How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

                                                                                             ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A Tag and a Reading Challenge

So, my faithful followers, this is my 200th post and you all get a combo deal today! A fun tag I found over at A Writing Maiden and a sweet summer reading challenge over at In The Bookcase! First, the tag -

At This Moment in Time:


1. Choose and post a picture that describes something you really want or feel:

I am, like the girl in the picture, waiting in thoughtful silence and contemplation of the blossoming flowers all around me.

2. Top three thoughts occupying your mind:
a. Marriage.
b. What's for dinner?
c. What am I gonna do tomorrow?

3. Two songs you don't know all the words to, but want to learn:
Amazing Grace and Love Story

4. Book of the Bible you are reading:
Uh, Psalms and whatever book I happen to open up to at the moment.

5. Issue you are working on learning how to defend to a non-Christian:
Hmm, good question....

6. Top thing you are looking forward to:
Becoming a Godly wife and mother

7. Latest accomplishment:
Sorting through my clothes and random items of junk

8. Next accomplishment you hope to ...accomplish! :)
Hahaha! Wouldn't you like to know? ;)

9. Tell me what you think of this tag:
Its short, simple yet creative and fun! :D

10. Tag 6 other people:
I'm going to skip out on this one if that's okay. :)


And now for the wonderful reading challenge! 

Tarissa from In The Bookcase writes, "How would you like to occupy the coming days of summer with the wonderful writings of Louisa May Alcott? It will be a joy for me to read some of her books this year, and I'd love to have some fellow book-readers to accompany me." I personally look forward to delving further into America's famous lady-author this summer. I have yet, however, to figure out how many and which books I shall tackle. *winks* I will soon enough though. In case you missed it, here is the link one more time - do please check it out and join in the fun! http://inthebookcase.blogspot.com/2012/05/louisa-may-alcott-reading-challenge.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+inthebookcase+%28In+The+Bookcase%29

And that's all for now folks! God bless and keep blogging! :)

Brief Update

I haven't posted in awhile because I've been super busy and well, haven't had time to blog. My whole life, routine and even living conditions are on the verge of changing so I don't know how much blogging I will be doing in the near future. I just thought you might like to know that I haven't dropped off the planet or anything. I'm still reading tons of books though. ;)