Items of me

Hat - I can be warm and comfy like a winter hat but I can also be a bit crazy like my fox hat.  I can dress of nice but also be dressed down.  I can go to many occasions and fit in.

Gummy candy - I can be sweet and a bit sour.  I'm squishy and will wiggle when pressed but not break.  Though I look easy to break, I am tough.  When life is trying to chew me up, it will have difficulty succeeding because I will keep trying and get stuck to life's teeth rather than go down.

Book - you can't judge a book by its cover and neither can you judge me by how I look.  I hold my secrets close to myself and you have to get to know me before I may let you in on them.  I may never tell you some things about myself.   I am a book that you have to read over and over again to even begin to get an understanding of who I am.  One read is never enough.

Stuffed animal - I love kids and have lots of love to give to them.  I am warm and soft.  I will be there when you just want to sit and cry and hold onto something.  I will also be there when you're excited and want to babble to someone.  I may not always have any answers, but I will be there for you.

The Shining Sword - was an allegorical book I read about the Christian life.  I could read it a dozen times and never get tired of it.  The sword each of them got when they became people of the king could be used in every situation and was strength to them.  When I think about my Christian life and a metaphor for it, I think of this book.  The Shining Sword was representative of each of their faiths and the Bible.  Many of the elements in the book became truths in my real life.  Like the character in this book, I have made and will make mistakes.  But in the end, I hope I will be fighting alongside my fellow believers even when it seems hopeless.  Just as the sword that new followers are given shine brightest when under the greatest adversity and the greatest faith is shone, so do I hope to shine.

Piano - I knew from when I was young that I wanted to play piano.  It took a while, but eventually I got to the point that I actually began to regularly practice piano for my lessons.  I improved greatly from then on.  I'm not in practice any more because I'm too busy.  but I would love to someday get back to it.  This shows how I have ideas that I don't work on but eventually I enjoy it and start to do it regularly.  Practice can make beautiful music or items but I have to be willing to put in the work which I am not always willing to do.