6th grade

when i was in 6th grade i entered an art contest on courage... i won first place in my grade. i did a collage that basically was a bunch of little people that all looked the same and then in the midst of them all was one little guy that was completely different. i called it Courage to be Me... well actually, i remember having originally named it Courage to be Different but when the reporter talked to my mom instead of me, she called it Courage to be Me. it was published in the newspaper and we got one of the copies. well i had lost the paper many years ago and during one of my moms many cleaning fits, she found it. how "ironic" is it that she found that during one of my many moments of just struggling to be myself. :) God is cool...

i visited Renevatus today. it was... good. the message was humbling and raw and right on, but their denomination gives me the heebie geebies. i talked to the pastor for a bit about it all and he didn't really clarify anything but gave me more questions and just made me skeptical. good church, just not for me. so on to the next... i'm going to try Warehouse, and then Elevation (ugh... don't want to, but a friend has been begging me to go... soooo we'll see). then after that... who knows. i'm trying not to get discouraged. i know i'll never find the PERFECT church, but there's GOT to be at least one that is somewhat what i'm looking for.

i'm excited... i think i'm FINALLY figuring out what i want to do for my tattoo. i've compiled all three of my ideas... i still need to find some more pictures of what i want, then go talk to some local artists, get the final details, prices, etc... i'm excited. i REALLY like this idea and i think it may just be the one i'm going to get for sure.