Fishies…

So tonight I find myself frustrated…I’m not even fully sure why really, but I am…I graduate in a little over a week and I guess I’m a little anxious about getting everything done in time. Graduation wasn’t supposed to be until June 8^th, but they moved it up a week to the 1^st…it just seems so fast and I feel like I’m going so slow…on top of that I just feel like I can’t find my footing…just unbalanced and thrown off. My head feels as if I have little fishies swimming around and around in there…like a merry go round that’s making me dizzy. I’m not a schedule type, but I think I need to make one for the next couple weeks; I just need a bit of organization before I go batty.

Lots of deep breaths.

Funny mix of feelings here, because in the midst of that I’m really, really happy…I mean I’m graduating bible school!! Something I wasn’t sure I’d be able to do due to some complications. So, even though I’m stressed, I want to smile…and cry happy strange tears. I’ve been crying those happy tears a lot lately, which is different, but very good.

I just want to sit by the water and take all this in…the past 8 months of my life have been the most crazy, exciting, tough, challenging, frustrating, beautiful, and wonderfully happy time of my life so far. I am so blessed. God has been so good to me.

So I’ll just breathe deep, and let it all go. I’ll lay down the anxiety and worry at my Lord’s feet and let Him carry it tonight. It’s all in His mighty hands. He’s got this all figured out, and he’s strong and able.

Let’s rock this.

“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” – Mathew 11:28-30

~ Cecily Priscilla

Though it tarries…

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. “- Habakkuk 2:3

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Let it come softly, let it come like a lighting flash, let it come in a still small voice, please let it come, let it last.

Let it come like a rain storm as I sleep, falling suddenly, lulling my eyes into an endless dream.

May it come like the ocean, its depth no one can know. May it be as peaceful as the waves, cleansing the shore as they flow.

Oh, let it be as a song, a sweeping melody. Let the tune drown out these fears, let the notes carry me.

Or maybe it will come as the spring, sunny, bright, and new. Bringing life to all dead things, and making memories new.

Let the roots dig deep, strong as on oak, as withstanding as the olive tree, never dying despite the storms and fires life throws. Let it be life giving, and fruit bearing, let its shade be a place of rest for many.

Yes Lord, send it in the burning sun, the sweet fresh air, let it remind us how to breathe, and let it renew our hearts so that we may once again believe and dream.

~Cecily Priscilla

Early birthday cows and cupcakes…:)

I was surprised today with an early birthday present of tons of cow balloons and yummy yummy cupcakes from Hey Cupcake in Austin, all thanks to a very sweet and awesome guy…I like boys who buy me cupcakes and cows :)

Birthday cow is cute!!!! I wanna hug her! Clover Clancy is her name :)

 

Pretty package of cupcakes and pink birthday hat!!! I like pink birthday hats :)

Heaven….with a smiley face!!! Red Velvet,Chocolate with special candy on top, and vanilla on vanilla :) They smelt and tasted lovely! Mmmm :)

My house full of balloons and cupcakes…happy girl :)

 

So, this guy put in so much effort and thought into this surprise for me…driving the three hours from Austin to my town to drop off the cupcakes to my town flowers shop, driving back and cutting it close to being late for a important meeting…no one has ever done something so special for me. His beyond sweet gift made me tear up a bit, but they were happy tears….I'm so blessed to know him :) His heart is so big, and God’s love just shines through him like crazy, I've never known anyone like him :) He’s super and has tons of hugs coming his way ;) Definitely a happy early birthday for this gal ;)

 

~Cecily Priscilla

Summer To Do List :)

 

Oh summertime, how I love you…you make me swoon. Summer has always been my favorite season; it just feels free and happy. God must know this about me because around this time of year he always introduces some form of random whimsy happiness…God is whimsy, did you know that? Yes, he is very whimsical and random and fun, and the summer always reminds me of that aspect of my Lord. I think I’m just falling more in love with him just typing this remembering all he is and how the sun and the crashing waves and the flowers and sounds of children laughing all reflects his beauty and love and joy…how I can’t wait to get out and see it all again. So in honor of the fact the summer is on our doorstep, I thought I’d post my summer to do list; a list of things I hope  to experience in coming sunny months. However, this list is tentative, I have a funny feeling God will change it a bit like he always does…I love that about him :)

 

~Summer To Do List ~

1. Spend a day at the beach –

I love the beach, the sound of the waves, the feel of the sand beneath your feet, getting to find pretty and interesting sea shells. I love being in the happy sunshine. I haven’t been to the beach in years, I miss it. I want to take a day this year to just relax on the sand and let the sun rays kiss my skin.

 

 

2. Buy swimsuit for said beach trip –

Oh, swimsuits…every girl’s nightmare. I seriously haven’t worn/shopped for a bathing suit since I was about 14…so sad. Every year I see those lovely tiny swim suits in the stores and breathe a sigh…and then want to murder those perfect stick girls who I see buying them. But, this year is different, I mean, still want to murder those stick girls, but I feel more confident in my own skin (on most days), and I want to go for the swimsuit dang it! I’m an almost 22 year old woman; this is my prime baby, why should I let my youthful figure go to waste by fearing the bathing suit? I will buy a swimsuit this year that makes me feel comfortable, and like the beautiful, and playful, woman I am, and I will rock it, yo! ;)

Really lovin’ this Betsey Johnson printed halter!

3. Have a pretty picnic dinner party –

Picnics are so sweet and fun! They just take you back to being a carefree kid. I’ve always wanted to do it up big with a picnic dinner party, invite all my friends, decorate the outdoor space really whimsy, throw some twinkles lights up, make awesome and yummy fresh food and fruit pies. Add some awesome folk and/or exotic music and some pretty plates and diner ware, and have everyone dress up…magic :)

 

4. Attend a summer music festival –

Ah, summertime and sweet music go hand and hand. I’ve wanted to attend a summer festival for years but haven’t got the chance yet. The music, the heat, the food, the different kinds of people…so enchanting, to get lost in a musical sea of pounding drums and blaring guitars all day long would be just heaven. My sister and I are the types that know of every Christian music festival in the U.S., and plan to one day travel to all of them. But until then my goal is to at least make it out to one this year. Maybe Rock the Desert in Odessa…maybe a different one. We’ll see :)

5. Get a tattoo –

I’ve wanted a tattoo since I was 17, but something has always stopped me in the past (mostly my dad lol), but I don’t think I can wait much longer…I mean really how long can a girl be expected wait to feel the rush of the tattoo needle on her skin? Yeah, not longer than 22 years that’s for sure! I’m planning on getting my first one after I graduate from bible school in early June. So jazzed! There are so many tattoos I want…I think I counted about 7 not counting my half sleeve of sweets, and I’m ready to get started on them baby! :)

6. Get my hips pierced –

Okay, so people think I’m crazy for wanting this, but I don’t care! I want my hips pierced! Surface piercings are so intriguing and cool, and I love the way the hip piercing looks, the way it frames the hip bone is just awesome. I’m so aching to do it!

7. Take a road trip –

What is better than being on the road with people you love? Very few things. I’m a road trip lover, there’s something about packing up and taking off early in the morning before sunrise, driving all day popping in random mix cds, and stopping at interesting places along the way, or cuddling up with a fluffy blanket and pillow in the backseat as you watch the stars and drift off to the sound of the road beneath your tires. I love to explore, and road trips are just so magical…okay, so I’m romanticizing it a bit, but they are special when you are with special people. I must take at least one road trip this summer :)

8. Have the perfect small town summer day –

Riding around town eating sno cones and listening to music, walks at the bay, movies at night…saying up to watch the sunrise…:) Reminds me of when I was growing up :)

9. Craft and sew – So my sister and I have become obsessed with the idea of crafting lately, we really want to get into making pretty things with our hands. So we made up our minds to make a list of crafts we want to complete this summer and go to it! So fun! Along with that I’m going to be getting a church member of mine to teach me to sew...oh how I want to be able to alter my old grungy band t-shirts and making them into something a cute and awesome. I have my cherished Sullivan t-shirt I want to make into a rockin’ halter, so I got some learning to do!

10. Get Henna –

I always thought it would be fun to get a henna tattoo, they look so awesome and fun, plus they're not permanent. Summer just seems like the prefect time to do it :)

 

 

Cheers friends, hope your summer is filled with fun and lots of smiles :)

 

 

~Cecily Priscilla

Purr…:)

 

 

 

 

Last week after class my doorbell rang and guess what I saw… Rhonda from the flower shop with a bright and spunky bouquet of pink Gerber daises (i love Gerber daises, they are just so happy!!), and a pretty gift bag full of…Red Bull. Oh yes, Red Bull! I really love Red Bull….purrr. It’s like heaven in a pretty blue can.

So yeah, a very sweet and kind boy who made friends with the lady at my town flower shop (I’m not even friends with the lady at my flower shop…this guy is good.) is the culprit of these happy gifts, and all these darn smiles this girl has been wearing lately...God is good :)

So yeah, this post goes out to him…thank you for making me smile lots…meow, purr  :)

 

 

 

 

~Cecily Priscilla

You were right after all...

one of the very last things you ever said to me was that there are way better guys than you out there. i think that was the only honest thing you said in that whole conversation.