The Life of a Pigeon

My names Pat.
I am a pigeon, life for me isn't the easiest.
My stomach growls nonstop, the little crumbs I scrounge from the ground never satisfy my hunger.
But wait, I smell something, it's coming from that bench over there, I think I better fly over and take a better look. As I land on the bench, the smell engulfs me. I know its a fresh bagel from Panera.
These are a rare delicacy for my kind, I hope he's nice enough to share.
Maybe if I bat my eyes, and give him the cutest coo, he won't be able to resist.
He sees me and tears a piece off and throws it off the ground, um hello dude I eat about 100x that amount.
So I decide to keep bugging him and maybe, just maybe, he will give me his bagel.
Well, that plan failed he kept pointing to the "crumb" on the ground, he thinks I cannot see the miniscule bite sitting on the dirty sidewalk.
So here goes plan B, I will go in for an attack, so he gets frazzled and throws the bagel to me.
Here I go....3.....2.....1..... ATTACK.
Kawkaaaa Kawkkkkaaaa..... scratch..... wing slap....
It was successful, i defeated the weird looking guy, and got the bagel.
As I perch on his strange box to find sight of my precious bagel, the lid closes shut.
OH NO....... I am trapped in this box.
As I glance around I see these circle things, that are glowing.
I've never seen one this close up before so I am hesitant at first.
But then I decide this real pretty one glowing red is the one to press.
I hit it with my beak and something shoots out of the box.
Man is this some special box, then I fall onto this metal circle, and the box lifts off the ground.
This box can fly just like me, I wonder if we are distant cousins?
I decide to press my favorite red button again, shooting out things of my special box.
Then I target in and see the man standing holding my bagel.
Who does he think he is taking my bagel, maybe if I give him his box back he will gibe the bagel back.
So i land the box on the ground, and open it just enough to peak out at him.
He threatens to throw the bagel into the fire, and then runs towards me,
I draw my weapon and he steps back.
Then, he tosses my bagel to the side I jump out of the box for it.
But as I was jumping I pressed on the gigantic red circle, and something shot out of the really tall, cold, white tree, without any branches.  The bagel then blew back into the box, but the man didn't notice. The guy immediately took his box and started to fly up there, I chased after him.
I caught him and jumped on top of the box, he tried to shoot me, but then realized he had the bagel, and threw in down back to the ground.
Now I finally get my bagel from Panera.
Man this is so good, the taste, the warmness, the............

RIP Pat the Pigeon 

Sunsets

 Sunsets are the most peaceful thing to observe.
The way the colors in the sky transform from blue, to fiery orange.
Wrapped by a purple, and pink shadow.
The colors engulfing every inch of the sky.
I cannot help but stand in awe of how God created such an describable transformation from day to night.
The beauty is overwhelming, just to stand upon shore and watch is worth while.
Second by second the sun sinks lower into the pool of vibrant colors.
All light fades in the background, and all attention is drawn to the horizon.
Snapshots of this event, capture only a sliver of the magnificent moment.
As the sun continues descending, the clouds shine the reflection of the vibrant sky.
People on the beach stand still, watching as the sun sinks lower than eyes can see.
All that is left is the colors slowly fading, following the sun's dissapearance.
Then, minutes later darkness fills the sky.
All one can see is the twinkling stars, and moon and the city lights.
The peace of the night fills the air, the beauty of the sunset, and colors linger only in the mind. 

Grandma's Grilled Cheeses

For my entire life I have lived right across from my grandparents. My grandparents were the loving, cook delicious food kind of people. My Papa was a preacher, and my grandma played the piano. My grandma would always sing to us grand kids, and although my grandpa was serious at church he was a prankster at heart. As a child, my grandparents decided during the summer they would have all six of the grandchildren come over all day. That is the three eldest boys, and the three youngest girls. Since the boys were older they controlled us girls, would manipulate games, and boss us around. Our young, innocent minds never saw any problem with them, we just loved that they invited us to play games with them. My grandma tried to control us, and make us behave; however, as you can imagine, with six grandchildren fights are bound to occur. Luckily, they were never too serious and we would be back to playing five minutes later. Although we would fight, my memories at grandma's house are some of my most favorite memories. One of the biggest memories is grandma's famous grilled cheeses, the gooey cheese, smothered in miracle whip.As you can imagine paying for food for six kids could get very expensive, so every Friday we came over she made us grilled cheeses. Meme would have Jamie, Savannah, and I help get all the stuff together, butter the bread, and place the cheese on the bread. While the grilled cheeses were cooking in the skillet, my grandma would reach in the refrigerator, grab the jar of miracle whip, and a tomato. She would then precede to slice the tomato, and as the sandwiches came out of the skillet, pull the cheese in half, spread miracle whip out, and add a piece of tomato to every one. To some people this might sound disgusting, but to us grand kids it was a delicacy. Yes, it maybe just a grilled cheese, but to us it meant being together, and with our grandparents. It represents the fun childhood we all had, and the wonderful, loving Papa, and Meme who would do anything for fun with us. Now, as we have grown up the only time we actually spend with each other is during holidays. Nonetheless, when we reminisce through our childhood memories, the first thing that's brought up is Meme's grilled cheeses, and how we will never forget the wonderful memories, and tastes we experienced at Papa and Meme's house growing up. 

I will never do that again

Lets be honest.... I have done many things in my past that I will never do again.
For example alcohol, I have had so many bad experiences with that as a teenager, and I regret all of my decisions I made while being intoxicated. But that's not really something I feel like is important. More importantly I will never try to live my life without God again. Throughout my teenage years I tried to control my life, my happiness, and relationships. I knew they were not want God would want for my life, but I didn't care. This in return, created me to begin partying, and drinking every weekend. There was so many times I could've been killed in accidents, or gotten caught my cops, but the Lord was watching over me. Even when I wasn't living for him, or even thinking of him he was watching out for me. I believe I went through the things I did, because God is going to use me, and my testimony to show teen girls that they do not have to go down that path. They can live for them their entire lives. Recently, I have gotten the opportunity to be apart of a Teen Girls Encounter, which has been amazing. I have the chance to give my testimony to teen girls, in hopes that they can learn that there is more to life than popularity. Those things in my past I would take back if I could, but I know I went through them because God is going to glorify him through my testimony. So no, I will NEVER make those irrational decisions again, but I am also glad I went through what I did to help save another from going down that path.

Story

            Tonight was the first night we hung out alone. My body overwhelmed by joy and excitement, butterflies fluttering nonstop. As we walk to the empty field, in the quite park he laid a blanket on the ground, and I sat down. To calm my nerves I glanced up at the sky above. My eyes are engulfed by the darkness, yet I see the twinkling stars glowing faintly in the night. The warm, summer breeze encircles us with a calming sensation. The grass flows in the wind, like waves around us. The crickets sing the melodies of the night, and the lighting bugs, dance and light up the night sky. As you look around, you see the empty playground where you played as a child and the soccer fields you ran on going after the ball. Now, you sit here grown up with a boy who you feel something for, Memories engulf my brain, and we laugh at telling stories of the days from childhood. He reaches out his hand, wraps his around mine, I feel the roughness of his hand. Hours pass, of just sitting there, talking, laughing, enjoying being with each other. I never wanted this moment of pure bliss to end. As we got up to leave, there was a sadness that filled the air of having to part ways. Then out of nowhere, he dropped the blanket grabbed my face and kissed me. The feeling of love, happiness, and so much more cannot be put into words. Still two years later, I still get butterflies, and speechless of this moment. That was the moment I fell for this boy, and now two years later my feelings for this boy are indescribable. This moment was one of the best times of my life.  

Somewhere Only We Know

I would rather be at the park, at night under the starts beside my boyfriend.
From the very first time we hung out that's where we went.
It was our place, our favorite place.
We would always take a blanket, stop and get snacks.
And would spend hours just lying there talking, and looking at the stars.
Occasionally, he would bring his guitar along and sing to me.
One time, when we got a dog, we brought the puppy along.
This is a peaceful place, away from the world just us.
You can smell the fresh grass, and hear the insects chirping in harmony.
The warm summer breeze float in the air.
It is a calm place for us to go, and just hang out.
It is the place secrets were shared, hearts began intertwining.
It was the place we fell in love.
This place, our place, is a memory we love to look back on.
We love to visit the park together, to think back to two summers ago, all the wonderful nights we spent laughing.
This is my favorite place in the world, with my favorite person in the world, it is our place.
It was somewhere only we know.