Last Day of Summer!!!

School starts tomorrow! I'm so excited, but also nervous:) I know that I will love it though! I also can't believe that I'm starting HIGHSCHOOL!

Please pray for me tomorrow!

The Feast of the Assumption

Happy feast of the Assumption!!!! 

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Me and Izzy

Madi and Izzy!

(Summer 2014)

My amazing friend Isabella and I had a total girls day today! And yesterday…but it wasn't as girly of a day, tubing and surfing:) We had the best time together! Today, we got manicures and went to the mall! We had sooooooooo much fun, shopping, visiting, and of course, laughing! Me and Izzy have been friends since kindergarden, and we have so many great memories together, and tons of inside jokes!

Manicures!

Isabella's nails!

My nails!

Afterwards, we went to the mall and had a WONDERFUL time! Unfortunately, we didn't take any pics, but we made some great memories together!!!!! One really funny and very coincidental thing that happened was that we both wore the same kind of bracelet (in different colors) with our nicknames on them…..but both of our nicknames were spelled wrong! Also, we both got them from two different people who happened to buy them and bring them back as gifts from Mexico! It just makes me laugh that we both had the same bracelet, from the same place, that we both got as gifts, with our nicknames on them, and both of them had our names spelled wrong!!!!! 

Twinzies! ;)

Yesterday, we went tubing and surfing! It was so much fun! We are soooooooooo sooooooo sore though! It was quite the workout! lol! I don't have any pics from that either, but it was still super fun! Izzy even surfed for the first time ever, and got up on her second try! We had so much fun, trying not to fly off of the tube and die, and trying to see who could stay on the longest:)

I had so much fun with you, Izzy! Cant wait to hang out again! Miss ya, girly!!!

Writing About Roses...

Roses are red, 

they smell really sweet.

But thorns they do have,

and that's not so neat.

I took this picture of a rose while my mom was sick…someone had sent it to us with a "get well soon card." I took the picture out of bordom and never really even thought about it. It was just another picture…nothing special. But today, that changed.

I was going through the pictures on my phone today, looking for a certain picture for my blog, when I came across this picture. I totally had forgotten about it…it wasn't anything special, just another picture, one of thousands (literally) of pictures of flowers that I have taken. For some reason, it caught my eye, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. While I was at mass this morning, God helped me realize something that I hadn't thought of before: Life is like a rose, beautiful, delicate, and amazing, but along with its wonderful scent and beautiful petals, are thorns. Now I'm sure I don't have to tell you that thorns really hurt to touch, kind of like some things in life…some things in life just hurt. I found a really cool poem (at the beginning of this post) that I thought that it was a cool way to remember that life just isn't perfect…nothing is, except God.

You're probably like, "Yeah, duh! Life isn't perfect!" and you're correct. But the reason I brought this up is because I never really thought of suffering this way. Suffering is beautiful and amazing, and sometimes you just have to get past the thorns to see the rose. This really made me think about all the suffering and sadness that me and my family went through when my mom was sick…always worried and wondering what the next day would bring. But like I said before, suffering is beautiful… sometimes we just have to make it through the thorns before we get to the roses in our lives.

We still can't forget, though, that getting past the thorns and to the rose doesn't necessarily mean that we won't suffer again…if anything, it only means that we will suffer again, because no one's life is ever perfect. Even the happiest people who seem to have perfect lives, have their thorns. 

During the hard times in our lives, we have to remember to put our trust in God. He is always there for us, and the suffering that you're going through, as awful as it may seem, is all part of God's divine plan for us. He knows what is best for us, even when we think something is exactly opposite of the "best for us." He has a reason for everything. Your suffering might just be an "awakening" for you, helping you to realize something you hadn't really noticed before…like when my mom was really sick, I realized the importance of family, and how we are never promised another day. Thats just an example, though…suffering can show us so much more!

One more thing I wanted to mention was Jesus' suffering on the cross. His "thorns" were coming to earth to suffer and die for our sins…for our lives! He died so that each and every one of us could live! Now, thats pretty cool! A speaker at a retreat said something once that I will never forget. He said that while Jesus was on the cross, He thought about each one of us individually, and He whispered our name…thats how much He loves us. God loves us so much that He sent His only Son to suffer and die for us. So when you're going through any sort of suffering, just think of that. Think about how much suffering Jesus went through for us, and try to imitate Him. And it always helps to say a prayer for help through a hard time…and I also want you to know that I'm specifically praying for each one of you reading this, and for you to have strength as you go through whatever hard time you might be going through:)

Anyways, I want to finish with an inspirational quote, that I thought was fitting for the subject of this post:)

"Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God."

- Pope Francis

Love and Prayers,

Madison ♥

#Slurpee

Haha I just love slurpees! I've been trying to eat healthier, so I kind of stopped drinking them, which is hard for me because I love them soooooooo much:) Today, however, I decided to get one! It is Sunday for crying out loud! So, that's what I did:) Here's me drinking my delicious slurpee!

Haha, no I did not get the large…they were just out of medium cups so I only filled it up halfway:)

yum-a-licious! 

#slurpeesarethebest!

I Am HIS

So true.

Sparkle

Everyone needs a little sparkle sometimes, don't you think? Well today, I'm dedicating this post to sparkle. Why? Because I love sparkle, and because I can write a post about it if I want to:)

"Never stop SPARKLING!"

"I was born to SPARKLE!"

"Just a little bit of SPARKLE goes a long way!"

"If it's pink or SPARKLY, yes, I want it!!!"

"Life is better when you're covered in GLITTER!"

"I'm so fabulous, I sweat GLITTER!"

"GLITTER is for life, not just for Christmas!"

"GLITTER is always an option."

"She makes the day brighter. She leaves a little SPARKLE wherever she goes."

"Unleash your inner SPARKLE!!!"

"Never let anyone dull your SPARKLE!"

"When in doubt, just add GLITTER!"

"Some girls are just born with GLITTER in their veins!"

"Live, Love, SPARKLE!"

"GLITTER makes everything better!"

"Get you SPARKLE on!"

"Everyone SPARKLES in their own way."

"Dream big, SPARKLE more, Shine bright!"

"You mustn't be afraid to SPARKLE a little brighter, my darling."

Oh yeah! Sparkle is like….my favorite color!!!! Haha, yeah I know this is random, but you are reading the Random Thoughts of a Catholic Teenage Girl! lol lol lol

Anyways, have a lovely, sparkly day! 

Sweet Little Isaac

Isaac just brings me sooooooo much joy! I love that little guy:) He just started eating food and laughing!!!!! Sweet boy! I can't imagine life without him!

He's sooooooo adorable!

He laughs at just about anything:)

Love you little man!

♥,

your big sis