Soli Deo Gloria

       I...don't really know who Harvey Mackay is. I googled him and apparently he's this businessman/columnist/author person, but the thing that stuck out to me about him the most was this quote he said on his Facebook page several years ago. (You can read it above.) 😉The reason why this quote impacted me so much was because it's true. Time really is precious and once it's lost you can't ever get it back again.        I feel like in today's culture, many of us (including myself) waste time and don't use it for God. Instead, we often think about what we have to do in this amount of time, by that hour, or before those deadlines. And this isn't completely a bad thing. It's life and God gave us things to do to live out the time we have on this earth. (Or else, the word "boring" would get a whole new definition!) 😉However, it does become a bad thing when we get so caught up in our schedules and push God out of our lives, not finding enough t...

    You know that feeling when you want something SOOOOOO bad and it takes forever to convince your parents to let you have or do that? Well that was for me with archery.     And it took me a year to persuade them to let me try it out.      It all started in the Fall of 2019 with the famous Katniss Everdeen. Wait, wait. Nope, it was even farther back. It REALLY all started a several years ago with a good ol' episode of LEGO Friends . (Not that I expect anyone to recognize that show--I barely even remember the name of it myself.) XD BUT ANYWAY. I think I was 10 or 11 at the time, and I remember watching one episode where Olivia and her friends went to a summer camp.      And they did archery.     And I was jealous.      Of them. I was jealous of ANIMATED LEGO PEOPLE WHO WENT TO A MAKE BELIVE SUMMER CAMP.  The pure absurdity of it is *slightly* humiliating. But eventually, my 11 year old Dory brain completely ...

     I'm BAAAACK!!! *slides in with a grand entrance* Sorry this post is, like, a week late (or is it???). As you can see, I'm still trying to figure out a stable blogging schedule. XD (And with school wrapping up, life's been slightly crazy.) But hopefully I'll have consistent posts coming in by 2076. Kidding, kidding, not really.  (Fun fact: I just realized that America will be 300 years old that year...and I'll be in my 70s.) XD     But ANYWAY. Enough of my rambling and unnecessary history lessons. Today, my good friends, I'll be sharing another FABULOUS TAG!!!!! This one is SUPER awesome because I was officially tagged for the first time by the AMAZING, ONE AND ONLY Joy Caroline!!! You can conveniently find her awesome blog  HERE ! I'm nice like that.  XP Yes, I was inspired to make a graphic too, after seeing JC and Grace A. Johnson do one! 😉       Here are La  Rules: Thank the person who tagged you (Thank you again,...

     A while back I had to read a book for school. Which, of course, isn't a big deal because I'm preeetty sure most students have to do that at some point in their education. 😉 But what is a big deal is that I actually LIKED the book. (Which is kinda rare because I'm usually not a fan of most books I have to read for school.) But guys. This book. THIS BOOK. It was AMAZING!!!! It was so good that I even counted down the days until I could watch the movie that was made of it (which, I was unfortunately very disappointed with. It was SO Hollywood-ized and barely stuck to the plot at all. That said, I would definitely recommend reading the book instead.)         BUT ANYWAY. For today's post, I will be giving a review on this fabulous book that changed my look on historical literature! I will be talking about the FAMOUS....MOST PRAISED BOOK....in the NINETEENTH CENTURY! I present to you.... - - - - - Yes, I'm doing the scrolly thing  even thoug...

    Hey guys! Today I'll be guest posting for the first time on the ABSOLUTELY AMAZING Teen Writer's Nook!!!! So if you wanna check that out then go HERE ! I'll be talking about loving others and what I've learned reading in 1 John, so I'd really appreciate it if you'd drop a comment over there and let me know what you think!  Tally-ho!

 Hey, hey everybody and welcome to the  FANDOM TAG!!!     Today, I'll be fangirling all about a bunch of different fandoms and you get to sit back and either:          a) Fangirl with me!                             OR          b) Not...fangirl with me. (Yeah, that kinda fell flat.)     Sooooo, here are The Rules: Include the graphic Answer the questions! Tag two fangirls (or boys)     If you wanna go back to the blogger who tagged me (*whispers* she actually tagged "anyone" and I just decided to do it even though my blog didn't exactly exist yet ) then you can go HERE and if you wanna go back to it's original post and creator, Madeline, then go  HERE ! (Man, I feel like I said a lot of "go"s in that sentence.) XD SO LET'S DIVE IN!!!     What's the first fandom you remember becoming a part of? ...

Hello, one and all, and welcome to my new blog, Soli Deo Gloria!     If you haven't visited my About Me page yet, then I'll let you hop on over there and check it out (if you wanna to know more about me, of course. 😉) If not (which is absolutely fine too), then I hereby present to you the very first post of this blog!     So if you did check out my About Me page, then you also learned a little bit about this blog and why I named it "Soli Deo Gloria". But today, to kick off this insane blogging journey of mine, I wanna share the actual reason of  why I decided to start a blog in the first place. (Yes, if you think about it, there's a difference). 😉So grab some popcorn and chocolate and whatever else will keep you from falling asleep while reading this   and let's begin!!!     It all started one lovely day around this time last year. When the big ol' lockdown happened, life didn't change too much for me since I was already homeschooled, but w...