I Didn't Know It Was Possible To Feel So Many Emotions At Once. I Miss Haiti So Incredibly Much!
Haiti Is Where My Heart Is. Those Kids Took It From Me.. At The Moment They Are Still Holding It, Waiting For Me To Return.
I Know Haiti Isn't Ever Going To Be Like It Used To Be.. I Know Everything Is Gonna Change. I Am Fully Aware.
But I Want To Be There.
I Want To Be There Holding Those Dying Babies. I Want To Hold That Little Boys Hand That's Having Surgery. I Want To Hug That Grandmother That Just Lost Her Granddaughter..
I Want To Be There For Those People That Stole My Heart. It Hurts Me To Know I Can't Be There. It Hurts Me To Know, My Ground Is Solid, My Ground Is Whole, My Ground Is Still.
I Try To Go On With My Day To Day Life But It's Impossible.
They Are Always On My Heart And Mind. It's All Over The News. Everywhere I Go, Everything I See, It Reminds Me Of Haiti.
Taylor
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti..
My Heart Is So Broken Right Now. Haiti Is Such A Special Place To Me. My Second Home. My Second Family. I Want To Be There Helping Them. I Wanna Hold Those Kids That Are Crying, Pray With Those Who Are Breaking, And Love Those Babies That Are Dieing..
Sometimes I Wonder How I Am Here At All.
When I Went To Haiti Last March I Had No Idea What To Expect Or What I Was Even Doing In A 3rd World Country.. But I Know When I Went, All Of Me Was There. But Not All Of Me Came Back.. My Heart Is Still Sitting In Haiti Waiting For Me To Return. No Matter What Anyone Says, I Honestly Think If You Go To Haiti It Has To Change Your life In Some Sort Of Way. Maybe There's Not A Huge Change, But There Is Always Gonna Be something That Triggers Your Mind And Your Thoughts Wonder Back To Haiti.
Like I Have Said Before, Haiti Is A Love Hate Thing. I Don't See How Someone Can Physically Hate Haiti. It Just Wasn't For Me..
You Hear About It All Over The News And People Talking About It. It's Not Like You Can Avoid The Subject.
Sometimes I Litterally Break Down And Cry. I Want To Be There So Bad I Can Literally Taste The Clay As Your Driving Down The Street..
Haiti Needs Our Help. Maybe You Can't Help Finically But Prayers Are A Great Need Too!
I Wanna Thank You Guys For Everything You Have Done Before And Are Doing Now. Your Such A Blessings:)
Love And Prayers,
Taterbug
Sometimes I Wonder How I Am Here At All.
When I Went To Haiti Last March I Had No Idea What To Expect Or What I Was Even Doing In A 3rd World Country.. But I Know When I Went, All Of Me Was There. But Not All Of Me Came Back.. My Heart Is Still Sitting In Haiti Waiting For Me To Return. No Matter What Anyone Says, I Honestly Think If You Go To Haiti It Has To Change Your life In Some Sort Of Way. Maybe There's Not A Huge Change, But There Is Always Gonna Be something That Triggers Your Mind And Your Thoughts Wonder Back To Haiti.
Like I Have Said Before, Haiti Is A Love Hate Thing. I Don't See How Someone Can Physically Hate Haiti. It Just Wasn't For Me..
You Hear About It All Over The News And People Talking About It. It's Not Like You Can Avoid The Subject.
Sometimes I Litterally Break Down And Cry. I Want To Be There So Bad I Can Literally Taste The Clay As Your Driving Down The Street..
Haiti Needs Our Help. Maybe You Can't Help Finically But Prayers Are A Great Need Too!
I Wanna Thank You Guys For Everything You Have Done Before And Are Doing Now. Your Such A Blessings:)
Love And Prayers,
Taterbug
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy 2010!
Ahh! It's 2010! A New Year! For Some It Means Starting Over, Others It's Just The Beginning.. But I Hope Whatever 2010 Is For You, It's A Blessing!
Wow! I Just Can't Believe It's Already Here.. This Is Craziness!!! I Hope Your 2009 Was As Blessed As Mine:)
Some Of My Main Highlights Of My Life Were In '09! Things Like Going To Haiti, Meeting Taylor, And My Horseback Riding Lessons! I Have So Much More To Be Thankful For, But Those Are Just Some Of The Many!
'09 Was A Very Big Growing Point For Me. I Had To Make Some Pretty Hard Decisions And Figure Out Where I Am Goin In My Future.. But I Was Also Very Blessed With A Very Special Friend, Taylor, To Help Me Through It All:) She Has Been Nothing But Wonderful To Me, I Love Her!
I Know I Still Have Many Years To Come, But This Year Is Very Special And Will Always Be Close To My Heart:) I Am Gonna Admit, Sometimes I Really Wished This Year Would End And Things Would Calm Down. I Hit Those Ruff Spots, Ya Know?.. But I Pulled Through. My Faith Is So Strong, It Feels Unshakable! GOD Is Good, And I Have Met Some Pretty Amazing People!
Anyways, I Sure Hope 2010 Is A Blessing For You! And Always Remember GOD Is With You:)
Love You Guys So Much!
Taterbug
Wow! I Just Can't Believe It's Already Here.. This Is Craziness!!! I Hope Your 2009 Was As Blessed As Mine:)
Some Of My Main Highlights Of My Life Were In '09! Things Like Going To Haiti, Meeting Taylor, And My Horseback Riding Lessons! I Have So Much More To Be Thankful For, But Those Are Just Some Of The Many!
'09 Was A Very Big Growing Point For Me. I Had To Make Some Pretty Hard Decisions And Figure Out Where I Am Goin In My Future.. But I Was Also Very Blessed With A Very Special Friend, Taylor, To Help Me Through It All:) She Has Been Nothing But Wonderful To Me, I Love Her!
I Know I Still Have Many Years To Come, But This Year Is Very Special And Will Always Be Close To My Heart:) I Am Gonna Admit, Sometimes I Really Wished This Year Would End And Things Would Calm Down. I Hit Those Ruff Spots, Ya Know?.. But I Pulled Through. My Faith Is So Strong, It Feels Unshakable! GOD Is Good, And I Have Met Some Pretty Amazing People!
Anyways, I Sure Hope 2010 Is A Blessing For You! And Always Remember GOD Is With You:)
Love You Guys So Much!
Taterbug
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Haiti: A Little Taste Of Home :D
Hey Guys! How Is Everyone??
Well Right Now It's 5 In The Mornin And I Can NOT Get Haiti Off My Mind.. I Went Once Last Year And Fell "Head Over Heels" In The Love With The Place! But The Worst Part Of It Is, They Let Me Have A Little Taste, But We Can't Take Another Trip Back There This Year!!! So I Have To Wait Till 2011 To Go Back!! Ahhhh! I Don't Know If I Can Wait That Long..
I Have Almost All My Friends Wanting To Go Now! And I Talk About It Non-Stop! I Made Life Time Friends There, Ya Know?? I Really Want To See Them All Again:)
The People There Are Just Amazing! I Know You Here Horror Stories And Stuff About The Place And I Do Have To Say, It Prolly Will Scare You The Minuet We Land.. But Weather You Love Or Hate It, It's Gonna Put A Little Imprint On Your Heart:)
Haiti Is A Love Hate Thing. Either You Love It Or You Hate It. There's Really Not A Happy Medium For Haiti.
I Had Never Been Anywhere Before Haiti. I Mean I Have Been Outa State And Different Things Like That.. But Never AnyThing Like Haiti..
So That Day We Landed In The Haition Air-Port My World Was Turned Upside Down! I Met Some Of The Most Amazing People There. And I Am Going To Admit, You Don't Stay In A Five Star Hotel Or Have Gourmet Food. But What We Did Have, I Was So Thankful For:)
When You Go To Haiti You Learn To Over Look Things, And Find The Bright Side. You Can't Be Picky In Haiti Either.. Most Of The People Are Very Friendly. But You Do Have To Watch Out For Those Seldom Ones..
When My Mom And I Went We Stayed At The Mission Of Hope. That's Where The Hope House Is Located, Right Directly Below From Us, On A Slope. So We Could Just Walk Down There And See The Kids:)
I Also Got To Meet My Little Girl My Mom And I Sponsor, Her Name Is Fortune And She Turned 13 This December! Oh My Goodness She Has Gotten Soooo Big! She Is A Beautiful One Too! I LOVE Her, Sweet As Pie!
There Food Is Pretty Good Too:P I Mean, It is Nothing Like Ours! There Main Dishes Usually Consist Of Beans And Rice, But We Had A Cook Where We Were Staying, And She Made Some Good Food!
I Remember One Night She Made A "Surprise" For Us. So None Of Us Knew What She Was Making.. It Had Just Gotten Done When The Lights Went Out. Of Course We Were All Used To This By Now Cause Everything Was Powered By A Generator... Lol
So She, And A Couple Of Other People, Just Served Us While We Were At The Tables.
So After A Long Days Work We Are All Starving! So We All Dig In, Went Back For Seconds And Had Extra Time To Talk Before The Lights Ever Kicked Back On.
Well, When The Lights Did Come Back On We Were All Pretty Horrified..
Whatever That "Surprise" Stuff Was, It Was Black..
It Was Some Kinda REALLY Thick Soup With Some Kinda Green Chucks In It.. We Finally Figured Out There Were Carrots In It, But That Was It. And We Were To Scared To Find Out What Kinda Meat Was In It.. So We Just Thanked Amise, And Did Up The Dishes! Lol
Haiti Isn't A Very Clean Place Either.. We Can't Drink There Water For Risk Of Malaria.. They Order Us Special Water To Drink.
Haiti Really Is A Life Changing Place. And Like I Said Before, Even If You Hate It, Your Never Gonna Forget It..
So That's What Was On My Mind! Thanks For Letting Me Rant On And On!
Love You Guys!
Taterbug
Well Right Now It's 5 In The Mornin And I Can NOT Get Haiti Off My Mind.. I Went Once Last Year And Fell "Head Over Heels" In The Love With The Place! But The Worst Part Of It Is, They Let Me Have A Little Taste, But We Can't Take Another Trip Back There This Year!!! So I Have To Wait Till 2011 To Go Back!! Ahhhh! I Don't Know If I Can Wait That Long..
I Have Almost All My Friends Wanting To Go Now! And I Talk About It Non-Stop! I Made Life Time Friends There, Ya Know?? I Really Want To See Them All Again:)
The People There Are Just Amazing! I Know You Here Horror Stories And Stuff About The Place And I Do Have To Say, It Prolly Will Scare You The Minuet We Land.. But Weather You Love Or Hate It, It's Gonna Put A Little Imprint On Your Heart:)
Haiti Is A Love Hate Thing. Either You Love It Or You Hate It. There's Really Not A Happy Medium For Haiti.
I Had Never Been Anywhere Before Haiti. I Mean I Have Been Outa State And Different Things Like That.. But Never AnyThing Like Haiti..
So That Day We Landed In The Haition Air-Port My World Was Turned Upside Down! I Met Some Of The Most Amazing People There. And I Am Going To Admit, You Don't Stay In A Five Star Hotel Or Have Gourmet Food. But What We Did Have, I Was So Thankful For:)
When You Go To Haiti You Learn To Over Look Things, And Find The Bright Side. You Can't Be Picky In Haiti Either.. Most Of The People Are Very Friendly. But You Do Have To Watch Out For Those Seldom Ones..
When My Mom And I Went We Stayed At The Mission Of Hope. That's Where The Hope House Is Located, Right Directly Below From Us, On A Slope. So We Could Just Walk Down There And See The Kids:)
I Also Got To Meet My Little Girl My Mom And I Sponsor, Her Name Is Fortune And She Turned 13 This December! Oh My Goodness She Has Gotten Soooo Big! She Is A Beautiful One Too! I LOVE Her, Sweet As Pie!
There Food Is Pretty Good Too:P I Mean, It is Nothing Like Ours! There Main Dishes Usually Consist Of Beans And Rice, But We Had A Cook Where We Were Staying, And She Made Some Good Food!
I Remember One Night She Made A "Surprise" For Us. So None Of Us Knew What She Was Making.. It Had Just Gotten Done When The Lights Went Out. Of Course We Were All Used To This By Now Cause Everything Was Powered By A Generator... Lol
So She, And A Couple Of Other People, Just Served Us While We Were At The Tables.
So After A Long Days Work We Are All Starving! So We All Dig In, Went Back For Seconds And Had Extra Time To Talk Before The Lights Ever Kicked Back On.
Well, When The Lights Did Come Back On We Were All Pretty Horrified..
Whatever That "Surprise" Stuff Was, It Was Black..
It Was Some Kinda REALLY Thick Soup With Some Kinda Green Chucks In It.. We Finally Figured Out There Were Carrots In It, But That Was It. And We Were To Scared To Find Out What Kinda Meat Was In It.. So We Just Thanked Amise, And Did Up The Dishes! Lol
Haiti Isn't A Very Clean Place Either.. We Can't Drink There Water For Risk Of Malaria.. They Order Us Special Water To Drink.
Haiti Really Is A Life Changing Place. And Like I Said Before, Even If You Hate It, Your Never Gonna Forget It..
So That's What Was On My Mind! Thanks For Letting Me Rant On And On!
Love You Guys!
Taterbug
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Take a step back
Hey guys!
How is everyone??
Hey, I just wanted to encourage you all to take a step back from your lives, weather they are fast, slow, boring, exciting, etc.. Whatever kinda life you have and even if you love it, just take a second to step outside of the box and just look.
Yup, that's all you have to do.
What do you see?
If your having a hard time, or you just feel like you need some time with GOD for that matter, I really encourage you to take some time and have some one on one time with GOD. Let Him know how you feel. Lost, found, hurt, happy, sad, ect..
Give it all over to Him! It will take a 100 pound weight off your shoulders!!
He is such a gracious God, you know? I LOVE talking to Him:) And the best part is, when I am scared and I don't think I can make it, He takes those baby steps with me. He never gets unpatient with me, He never shoves me. He lets me take my time and work through whatever I am going through.
I have those people in my life, one of them is a very close friend to me, that just wont trust. Or have been so hurt soo many times they are scared to give it all over to Him. Cause as sure as they do, He'll let them down or not care anymore.. That's what they think anyways..
And the worst part of it is, I know exactly where they are coming from! I was in that exact place as they were.
So I ask you guys this one little favor. Take a step back and tell Him what you see.
Love you guys!!
Taterbug
How is everyone??
Hey, I just wanted to encourage you all to take a step back from your lives, weather they are fast, slow, boring, exciting, etc.. Whatever kinda life you have and even if you love it, just take a second to step outside of the box and just look.
Yup, that's all you have to do.
What do you see?
If your having a hard time, or you just feel like you need some time with GOD for that matter, I really encourage you to take some time and have some one on one time with GOD. Let Him know how you feel. Lost, found, hurt, happy, sad, ect..
Give it all over to Him! It will take a 100 pound weight off your shoulders!!
He is such a gracious God, you know? I LOVE talking to Him:) And the best part is, when I am scared and I don't think I can make it, He takes those baby steps with me. He never gets unpatient with me, He never shoves me. He lets me take my time and work through whatever I am going through.
I have those people in my life, one of them is a very close friend to me, that just wont trust. Or have been so hurt soo many times they are scared to give it all over to Him. Cause as sure as they do, He'll let them down or not care anymore.. That's what they think anyways..
And the worst part of it is, I know exactly where they are coming from! I was in that exact place as they were.
So I ask you guys this one little favor. Take a step back and tell Him what you see.
Love you guys!!
Taterbug
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Hey Guys! It's been some time, huh?
Wow it's been crazy here. This Christmas has really snuck up one me.. I still have A little of shopping to do.. How is Everything going for you guys?
Everything is pretty good here. I had Parent night at dance last Thursday and Monday. I did ok on Thursday with Ballet. On Monday with Jazz.. Grrr! I was falling all over the place and making a fool of myself, but then later on that night I pulled myself together for hip-hop and did ALOT better:)
Last weekend I was invited to a friend from dance, to her birthday party. It was sooooo much fun!! We walked around Brick town for a couple of hours then went to a hotel where we went swimming and did some other "stuff" lol!!
Anyways, she has been to Haiti and Mexico countless times! Plus she rides horses and loves toms! The world really is a very small place:)
School is going pretty good- so far!
Kelsey is officially 10 years old.. gosh!
Gabby is about to 13!! On the 23rd!
Olivia is 4 months now and is the fattest thing I have EVER seen! She is sooooo big now! Oh my goodness!
Lately I have really felt a peace in my heart. Before when I was struggling with all the girl drama, My uncle, the family and friends I really wasn't putting my full trust in the LORD. My heart was so restless.. I hate that feeling!
Everything hasn't been nearly as bad as it was before but we all still have those moments.. But it's so much easier for me:) Putting your full trust in the LORD really does make all the difference.
My sister is in her 5th month and is getting way big! She is sooooo cute! But please still be in prayer for her. She is really struggling right now. Gosh, I love her.
Hey! Next year I am thinking about doing a duet with one of my friends to Fireflies by Owl city!! I think that would be sooooo cute! Then I'll do a jazz solo to a really moving meaning full song. I am not really sure what though.
Any ideas??
My friends are great and the family is great!
So it was so short and to the point..
Love and blessings this Christmas,
Taterbug
Wow it's been crazy here. This Christmas has really snuck up one me.. I still have A little of shopping to do.. How is Everything going for you guys?
Everything is pretty good here. I had Parent night at dance last Thursday and Monday. I did ok on Thursday with Ballet. On Monday with Jazz.. Grrr! I was falling all over the place and making a fool of myself, but then later on that night I pulled myself together for hip-hop and did ALOT better:)
Last weekend I was invited to a friend from dance, to her birthday party. It was sooooo much fun!! We walked around Brick town for a couple of hours then went to a hotel where we went swimming and did some other "stuff" lol!!
Anyways, she has been to Haiti and Mexico countless times! Plus she rides horses and loves toms! The world really is a very small place:)
School is going pretty good- so far!
Kelsey is officially 10 years old.. gosh!
Gabby is about to 13!! On the 23rd!
Olivia is 4 months now and is the fattest thing I have EVER seen! She is sooooo big now! Oh my goodness!
Lately I have really felt a peace in my heart. Before when I was struggling with all the girl drama, My uncle, the family and friends I really wasn't putting my full trust in the LORD. My heart was so restless.. I hate that feeling!
Everything hasn't been nearly as bad as it was before but we all still have those moments.. But it's so much easier for me:) Putting your full trust in the LORD really does make all the difference.
My sister is in her 5th month and is getting way big! She is sooooo cute! But please still be in prayer for her. She is really struggling right now. Gosh, I love her.
Hey! Next year I am thinking about doing a duet with one of my friends to Fireflies by Owl city!! I think that would be sooooo cute! Then I'll do a jazz solo to a really moving meaning full song. I am not really sure what though.
Any ideas??
My friends are great and the family is great!
So it was so short and to the point..
Love and blessings this Christmas,
Taterbug
Monday, December 14, 2009
Love
I LOVE YOU GUYS SOOOO MUCH! Have a very blessed Christmas and a beautiful new year:)
Love and blessings,
Taterbug
Love and blessings,
Taterbug
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