The Dress.......

Here is the dress you all bought me! Thank you so much! I got many compliments. I will take a picture of the purple one soon! The pregnant clothes make me look more pregnant!

Happy Birthday Melanie!!!!!!!

Melanie! I just wanted to say Happy Birthday! I love you so much! You are such a rad girl. You have an irresistible personality that attracts all. I love how you always seem so calm, peaceful, and content with life. You are patient, down to earth, and a very loving soul. You are so talented with fashion/style, cooking, singing, deep thinking, reading, and so much more that I can't list them all...and I think of you as a very knowledgeable person. I look up to you, and I hope I can be more like you in many ways. YAY FOR MELANIE'S BIRTH!

I love you!

Love,
Anna

I love the clothes!

Yay! I love the clothes! I will post pictures of me wearing the other clothes later. I did not have time tonight....but I was so excited to wear this shirt to my birthday party. Thank you so much familia for the presents! Yipeeeeeeeee!!

I don't know why my face looks so psycho in these pictures! haha I am 6 months pregnant today! hahaha! wierd!

Happy Birthday Anna!

Last night I was looking in the garage for a book and I came across a photo album. What was in the photo album? Pictures of Anna right after she was born! Happy birthday Anna! Anna the thinker
Bliss mouth
jazz hands

Fears: good and bad

"Fear is the outcome of weakness, a coward’s friend, an enemy of firmness. Fear of death is the cause of all human fears. One who wins the fear of death wins himself. He is the one who wins the freedom. From his mental prison."
~ V.Prabhakaran. quotes

This is the quote that was in the quote box. However, I don't know if I really agree with it, and/or like it. What do you think of it?

"Fear is the outcome of weakness" Is fear really the outcome of weakness? Or is the real weakness what we do with our fears. I don't believe that anyone has lived a life without fear. Do we let the fear ruin our lives and dwell upon that fear, or do we work to overcome it? Some fears we don't want to overcome...and I don't think that is always a weakness either. My "fear" of smoking or doing drugs seemed to have protected me instead of making me weak. The fear actually helped to shape and create my values.

How do we know the definition of weakness? One person's weakness may be another person's strength. Surely the person who is liked and constantly around people has no weaknesses! hmm, but does he have the strength to stand alone? Maybe not.

"a coward’s friend, an enemy of firmness" Being afraid of something does not make you a coward! Like I said before, it is what we do with that fear, how we view it... and is it really a fear? I am not a coward for not wanting to stick a sword down my throat. Yes I would be afraid to do this, but do I let this fear affect my life? No! I could care less about sticking a sword in my throat! So this fear doesn't affect me, and it does not make me a coward.

"Fear of death is the cause of all human fears." To me this could be be true if "all" was replaced with "some" , but I felt it was terrible placement in this quote. I really did not feel that it flowed correctly into this subject. Death is not the cause of all human fears. Sometimes people who are alive scare me, and I don't think that this fear has anything to do with death.

"One who wins the fear of death wins himself. He is the one who wins the freedom. From his mental prison." Perhaps if someone did completely overcome the fear of death (I don't know if it's possible to completely rid the fear of death!) he would feel free in the mind. However, this quote does not hit the spot because I do fear death, but I would not describe myself as being in a state of mental prison because of this fear.
I don't think that all people who win the fear of death are free either! I believe that a person commiting suicide loses his fear of death for at least a split second. Does this fearless moment mean that he is freed from his mental prison? Doubtful! If nowone feared death we would all be dying. This fear is what keeps us on this earth longer, living, learning, and progressing. Fears can be good and do not always bring us to our demise!

The Gecko Scare

I was doing dishes a few weeks ago when I look down and saw a baby gecko floating in the water. I was so sad! I love geckos! They are cute and they eat bugs! For sure he had drowned. He was so small and cute, and not moving. I was going to dump him down the drain, but then I decided to take him out of the water. I took him out and his legs started squirming. He was alive! And he still is. I see him on the wall now from time to time, and I am so glad he lived! I am glad I didn't dump him down the drain!

sad sad day.

Nathan and I were not able to go to the Greek Food Festival due to a lack of funds...twas a very sad predicament. We were in need of good food so we made curry potatoes and Naan bread/pita bread.


Today, I was walking to my car after a long day of statistics when I saw this lovely sight!

She was singing while she walked and I really wanted to talk to her.

Camping!!