Hold Me

"Hold Me"

(featuring tobyMac)

I love, I love, I love, I love the way you hold me
I love, I love, I love, I love the way you hold me
I love, I love, I love, I love the way you hold me
I love, I love, I love, I love the way you, the way you

I've had a long day, I just wanna relax
Don't have time for my friends, no time to chit chat
Problems at my job, wonderin' what to do
I know I should be working but I'm thinking of you and

Just when I feel this crazy world is gonna bring me down
That's when your smile comes around

Oh, I love the way you hold me, by my side you'll always be
You take each and every day, make it special in some way
I love the way you hold me, in your arms I'll always be
You take each and every day, make it special in some way

I love you more than the words in my brain can express
I can't imagine even loving you less

Lord, I love the way you hold me
Whoa, oh, I love the way you hold me
Whoa, oh

Well ya, took my day and you flipped it around
Calmed the tidal wave and put my feet on the ground
Forever in my heart, always on my mind
It's crazy how I think about you all of the time

And just when I think I'm 'bout to figure you out
You make me wanna sing and shout

I love the way you hold me, by my side you'll always be
You take each and every day, make it special in some way
I love the way you hold me, in your arms I'll always be
You take each and every day, make it special in some way

I love you more than the words in my brain can express
I can't imagine even loving you less

Lord, I love the way you hold me
Whoa, oh, I love the way you hold me
Whoa, oh

I'm so grateful and thankful for all you've done
Wish I could tell you in a short story or poem
But all I have is my voice and this guitar
And you have my heart

Oh, I love the way you hold me, by my side you'll always be
You take each and every day, make it special in some way
I love the way you hold me, in your arms I'll always be
You take each and every day, every day, every

I love the way you hold me, by my side you'll always be
You take each and every day oh-so-special
I love the way you hold me, in your arms I'll always be
You take each and every day, make it special in some way

I love you more than the words in my brain can express
I can't imagine even loving you less

Lord, I love the way you hold me
Whoa, oh, I love the way you hold me
Whoa, oh
Oh, I love

I love, I love, I love, I love the way you hold me
I love, I love, I love, I love the way you hold me
I love, I love, I love, I love the way you hold me, hold me, hold me

I love the way You hold me

Liebster Award

Thank you so much, Britt, for this award!! =)

Rules:
~Thank and link back to the person who nominated you 
~List eleven facts about yourself 
~Answer the eleven questions asked by the blogger who nominated you 
~Nominate 9 bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers (you can't nominate the blogger who nominated you)
~Ask them eleven questions
~Let them know of their nomination

Eleven Facts About Me:

~I have this slight obsession with Frozen

~I love to work in nursery

~I can get easily distracted by TV (as is what is happening now...)

~I read way too much ;)

~I now have a phobia of milk after living in Papua

~I haven't read The Lord of the Rings series YET

~I have a phobia that everything will taste like mothballs after living in Papua 

~I eat too much often

~I like Pinterest too much

~I'm on Goodreads too much

~I do Monday's Minutes every week no matter what

Britt's Eleven Questions:

1) Favorite superhero?
Probably Thor... I don't watch/pay attention to many of them, but the things I see on Pinterest about Thor make me like him ;)

2) If you could change your hair and eye color what would you change it to?
I would change my hair color to the "natural" color black, but the real color I would like it to be would be turquoise ;)

3) What's your favorite flower?
Sunflower
4) Favorite drink?
*shrugs* I don't know, Sprite? 

5) Anna or Elsa? (from Frozen)
Anna

6)  Sweatshirts or tank tops?
Sweatshirts =)

7) Flip-flops or boots?
Uh, crocs? I don't know, I would rather wear boots, but I don't have any and I don't like flip-flops--unless they're the croc ones. ;)

8) what's your Favorite childhood memory?
Once my grandpa was pushin' me on a swing and I kept saying "higher" and then I flew off the swing. I landed on my knees, but I didn't feel anything ;)

9) Favorite book of the Bible
Romans

10) Favorite quote

11) Favorite Pinterest board of mine 
Your Character Inspiration, can ALWAYS find something there. =)

Of Whom I Nominate:

+Mary Burroughs @ Mary's Moments
Bekah Burroughs @ Bekah's Scribbles
+Dazie Bear @ Opal Swirls
+Elisabeth Sullivan @ Reflections of the Heart
+Journey Lillian @ a writer's world
Bekah Joan @ Found and Cherished
Chloe @ Blooming Maiden
Sarah @ Forever Changed
AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO DO THIS =)

My 11 Questions:

1)Cookout or Eat-out?
2)Favorite Quote? 
3)Waterfall or Beach?
4)Ninja Turtles or Ninjago? (Yes, I'm strange)
5)Do you play/like Legos?
6) Would you rather spend a day outdoors or indoors?
7)Clothes shopping or grocery shopping?
8)How often do you blog?
9)What's your favorite food?
10)Have you ever been out of your home county?
11)What about your home continent?

Thank you again Britt for nominating me! =)

abrielle lindsay

Sick. Elleck

I went through this sick-for-one-day-thing. I haven't been sick for a long time and I did not like it one. Bit.

I slept for probably more than half the day, and even while I was watching TV I just blinked and was sleeping. Other than that I had a really high temperature and was really, really cold.

Like, I know I've said that I have been really, really cold recently. But this kind of cold was freezing cold. And then when i was awake and under all those blankets, it was way too hot. Then I'd come out from under the blankets and it was way too cold. So I decided to come downstairs without a blanket.

Pizza and applesauce are some awesome foods.

It's all I ate yesterday. *hides face* I skipped breakfast and lunch. Ate some applesauce for snack. And pizza and more applesauce when I was feeling better at dinner with my grandparents. =)

Anyway, today I feel fantastic!! =D And I'm very happy I do.

Hope none of ya'll have been sick. =P

abrielle lindsay

MMC

I am doing the prompt from this picture:

I looked around. No one was anywhere. Just me. All alone.

Again.

I sighed. I hated being alone. I wanted to go somewhere with someone. I wanted to be a normal person. I wanted to be down there on the earth. Instead of up here in some fantasy world all alone.

I sighed again. The swing I was stuck on burned my hands. It stung to move.

When I looked down at the river again, I noticed that instead of it still being twelve inches beneath me, it was half that distance.

I stared at it longer, and the longer I did so, the higher it came up.

Soon I realized that I had to stand up. Even if it hurt. And I had to do it now.

I moved gently to where I was standing on the burlap ropes above the rising water.

Looking around again, I saw something move in the trees. A flicker of hope rushed through me.

“Hello?” I called out.

The movement stopped. But, after a few minutes, it started again. Moving closer and closer, to me.

Even with the power I had, it came closer to me.

I smiled when I saw it at the edge of the river. It was a woman. A real woman.

She seemed strange in a way. She wore clothes to match the trees and dirt. Her face was streaked with mud. But her eyes caught me. They were full of fear.

“Hello,” I said.

“Get out of here. I can’t do it,” She turned away, “And hurry up.”

“What, why?” I said.

“They’re coming for you. And if you don’t want to be caught, you better hurry up.”

She thought I could get out of this? She was wrong.

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291 words =)

abrielle lindsay

Link-Up

Hey ya'll, Ashley over at [insert title here] is giving away a book. Now I won't tell you which one, but it's a must read. Everyone agrees. ;)

This is the link up that I am participating in:

5 of Your Favorite Book Characters

• Spencer

I don't know how many of ya'll know, but I loved Jill Williamson's The New Recruit so MUCH!!! Spencer was my favorite, the brat. ;) If you have not read the book, I might need to strangle you. (haha, that was a joke.)

• Charlie West

Currently, I am still reading the series The Long Way Home by Andrew Klavan. It's brilliant. Charlie is such a wonderful person. Christian, sees the good, and gosh, if I name everything it'll go on forever!! But he's awesome and you have to read the books to understand why. =)

• Sayaka

I've realized that two out of three of my favorite characters start out as the brats. Yes, Sayaka STARTS OUT as one, but then turns into a good Charlie West. =) She's awesome and so is her book, Red Sun Blue Earth by Sienna North.

• Gabrielle Sweet (Ellie Sweet)

Ellie is so great! She's a fantastic book character. And if you don't believe go find her in The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet and The Unlikely Debut of Ellie Sweet by Stephanie Morrill. And if you still don't believe me I'll give you a virtual smack. ;) Ellie really is super sweet! =)

• Olivia

She is from The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen (OUTSTANDING book, by the way) and is so awesome. She's wonderful. Amazing. She watches out for the two children, of which adore her, and keeps them safe. She helps them, and gosh, she's just so awesome.

Ok, those were my five favorite book characters. =) Hope ya'll enjoyed!!

abrielle lindsay

Some Travel Photos of Exhausted People (Don't Look) [Don't listen to my fingers and what they say type]

Hello. We are exhausted. Actually, I am no longer. *grins* Adjusted, with a few naps. BUT, I STAYED AWAKE ALL DAY YESTERDAY.  =D *throws confetti in the air*

Anyway, keep reading/flipping through/looking at your own risk. ;)

One last pix with my sweet girl, Brownie. =)

Sickie. Elleck. =P

Mrs. P went and got our seats for us at the airport! Plus she made arrangements with some drivers in Java for us! She's wonderful!! =)

Jeremy with one of the ladies that was checking our baggage etc.

Here we are! 5 out of 6 of us, anyway

BEFORE WE WERE ON THE PLANE, Jeremy had lipstick on both of his cheeks. =)

This is what I spent a majority of my time doing. Listening to a bunch of Disney songs ( I know, shocking...) and working on a bracelet.

Emily and three of the stewardesses =) 

ROTIBOY IS AWESOME. I know I'm weird, but these things WERE SO STINKING GOOD!!!!

BURGER KING!!!

Yes, I'm not afraid to show some really awkward pictures of me

Keeping Jeremy occupied as we waited to get our seats for the flight to Japan

 My mom braided Emily and Jenny's hair because it gets so static-y on the plane.

Keeping ourselves occupied

Krispy Kreme!!! I was SHOCKED to see this place in Java, sadly, we did not buy one *sobs*

Cutie =)

Ditto

Double ditto. =)

This was the plane we were to sleep on. I slept on it, and Jenny slept for sure. I'm not quite sure about anyone else...

Jeremy sitting next to my mom for a moment

Isn't this sunrise gorgeous??

Welcome to Japan

Walking down all of these walking escalator things. =)

I fell asleep under this thing in the airport waiting area. It felt so good under there!!

This is me (shocking, I know) and one of the flight stewardesses. She was SO NICE!

This is in Chicago =) Buzz wasn't in the photo

TENNESSEE AT LAST!!! I don't have all the pictures, but this is of all the cousins. Note that Jenny is extremely shy and Jeremy DID NOT want to stand with me in between his cousin and cousin-in-law (my cousin's husband)

"Get me out of here" Jeremy WAS ACTUALLY IN HIS ARMS. Literally. First time meeting him in his WHOLE LIFE, but he went to my cousin!!

Taco Bell was the first dinner we ate! YUM!!!

My mom's first time going to Walmart. (My aunt is in the picture BTW)

Haircuts, Buzz wanted one that looked like Tin Tin. There he and Tin Tin are. =)

NOTE: I am not actually asleep, I was just laying on the seatbelt with my eyes closed (that's actually the truth)

Two of the boy cousins and my two brothers being... well, boys.

Girls!

And that is all of which I am willing to share. ;) The rest of those arrival pix will be coming soon! =)

He is Risen

Your turn...

=) Happy Easter to all of ya'll! =D

This is our first Easter in America for FOUR YEARS. ?! Easter 2011 was our FIRST SUNDAY in Indonesia--just like now! Easter 2014 is on the FIRST SUNDAY we're HERE!! =D

Here's a pix or two from last year's Easter:

I woke up about 3 or 4 AM and heard these people singing. Sadly, you can't see anything, but these people were people from a church coming out and singing about Jesus. =) It was wonderful! They were all carrying torches (I can't remember why...)

This is us, not the greatest picture ever, but not the worst. *winks*

Resurrection Cookies! Love these things! =)

Today, we are going to my cousin's house (yes, HER house) for lunch and an egg hunt. I think all of my extended family will be there *brow furrows* "THINKS".

We're going to the church that is letting us stay in their house this morning. It surprises me so when my mom said that the service we are going to starts at 11 and ends at 12. o.O In Papua, the service starts at 9:30 and ends anywhere between 11 and 11:30. =)

(and btw, I WILL POST ARRIVAL AND TRAVEL PIX MAYBE RIGHT AFTER THIS POST! =) )

abrielle lindsay

Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold

This is so accurate. Except for the fact that it hasn't snowed and it's only like 65 degrees outside.

I thought when we first arrived in Chicago, "The cold never bothered me anyway," right?

Um, then I walked into the airport.

Anna's reaction is just so perfect. =)

*grins* My extended family act like they're going to hit us because of how cold we think it is. ;)

They all say, "You should've been here through the winter,"

Thank the heavens that I wasn't! ;)

abrielle lindsay

disclaimer: i do not own pictures. pinterest does. 

'merica

Were in America. Were there and GOSH is it weird!!!!!!! ;) our computers dead so I cant upload any travel/arrival pictures. *sobs* but I'll get em up soon. =) ar also ate Taco Bell for the first time in three years it was AMAZING!!!! I git to see just about all od my family (actually I think I did....) If there are any typos in here IM RECOVERING FROM JETLAG AND I AM ON A KINDLE FIRE AND I AM NOT GOOD AT TYPING ON IT. =P and I'm also typing in the HTML tab because the Compose doesn't like the kindle. I gotta go. =( Abrielle Lindsay

Burger King

Java is quite amazing.

It's been over a year, about 16 months, since the last time I came to Java. While I was in Papua I thought I wasn't missing out on much.

Ok, then I came here. Let me name some of the restaurants that are here:

--Burger King *faints*
--Carl Jr. (Hardy's)
--Starbucks
--Dominoes Pizza
--Pizza Hut (NOT as amazing as Dominoes, Pizza Hut is in Papua)
--CHILIES

I want to eat at Chilies, but it's to expensive. DX

BUT, last night we ate at Burger King and that's what we're getting for lunch.

Seriously ya'll, those burgers are the most amazing burgers  EVER. Ok, that's probably not true, but, ya'll they are amazing.

John couldn't eat all of his Whopper last night because of how our stomachs have changed (and probably because he just recovered from something. (what, no idea.)

ok, gotta go. =P maybe the next post will be from america. ;) no longer any guarantees! ;)

abrielle lindsay