To Let Go

While blog stalking Amy (a previous intern at Owl) I read this poem, it is beautiful and very true.

"to let go isn't to forget,

not to think about, or ignore.

it doesn't leave feelings of anger,

jealousy, or regret.

letting go isn't about winning or losing.

it's not about pride

and it's not about how you appear,

and it's not about obsessing or dwelling on the past.

letting go isn't blocking memories

or sinking sad thoughts,

and doesn't leave emptiness, hurt, or sadness.

it's not about giving in or giving up.

letting go isn't about loss and it's not about defeat.

to let go is to cherish the memories,

but to overcome and move on.

it is having an open mind

and confidence in the future.

letting go is learning and experiencing and growing.

to let go is to be thankful for the experiences that

made you laugh, made you cry, made you grow.

it's about all that you have, all that you had,

and all that you will soon gain.

letting go is having the courage to accept change,

and the strength to keep moving.

letting go is growing up.

it is realizing that the heart can sometimes

be the most potent remedy.

to let go is to open a door,

and to clear a path and set yourself free. "

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Don't Breathe

I stumbled upon Anita Renfroe a couple of days ago, she has some quite hilarious songs. (You may have heard her song "Mom Overture") I thought that this one was funny, a pretty good parody of I Can Feel You Breathe by Faith Hill

A (More Real) Love Story

This is another song by Anita Renfroe, is it pathetic that I feel like crying at the end of the song?

Hairs a Thought

A couple of weeks ago I was tutoring Jenny when we had a little bit of time left at the end before her Dad showed up. Jenny noticed my earrings on my desk and picked them up and started looking through them, she tried every single earring on me and decided which ones were the most pretty. Somehow she went from looking at my earrings to doing my hair, this is the result...

A couple of days ago I decided to see if my hair was long enough to do the cone head, it works but I think it would do better my hair was a little longer and if it was straightened.

When I was walking around after-school yesterday Zoey told me that I look like a Christmas tree...quite funny! So then as Wendy was leaving she said "Good-bye Teacher Beth Christmas Tree!"

Yuling told me that I was "brilliant!"

PhotoHunt: Addiction

I admit that I probably have more than one addiction, but this picture is definitely 3 of my favorites :D I love babies (Sonia was holding my newest niece at the time, Aubrey...did I mention that I have a new niece? Her name's Claire and I can't wait until I get to meet her in July!) and little kids. They are happy, carefree, silly, beautiful, loving, sweet, honest, and I can't get enough of them. Besides babies and little kids I also love being with my family, my family is big, loud,

Mango's Come In a Glass

We got to Far East a little early and we were both hungry so we decided that we would try one of the little stands downstairs in the food court. I ordered a mango yogurt smoothie...

...I might possibly be willing to go back just for that, because I ordered it with something else it only cost me $20 NT or less than a $1 US! It was so delicious, it really tasted like mango's, was icy, cold, yummy, milky---all the things a good smoothie should be!

For my main course I ordered tortilla wraps. Basically it was tortilla's deep fried with meat, cheese, lettuce, and pineapple- it was actually quite tasty. It also came with chips and "salsa" definitely did not taste like salsa but it wasn't enough to deter me from the rest of the meal :D

The Others

I can't show you Leslee with showing you some of what her "competition" was :D There was definitely some extremes, some attitude, some who were too young to be there, some who had done it before, and everything else in between.

This poor little girl is adorable and she had to come out first...I'm pretty sure that she was the youngest there. Her brother was so sweet and walked out with her.

This kid cared a lot about his appearance, he walked in with total confidence, straight back and danced very well.

This kid was hilarious, he was supposed to be saying something but instead just kept on blowing into the microphone. He did it several times and then was trying to get his Mom and the other guy to blow into it too.

These two were sisters and had a some major attitude.

This girl had some major skills on the roller skates (who am I joking...any skill is major skill compared to what I can do)

His orange kind of reminds me of a fish. He sang and played with the sticks.

Nobody could tell that this was his Grandma :D She was dancing and singing the whole time, it was super cute and fun to see her so excited for him.

I have dubbed this the volcano hair...I only wish my hair did that.

She wasn't in the competition but I still think she's cute...this is Alice P. one of the 5 year olds. I had her on my shoulders so that she could see above the others.

For some reason his outfit kind of reminded me of a lion (the color) and a snake (the thing on his forehead)

This kid was seriously wearing a dress made out of tin foil!