was quite a exciting day.
It was raining on and off there for awhile in June, but its looking like things are settling down to those hot summer days.

 



A flooded Twin Bridges

 



Snake!  Needless to say, me and my brother treaded lightly hoping not to encounter one by surprise.

This lil guy must have been blown out during one of the storms.  He was quite the speedy little guy and didn't want his picture taken.  I'm sure the little kids got a kick out of watching me running around after a little bird trying to get a picture.

 

 A friend of mine came up from Alabama to visit for a couple weeks, and while she was here we got together a couple times.  We had a great time on her grandpa's farm on one of the days.

 

 

 

Kimberly.  For those that don't know her, let me tell you she is an amazing person.  We've known each other since we were very young.  Whether it was standing together when she was being teased about missing her two front teeth, or playing on the big bed in my basement as super cats(wild imagination, I know.) we were best buds.  I can't remember how old we were when she moved down to Alabama, 7 or 8 maybe?  Anyhow, we were out of touch for awhile.  We didn't start hanging out again till last year when I happened to be at her aunt's wedding.  We struck up a conversation and have been keeping in touch ever since.  So no, we aren't playing super cats anymore, but we are still having some pretty savvy adventures. 

This little guy was at the park not at the pond by the way.

 

 

 

 

Taken on one of my night excursions with the pups.  They couldn't wait till the morning to go.

Abstract for the day

Fourth of July was fantastic! We played a whole bunch of games including ninja.  Was bombed by the beanbag toss but I'm getting over that.  Did not take pictures of the fireworks which was dumb of me because we were in a good spot and all that. 

  We had our kitchen remodled and after a couple setbacks its finally finished!  The sink in my opinion is the best part.  Why you migh ask?  Becuase of this....

 

 

 

 

 

 

So yeah, I'm estatic about the sink.  Well, I think I'm caught up.  For now...

A boy, a toad, and hot windy weather

Caleb and a toad



It wasn't till I was looking through my pictures that I discovered I had cut off his head! :(  Oh well.  It is a pretty good one of him though.  Besides that, he had to be preoccupied somehow.  He was wanting to get in the cow pen and be part of all the action. 

They are AI ing the cows.



Its been a very hot Wednesday with reports of there going to be 90 mile an hour wind.  I don't how hard the wind was blowing, but it was pretty bad.  In fact, it had tore the plastic on our chicken coop.(Sorry I didn't get any pictures.  I was busy trying to help put a tarp on.)

Wind+large tarp= alot of chaos.

But we did manage to get it on so that was good.  We also had to fix another spot on the coop so that the chickens couldn't get out.  Chickens have been disappearing. I believe we are down to twenty some.

Our planting season is over!  Now onto keeping everything running!
 

 I'm expecting to have a burnt mind tomorrow and its not from the weather either.  3 hours of geometry does that to a person.0.o  Thankfully, I have a great teacher.

Expanding blog to life

Whelp, I got to thinking and I came up with a conclusion.  I'm not a professional on writing. I can give advice and ideas, but I'm no professional, so while some posts will be on writing(and show more of my writing) this little ole blog is going to also show some insight into my life. You can get a lot more information on my mom's blog here: http://dkwhitakerfamily.blogspot.com  on the whole family in general. 

What can I say?  We're a pretty interesting group, and a day is never dull.  (In a good way)

Well, its been raining and it looks like it will be raining more.

I got a reply on my query letter.  It was a no, but still!  A REPLY!  So now the great search for a new agent begins. Nights usually consists of sitting in bed searching on the laptop, and eating a pop tart. Thrilling as usual.;)

And when the search is finished for the night these two desperado's join me for bed.
                




Lucy



Skeeter

 

Good night!

Outlines can be fun?

You bet! 
It not only shows you the major events that are on your book, but how things fit together like a puzzle. 
I decided to go visual with mine for one of my stories.


Quite the jumble of paper!









 

What I did was I picked the major backrounds, listed the events that happened under them, and then had arrows going from one place to another so I know what happened in what order.  It was quite the fun project!

Ah, pinterest

I don't know what I did before pinterest. Probably didn't spend hours on the computer at one time thats for sure.  ;)    From the grumpy cat, sarcasim, crafts and ideas, it pretty much sucks you in.
Apparently, it can also be used to advertise your writing. 
Rachelle Gardner had a guest blogger talking on the subject.  http://www.rachellegardner.com/2013/04/5-ways-authors-can-use-pinterest-as-a-marketing-tool/

I was on Pinterest and found this.
 Me and my brother have yet to stop laughing about this. Not quite sure why.  Maybe because we stayed up too late .
Again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=S1k86fWsmRE

 Calvin on writing.....

For those that don't know me, I LOVE Calvin and Hobbes comics.

My Fair Lady:Chapter 9/Note

Well, this is the end.  I hope you enjoyed it.  The things I would do differently is probably make the chapters shorter, and add more to the book.  So yeah...

I'm thinking what I'm going to do is wait a bit before I do anymore blogging of my books.  Perhaps do some in between posts, then do the synopsis's of a couple of my books and have a voting of which one to do next. 

 

WEEKS LATER……………

 Jack dodged people as he walked through the celebrating crowd.  Prince Lionel had been pronounced king, and celebration had begun.  “Why do I feel so down?”  Jack thought.  “This is what I wanted.  This is what I have waited, dreamed, and trained for, yet I feel empty.”  The new kingdom had been set up in Tula since the castle in Melkola was in ruins.  He hadn’t seen much of Turner since that day.  He had gone through the wreckage of the castle, searching and calling her name. 

“Kezia!”  Turner shouted.  His voice broke.  “Kezia.” He cried falling to his knees.  Jack watched him.  He didn’t know what to say or do.  He went over to him, and helped him to his feet.  “I’m sorry was all he could muster out.

 Jack stepped into the library, and sat down on one of the couches.  He had been placed back in his proper position, and had his old mansion back, yet he felt empty.  His mind wandered.  He felt numb, and unsure.  He walked to the window.  He stared down at the crowd. 

Someone slipped their arm through his.  “You always did steal away to the library.”  The voice whispered.  Jack looked down at his side.  He turned the woman so that he was fully facing her.  “Abigail?”  He whispered in disbelief.  He hugged her, embracing her.  “I thought….”  He whispered. 

“I know.” Abigail said.  “I’ve been in captivity this whole time.  I only was able to keep living at the thought of you.”  Tears ran down her face. 

Jack took her in his arms again.  “Will you still marry me?” 

“I will.”  Abigail said laughing softly.  “I said I would before the first war, and I intend to even after this war.”

********************

Kezia blinked.  Nothing around her seemed familiar.  She was in a strange room and bed.  Someone stood up and hovered over her.  “He looks familiar.”  She thought.  Her forehead scrunched up.  “I can’t remember how, but I’ve seen him before.”  .  She opened her mouth to speak. 

The man hushed her.  “Save your breath.  There’ll be plenty of time for that later.”  He said shushing her.  Kezia stared up at him.  “I can’t remember.”  She thought frustrated.  She felt strange.  She couldn’t seem to move.  She closed her eyes feeling extremely tired all of the sudden.