Tower of Joy

Hi everyone.  My life has been changing in a lot of ways recently.  To be honest, I'm not really sure where to begin. I have been home schooled ever since third grade.  But this last December, I had several serious discussions with my parents about school.   Homeschooling just wasn't working for me anymore.  I really struggle with motivation and am a procrastinator.  As I started high school and finished a couple more years at home, I began to fall behind in schoolwork.   So my parents decided to let me visit a local Christian school in late December.  I had played on the basketball team there for three years, and had several friends who went there. After visiting, I decided to start taking an art class in the afternoons at the school.  I was still struggling to decide if I should attend there full time this coming year.   Then God changed my life in a way I could never have imagined. In win...

It's the last day of October.  Red and gold leaves cover the ground, apples and pumpkins are everywhere, and this evening dozens of children will start knocking on doors to ask for candy.  October has been pretty amazing.  And busy.  And now it's almost over.   So, what have I been doing during this beautiful month? This October... I completed my first online college class!  I took an English class through duel-enrollment with a local college.  If you haven't heard of duel-enrollment, it's basically taking college courses while you're still in high school.  This was a great learning experience for me - I wrote about six papers in eight weeks, so LOTS of writing. I started this blog! I've wanted to have a blog for a long time, so I'm really happy to finally have one. I worked on plotting my novel! Yes, my novel.  The one that mainly exists in my mind and in the form of jumbled ideas.  But - I finally spen...