Liv's writing

I hope Liv doesn't get mad at me. But, today I was up to my eyeballs in arts, crafts, paints, papers, stickers, markers, etc. I was sorting and organizing the girls' stuff.

If you know Liv, you may know that she has a bit of an obsession with journals, notebooks, diaries, note pads, etc. We try to keep them "organized" but I find them all over the place. They are usually titled and intended for a very specific purpose. For example, "summer journal" "doodles" "christmas journal" "new york journal" "poems" "songs" and on and on.

Today I came across one that wasn't titled. I just love reading what she writes! Here is an excerpt of what I found.

PRESSURE:

little things happen

every day.

little things happen

every night.

little people from the country

come to see the world.

everything has changed -

for us to do tonight.

come with me

it's our night!

come and see us

come and look

come and seek us

come and find us

when our home has

found the rest

we will sit and look

when we found our everything

we will go find

somewhere to rest

we will sit down and rest

and lift up our hearts

and say "halaluyia

our people have changed

halaluyia our city has

CHANGED."

PURPOSE:

some people have feelings

some people have no feelings

some people are like me and don't know what they have

or what their purpose is

THE LAKESIDE:

I was sitting by the lakeside

watching the fish jump

I watched them as they leaped out of the water

all night long.

The trees were fully bloomed

the flowers were beautiful

the lake was sparkling by the sun

It had no-one

but

EVERYONE.

BEAUTIFUL DREAMS

Everything that you dream is beautiful.

as you dream it fades away.

let that be the one that you find.

let that be the one that you like.

now lift up high.

I find this stuff all the time. I mean, she was 7 or 8 when she wrote this. Kinda neat to see how she thinks. But, sometimes she gets embarrassed when I want to read it or show other people. So, I might have offended her. But, for those of you who love Livvy, I had to share. Her heart is so sweet.