Life, Love and the Everyday

You say I don't understand, that I'm the one with the problem. But you're the one who doesn't hear. I heard what you said, I'm just answering in my own way. Say what you will, without the fuss, the drawn-out explanations and un-necessary add-ons. Don't get worked up, just take it slow, ask me a question and I'll tell you what I know. Don't give a box to hide myself in, or tell me the way I think is autistic! It's just a learning condition that makes me apart of a growing statistic! The way you see the world is different to everyone you know. Are you autistic? If somebody says something in a way you don't comprehend - does that make you slow?

Hi Everyone! Here are some poems I wrote last year. I write about real emotions, real experiences -  I'm kinda Taylor-Swifty like that! When I was younger everything felt more intense and I guess that's because I found it hard to express the way I really feel about stuff verbally, so writing stuff down has always been a way for me to stretch my creative muscles and get out the ugly stuff in my mind in a way that is beautiful. But I encourage that you learn to say what you really think now without the pen, because it's harder to learn with the tongue. - Sarah xo Chasing Rainbows Right after it rains, I spend my days chasing rainbows, up and down fields of gold. The day I get somewhere will be the day I do what I'm told. Even after all this time, I can't leave those rainbows alone. If you're looking for me, I'm chasing outside chasing rainbows beneath grey skies. Untitled Everything in this place echoes like dynamite against sacred stone. I ...

Speak For Yourself If I ever have a daughter, there one thing I want her to know - and that is don't play the fool. Don't be too nice either, laughing it off and saying "It's all cool". Don't sit there quiet and sweet because people expect it of you. Speak for yourself, honey. Don't let somebody else say your words for you! Say sorry when you do wrong and no other time, regardless of what is said and done everybody believes they're in the right. You're not wrong because you're young, but if you act like you don't have a clue - they'll listen to anyone who isn't you. Speak for yourself. They don't see what you see, they say only what they know.  - By S.J Elizabeth

LIFE Happy New Year! 2015 was a dart-board, full of spot-ons and misses; whereas some darts went off-target; in the wall, on the floor or in the foot.  Now that I have my hypothetical darts back in my hand, it is time to make some simple plans for 2016! I have a few things that I really want to achieve in 2016. 1. Spiritual Last year my catch-phrase was Seeds of Hope.  This year God put these two words on my heart: Do More. 2. Personal Become more assertive. Work hard, play harder. 3. Family Encourage and support. 4. Health Lose ten kilos. (And keep it off) 5. Finances Save, Invest, Repeat. LOVE The New Year always brings in a tide of excitement, hope and uncertainty of what is to come. But one thing is for sure, we won't be packing our bags any time soon. So our anchors are going to be moored here for quite a little while. And then, fingers, eyes, legs and toes crossed - A. and I will embark on an overseas o...

LIFE I had forgotten how difficult it is to give up something. For six days I had quit coffee and soft-drink cold-turkey. It wasn't until I was going out to dinner on the Saturday night last week that I found myself craving the sugary sweet poison of Coke. That thought shot the idea of quitting cold-turkey straight to hell. On the drive to dinner I was very quiet, the thought of drinking Coke making my mouth go dry. Suffice to say I had two soft drinks that night, one coke, one lemonade to make up for lost time - and the next day another lemonade. On Monday morning I had my first instant coffee in eight days and since then, I haven't stopped.  Seeing as this season won't be coming for awhile, I'll tell you why I tried to go cold-turkey and it is simply that when I start treatment to have a baby, I want to have a healthy body to make the process easier. But I have come to realise that trying to make something happen just because you are impatient doesn't end well,...

LIFE I have been a bit quiet lately, sometimes there are heaps of things I want to say but don't. I have been thinking about what I want the image of Life, Love & The Everyday to be for myself and readers. Whether it's just an online diary of a twenty-six year old woman going through the motions that most people can relate to or get out there more and take more pictures; or even just pull the plug on the entire thing. But today, yours truly wants to exhibit a poem. It's a poem about me and A. and how we are complete opposites but complement each other's strengths. LOVE Beautiful Chaos You keep me grounded like an anchor in torrential seas, and I bring you up to the stars. You are the canvas and I am the paint - together we are beautiful chaos. I am the lyrics, you are the rhythm - the very beat of my heart. Together we are lost and found again in the midst of beautiful chaos. & THE EVERY DAY Working, writing, eating, sleeping, procrastionating,...

When work offered me more hours temporarily, I had no intention of flying off the radar. Now my blog is an even tinier speck hovering in cyber space. But not for long! Before we catch up, I just want to say something. Cherish your family, even when you fight. Because although a long life is the general expectation of being alive, things happen and we don't always say what we want to say; like "I'm sorry." and "I love you." There are no guarantees that we will see our loved ones when we come home at the end of the day. Over the weekend the gates of Heaven welcomed another angel, but her absence has a left a gaping hole in the lives of her family and friends and a huge impact on acquaintances and strangers on Facebook, reminding them that life is short and precious. Say what you need to say, forgive, show people you love them in a way that they will feel it. Rest In Peace, Rita. <3 LIFE On Saturday morning just gone I jumped off the bu...