"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

    Recently, a friend and I were working on a story together. I noticed that chapter 9 was titled "Nothing Gold can Stay". Puzzled, I read through the chapter, trying to find where she might have gotten that from (If you're like me, you always try to give chapters a title that reflects something in it). However, I couldn't find anything pertaining to gold or the banning of it, so I asked my friend about it.

As it turns out, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a poem by Robert Frost (you know, the guy who wrote "The Road Not Taken". You know how it goes. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..."). I had read some of his works before, but never this one. 

  

As you can see, this poem has quite the melancholy air about it. Bereaving what can be considered to be the short lifespan of the color of gold in nature, it ultimately reflects on how often purity is tainted when it is only hours old. 

It's a beautiful poem, really. Or maybe it's just me... idk i kinda like things that are sad but also comforting. Even though this poem comes across as a lament, it just gives me a hopeful feeling--there will always be next spring. :)

Have you read any beautiful poems lately? Who is your favorite author? Have you ever heard of this poem before and are thinking, "lacy, for crying out loud get with the times. this is SO 1923"? xD 

Let's Talk Books!!

Well, I missed the April post...... eh heh. Sorry about that xD

AnYwAy

How about we talk books :D
I'd like to introduce you to some of my books, ahem, WIPs, which will give you an interesting view into my crazy brain as well as help said crazy brain maybe get some of this straight to myself AIGHT LE'S GO

note these are in no particular order :>


1: The Sign of Royalty
Status: In progress
Basic plot: Two Elf siblings who may or may not be important ;) are adopted by an Elven ranger. They grow up with him and his son, until sOmEtHiNg happens and things almost go downhill but they're good eventually BUT THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS AND HECK, PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS WHO THEY  SAY THEY ARE  0_o
Favorite thing about this book: writing the siblings xD They're legit so awesome. Also Elves in general and cinnamon roll characters (who i could honestly squeeze to death because askjflkasjflk) and headstrong characters and ok I'm rambling ._.

2: The Jewel of Life
Status: In progress
Basic plot: There's a desert and a Phoenix and the Phoenix (who goes by "The Phoenix") has a best friend who is a cat named L'Kiu (pronounced like you say the letter Q, the L is silent) and then there's a mysterious illness and THE WORLD IS IN DANGER and adventures ensue and KNIVES
Favorite thing about this book: Well I haven't gotten too far into this one yet (it's relatively new), but I think my favorite thing about it is going to be either sICK KNIVES or writing the friendship between L'Kiu and the Phoenix who are cool dudes. I can't wait to have some time to work on this one lollll

3: Swanwing
Status: In progress
Basic plot: Basically a retelling of "The Wild Swans", if you haven't read it you need to, cuz it's amazing, here is a Wikipedia article, you're welcome :D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Swans
Favorite thing about this book: so. many. boys. babies and castles and kingdoms and brothers and fairytales oH MY

4: The Angel Story (a short story)
Status: Complete (wait what omg what is tHIS???)
Basic plot: When a little boy gets kidnapped, it's up to his Guardian Angel, the monster under the bed, and his favorite stuffed animal to rescue him-- enter hilarity, stage left :P
Favorite thing about this book: I got the idea for this book from a prompt from Pinterest, and it was super fun to write xD I think my favorite thing about it was Biscuits, the stuffed rabbit. He's British and hilarious xD It's not that great of a story, and I think it could use some work. It's the first short story I've ever written, but y'know, the first time isn't always the worst time :P This is also the first story I've ever completed, so yeah xD

I don't have a picture for this one ._. lol

What have you been working on lately? Do you want to know more about these ridiculous stories of mine? Feel free to ask me anything! :D

AND FIVE MINUTES LATER IM BACC

cuz who edits a post once it's live 


*runs in panting*

OH HEY Y'ALL

WAIT

I FORGOT TO TELL YOU



*drumrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll*


IMMA BE DOING CAMP NANO THIS YEAR

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

*SQUEAK*


*is very excited and kinda freaked because wUT but ok* LKAJRLKFJLKJALKSDJASLKDJASLK

I AM GOING TO DIE BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IM DOING BUT IT'S GONNA BE FUN BECAUSE WRITINGGGG YAY



ack WISH ME LUCK 'CUZ IMMA NEED IT XD


Lacy out

*poof*

Focus on the Light ❤

Hey hey hey ma frens :D

So with the whole hype over the.... ugh I'm sick of even hearing the word... the COVID-19 disease, people are really starting to get down. I'm no exception. It is a sad fact that so many people are dying and that so many events are canceled. In truth, I'm still kinda sad about the fact that I did not get to wear my beautiful prom dress yesterday and dance all night with my friends.

But is that something that I really need to be focusing on?

Sure, feelings are natural. It's ok to, well, feel feelings. But when you let those feelings rule how you speak and act, that's when you know things have gotten out of hand.

one does not simply mope

Seriously though! With all the bad things happening in this broken world, we have to find the balance! If there are things in this world that are right, search them out! Write them down! Take a sharpie to your hand to remind yourself that you are blessed!

Some people do have harder lives than others. But EVERYWHERE, God's blessings can be seen. Sometimes you have to look really hard. Sometimes you have to dig very deep!

...does that sound like mining for jewels? 😊

Having trouble seeing the good? Let me help you out.

You're not dead yet.

It is a tragedy that so many people die every day--from COVID-19 and other causes. But if you're reading this right now, you are still alive! What a blessing! :) Life is beautiful. So praise God for it!

YOU

ARE

SO BLESSED!!! 

God loves you! He made this beautiful world, and you are still alive in it! Thank Him for another day to sing His praises in your daily life!

Even though people die every day, even though things ARE wrong in this world, and even though, yes, sometimes we have to come to grips with things going against the will of God--we are not called to focus on the bad all the time!

Psalm 34 begins with these beautiful words:

I will bless the LORD at all times;

his praise shall be always in my mouth.

My soul will glory in the LORD;

let the poor hear and be glad.

Magnify the LORD with me;

and let us exalt his name together.

~Psalm 34:2-4


As the kids say these days: What a mood 😎

Don't ignore the sadness of the world. But don't let it become the focus of your life. ❤

What has gone right in your world today? What are you most especially thankful for right now? Feel free to share! :)

The February Post

Well. Keeping this New Year's Resolution is going easy. 😏

#ratherlatetothepartay

So how was your Valentine's Day  (since, as aforementioned, I am #ratherlatetothepartay)?

If it was lonely and full of watching chick-flicks and rom coms while eating straight out of the tub of ice cream... I feel you.

but seriously though I'd rather be watching movies and eating ice cream all the time, not just on valentine's AND NO, IT'S NOT HEALTHY. I KNOW. xD

Anyway, enough about feeling sorry for ourselves. 

Instead of focusing on what we didn't get for Valentine's Day (which, sadly, is all too easy to do), focus instead on what you gave. Giving is much better than getting, even though getting stuff like chocolate and cards is fun!

Doing something special for another is the best thing ever. And it makes one feel really great too. Seeing the smile on a sibling's face or the happy glow in a friend's cheeks just fills one with peace and joy. As the Prayer of St. Francis says: "For it is in giving that we receive". That, my friends, is where true peace starts. And when you find your piece---



--(sorry I had to xD ) then you won't be worrying about what you didn't get. :)


That being said, today is Mardi Gras!!! (or yesterday was, depending on when you read this)

I was so shocked to find out that some of my northern friends from my online school DIDN"T HAVE MARDI GRAS PARADES WHERE THEY LIVED? THAT MADE ME SAD?? ALSO THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CRAWFISH BOIL WAS??? i was like "omgosh y'all need to come down here RIGHT NOW. WE GON TREAT YOU RIGHT" xD


And tomorrow (or today), is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent! That being said, y'all probably won't see me in April (notlikeyoueverseemebutyougetthepoint:P). I know, I know, it was my nEw YeAr'S rEsOlUtIoN to post every month, but there have been some slight changes. 👉😎👉 😏

Catholics Takin' On Lent Be Like:

lol.

Anyway, I got my February post in (barely in time, haha you didn't see nothin')!

SEE Y'ALLZ NEXT MONTH :DDD

HaPpY nEw YeAr

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Yeah, it's been forever since I posted here *looks guiltily at previous posts*

But hey, I'm here now, so... :P LET'S PARTY

As I heard a DJ on the radio say recently, (and I'm paraphrasing because Junioritis, y'know) "No matter what happened in 2019, it is officially in the past."

That's so nice, right? Like, now we can start fresh! This year doesn't have to be like years past! This year, you can try something new! (like one of my friend's sisters, who donated 12 inches of her hair and she looks SO DIFFERENT--but ofc, still cute as ever 😊)

And that leads to...

You said it.

nEw YeAr'S rEsOlUtIoNs

*confetti* *party poppers* *party horns*

So, I don't usually make resolutions because... I... forget? *crowd boos* I know, I know. But this year I am making at lEaSt two resolutions. One of them is private, but the other is to post here at LEAST once a month. *yay*

Some people might say "gosh I don't make resolutions at all because I knOW I'm not going to be able to keep them". And that's fine. It's a free country, you don't have to make resolutions if you don't want to.

But think about this: why not make resolutions? Some of them are downright silly, let's be honest, but others push us to be better about meeting goals, being kind, keeping up with schoolwork... *sudden respiratory ailment*

And so what if you can't keep them? So maybe you fail one day. Maybe you forget to go for your morning run. But that's OnLy OnE dAy out of the whole year! Every day is new! You can make a resolution to keep your resolution (:P) each morning when you get out of bed. 

lol imagine if people celebrated every new day by doing fireworks and screaming HAPPY NEW DAY'S DAY in your face xD

So in this new year (IN WHICH WE ALL HAVE 2020 VISION BTW :P), remember that each day is a new day. You failed today? Try again tomorrow. :)

What are your New Year's Resolutions (if any)? What are some of the weirdest resolutions you or another person you know has ever made?

...guess what else I missed...

*laughing* *slow clap*

guys I missed my blogoversary

ok but Lee Pace in the background
that will never not be funny

whoops :P

ANYways. So my blogoversary was September 27th of last year. I have been blogging for a year now :D

STATS FOR YEAR ONE:

Follower count:

16

Thanks, all you beautiful lovely frens o' mine :D

Page views all time history:

1,357

I don't know about you, but to me, that's a LOT. :P

Post count:

29

I could've done better but guess what. This be a new year here at The Life of An Elf. :D

Most viewed post:

It's Time for some Truth, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Because we all need Truth in our lives.

Viewers around the globe:

United States	1184
Russia	47
Portugal	28
United Kingdom	21
Ukraine	16
Australia	12
Germany	9
Ireland	8
Finland	6
Netherlands

Guys. People in the NETHERLANDS have seen me. HELLO MA NETHERLAND FRENS :D

Anyways thank you all for coming to my blogoversary party (even though it ranks low on the "exciting" list xD )

 Have some cake,
🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰
and I hope you stick around for another fun year here on my blog. :)


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PFFFFFFT THAT SOUNDED SO CHEESY

LOL HAVE A GREAT DAY Y'ALL