I was on Facebook and saw that one of my friends had posted a certain quote on their status or wall or whatever it's called.. anyway, I thought it was pretty sweet.

"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find that all you have left are empty yesterdays."

I'm still not exactly sure what it means...

We Are The World 25 for Haiti

Watch "We Are The World 25 for Haiti" in my video bar to the right... It should be the first video.  Simple click, sit back and enjoy the song.  There is another video called something like "We Are the World 57 for Haiti."  The artists are unknown but just as talented as the superstars. It made me feel.. well, I don't know how to describe it.  Kind of like I felt an invisible presence.  A happy one.  It was strange.  Powerful.     

[Justin Bieber]
There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
[Nicole Scherzinger & Jennifer Hudson]
When the world must come together as one
[Jennifer Hudson]
There are people dying
[Jennifer Nettles]
And it’s time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
[Josh Groban]
We can’t go on
Pretending day by day
[Tony Bennet]
that someone, somehow will soon make a change
[Mary J Blige]
We are all a part of
God’s great big family
And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]
[Michael Jackson]
We are the world
We are the children
[Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
[Barbra Streisand]
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

[Miley Cyrus]
Send them your heart
So they’ll know that someone cares
[Enrique Iglesias]
so their cries for help
will not be in vain
[Nicole Scherzinger]
We can’t let them suffer
no we cannot turn away
[Jamie Foxx]
Right now they need a helping hand
[Wyclef Jean]
Nou se mond la
We are the Children
[Adam Levine]
We are the ones who make a brighter day
so lets start giving
[Pink]
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
[BeBe Winans]
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

[Michael Jackson]
When you’re down and out
There seems no hope at all
[Usher]
But if you just believe
There’s no way we can fall
[Celine Dion]
Well, well, well, well, let us realize
That a change can only come
[Fergie]
When we stand together as one

[Chorus - All]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
[Nick Jonas]
Got to start giving
[All]
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
[Toni Braxton]
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me
[Mary Mary]
We are the world
We are the children
[Tony Bennet]
Its for the children
[Isaac Slade]
We are the ones who make a brighter day
[Toni Braxton]
So lets start giving

[Lil Wayne]
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

[Chorus - All]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
[Akon]
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we make a better day
Just you and me

[T-Pain]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
[Jamie Foxx imitating Ray Charles]
Choice were making
saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

[Rapping - LL Cool J, Will-I-Am, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz]
We all need somebody that we can lean on
when you wake up look around and see that your dreams gone
when the earth quakes we’ll help you make it through the storm
when the floor breaks a magic carpet to stand on
we are the World united by love so strong
when the radio isn’t on you can hear the songs
a guided light on the dark road your walking on
a sign post to find the dreams you thought was gone
someone to help you move the obstacles you stumbled on
someone to help you rebuild after the rubble’s gone
we are the World connected by a common bond
lyrics courtesy of www.killerhiphop.com
Love the whole planet sing it along
[Wyclef]
CABARETT

[Chorus - All]

[Kanye West]
Everyday citizens
everybody pitching in

[Singing - Children & Wyclef Jean]
Nou se mond la
nou se timoun yo

[Will-I-Am]
You and I
You and I
[Kanye West]
Uh, 12 days no water
whats your will to live?
[Will-I-Am]
we amplified the love we watching multiply
[Kanye West]
Feeling like the Worlds end
we can make the World win
[Will-I-Am]
Like Katrina, Africa, Indonesia
and now Haiti needs us, the need us, they need us

[Chorus - All]
[Wyclef Jean]
Ayiti, Ayiti, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Ayiti, Ayiti, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Ayiti, Ayiti, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
lyrics courtesy of www.killerhiphop.com

Most Fragrant Flower...EVER!

The Gardenia shines brightly in the cool, quiet morning
Her petals shine with the early dew.
Buds have presented their gifts in the nighttime--
Mother Nature opening the closed green parcels 
When no one was there to peek.


I step down the stairs, burying my head in the plant,
Smelling the fragrant white petals,
Being careful not to touch the delicate petals 
For fear they will turn caramel-colored.


Gardenias in day, 
Gardenias in night,
Gardenias are soft,
Gardenias are white.
By ME

Roses Oh My!

Nestled in Portland's Washington Park, there is an enchanting and fragrant place called the Portland International Rose Garden.  In the summertime, high hundreds of varieties of roses bloom in beds, boxes, fences, poles, arbors and trellises.  The Garden is really hard to describe but I will try to the best of my ability.  Picture a fragrant-aired rainbow-colored wonderland with perfectly cut grass and fresh mulch.  Many people walk down the aisles, sniffing the roses and taking photographs.  The end.  
      Some plants have various colors of roses.  There might be a pink rose on the same stem as a yellow one.  There are roses the size of dinner plates and roses the size of quarters.  It is truly a gardener, tourist or photographer's heaven.  It is MY heaven on earth.  It is amazing. Spectacular. Gorgeous. Fragrant. Perfect.  On top of it all, if you were to cut a single rose, there is a fine of, I'm almost positive, $500.00.  Yes, that's right.  A single rose.
    Photographs are worth a thousand words.  These pictures that I took might give you an idea of the flawlessness (is that even a word?) of the roses at the garden.  Enjoy! 

  

Class of 2014

I am going to start high school very soon.  I am totally excited--and very nervous.  Isn't everyone a little nervous?  And excited too?  It is an all-girl school so there will, most likely be, that extra bit of drama and tears.  But hey, all this will prepare me for my future years in life.  Here's a list of why (I think) I'll like my high school.

1. The people I've met seem really nice and welcoming

2. I will be playing soccer, which is already going really well

3. The classes will be difficult and useful

4. I will be challenged considerably

I am on a brain blank, therefore, I cannot think of more things to write.

Ta-Ta for now,

Leah

:D

  

People come into our life disguised as angels, and 
sometimes angels come into our life 

disguised as people.

http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/friend/

Good Times #1

Nora and I went kayaking.  We came home soaked to the bone.  Nope-no one fell in. We simply had water wars. GTz.