The Dark Before the Morning

Dearest you,
So today I woke up at 5:45am to go to work. I'm pretty sure it should be illegal to rise before the sun does, but mi madre tells me it's not. :) Good day at work, playing secretary and stuffing 1,000 Easter eggs with one of my best friends, AND getting paid for it--what could be better?
The rest of the day hasn't flowed so smoothly. I'm learning to hold my opinions (all of them). The hard part is still talking. How do you talk to a person without telling them what you think? It makes for rather boring, polite conversation.
So good day, sketchy afternoon, and this song. It's beautiful. Praise God for music. And words!
I think this is an incredibly personal song, for every individual. You've probably heard it before. I don't know, there's just something about this song that gives me chills. The good kind, of course. Enjoy!

The Dark Before the Morning, by Josh Wilson

Do you wonder why you have to
Feel the things that hurt you
If there’s a God who loves you where is He now

Maybe there are things you can’t see
And all those things are happening
To bring a better ending

Someday somehow you’ll see you’ll see

Would you dare would you dare to believe
That you still have a reason to sing
Cause the pain that you’ve been feeling
It can’t compare to the joy that’s coming
So hold on you gotta wait for the light
Press on and just fight the good fight
Cause the pain that you’ve been feeling
It’s just the dark before the morning

My friend you know how this all ends
You know where you’re going
You just don’t know how you’ll get there
So say a prayer

And hold on cause there’s good for those who love God
But life is not a snapshot
It might take a little time but you’ll see the bigger picture

Once you feel the weight of glory
All your pain will fade to memory

It’s just the hurt before the healing
Oh the pain that you’ve been feeling
It’s just the dark before the morning


Con amore, With Love,
Sophie

An Experiment

Dearest you,

I've decided to experiment with blogging. Forgive me if this turns out pathetic :) And forgive me if I end up ranting too much, which, in itself, might also be pathetic? Anyways, if you know anything about me at all, you'll know that I'm generally more of a quiet person. Yes, I verbalize many things, and I know how to talk the ears off my sisters. But I keep many other things to myself. Here is where you'll get a taste of my thoughts. A taste, but little more. I fear I'll always be an inward person :)

I'd like to add that I know most of the rules in the English language, or at least the ones I've been taught through high school. But...I will not be following all of them. Like starting a sentence with a conjunction or this incomplete fragment. Were not the rules, however, meant to be broken in creative writing? And this, believe me, will be creative. The definition of creative is up for debate...

I won't promise wisdom or wit, but I'll guarantee humor...and sarcasm. I may post song lyrics (not of my own writing) or poems (also not my own, for I am no poet, though I cannot deny that I have tried my hand at it). I might even let you view parts of the novels (yes, plural) I'm in the midst of creating. And I will whole-heartedly accept--and prefer--your thoughts and advice and criticism; constructed, or course :P I might just complain about politics, or current events, or how sad this whole celebrity phase is, or why...well, maybe just why. Who knows? This blog will be a variety of many things. I hope I do not bore you, but if I do, you can always move on. I won't quiz you on this content to see if you're actually reading it :) I've always thought blogs are more for the writer anyways...

I may resort to Italian every so often, but I'll try to add the translation. I'm certainly not fluent--nowhere close--but I hope to be one day, and you can never have too much practice.

Well, that should do for an intro. Piu tardi! Later!
-Sophie