Love Begins

I am SUCH a hopeless romantic.

Isn’t it pathetic?  

I know it is.  

But it’s true.  

I am a hopeless romantic.

I watched the Hallmark Channel’s “Love Begins” movie last night.  Yes, I DO watch the Hallmark Channel!!!!!  I watch Little House on the Prairie on that channel, and a few other shows too.  ;)

Anyway….Love Begins was an AMAZING movie.  Jamie Joyce, you’d LOVE IT.  :D  It is a romantic girl’s dream.  It takes place during the gold rush….but this town that the movie takes place in is somewhere in Texas (I believe).

I just was going through pictures on websites from this movie and it is official.  I AM IN LOVE.  <3

I’ll break down the movie/characters now.  ;)

Okay, like I said, it takes place during the Gold Rush.  The town is somewhere in Texas (I think) and it’s got a super cute little town.  :)

Ellen and Cassie Barlow live by themselves on their family farm, since their Father died a while back.  They’re having problems keeping up the farm by themselves, but Ellen is stubborn and refuses to get help from someone in town.  Then a really bad storm hits and destroys the barn door and part of their garden, and Ellen starts warming up to the idea of hiring some help.

Ellen and Cassie are in town for some supplies when they stop in their friend Millie’s restaurant.  A fight breaks out in the diner, and Ellen takes Cassie home.

Clark Davis was in the fight at Millie’s.  But he feels really bad about ruining Millie’s shop, because of his idiot friend who doesn’t use his brain.  :P  Clark and his friend (who’s name escapes me…) are thrown in jail.  His friend breaks out, while Clark stays to right his wrongs.  :)

Ellen grudgingly hires  Clark to come work on her farm, so he can pay off his debt to Millie.  Well….the rest is history.  :)

At first she hates him.  Then they warm up to each other, and then it turns into something more.  :D

Characters:

Ellen Barlow:

Ellen is a hard worker, but she’s incredibly stubborn.  She lives with her younger sister Cassie on the family farm.  She harbors hard feelings for people after the Gold in California (like Clark was before coming upon their town..) because her old boyfriend left for Cali and never wrote, contacted or came home.  She ends up falling in love with her hired hand, Clark Davis.

Cassie Barlow:

Cassie is a little more easy-going than her older sister Ellen.  She befriends Clark almost immediately and helps her sister see the light.  ;)

Clark Davis:

Clark dreams of adventure, travel and gold.  He aimed to go to California, after the gold in the hills there.  After his friend since childhood abandonded him and left him in jail (great friend, huh?) Clark decided to stay in Town and pay his debt to Mrs. Millie.  He was hired out to the Barlow family farm, and ended up falling in love with Ellen Barlow.  :)

oh my force he is so hot!!!! XD

Millie:

Millie owns the restaurant in town and is known for her pie.  :)  She’s a good friend of Ellen Barlow and her daughter (Rose) is best friends with Cassie Barlow.  Millie forgives Clark for wrecking her store, and ends up treating him like a friend.  :D

Now……more pictures!  :D

.....AHHHHHH SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my current laptop wallpaper. <33

Well, that was an amazing movie.  BEST PART?????

It was romantic.  BUT that’s not the BESTEST part.  ;)

Bestest part???  It was a Christian movie.   Clark was led (back) to the Lord through Ellen’s faith.  :D  I loved that part.  :)  I like when they prayed at Sunday Dinner.  And when……Never mind.  SPOILERS!  XD  I won’t say.  ;)

So, go look up this movie!  ;)  I am STILL fangirling about it. 

Love you all!!!!

Love Begins….

We Will Never Forget

September 11th, 2001.


Another normal day.  Get up, go to work, sit at your desk, do your job.
....
Until, at 8:46 am, 5 people hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, crashing it into New York City's World Trade Center's North Tower.

More than 3,000 people died in the attacks on 9-11.  America was shattered in a matter of minutes, left in shock of a terrorist attack that we will never forget.


I was four years old when 9-11 happened.  I don't remember much, I believe I was in pre-school at the time, and I do remember my mom and dad and grandma being very upset.  I never understood why.  I was too young really.
I think around the time I was seven, my mother explained why everyone was so sad on September 11th.

This book, was what explained to me what happened.  I could understand, because it was written by kids.

I remember being angry that someone would be so mean as to kill so many people, by blowing up a building. When you're seven, that doesn't exist.  Evil is just something in storybooks, and movies.
But it is real.  Very, very real.

I will never forget September 11th.  I will never forget the people who were First Responders to the tragedy, the firefighters, police personnel and now the soldiers who sacrifice themselves to fight for our freedom.  


These songs sum it up.....

So Tell Me Friends, Have You Forgotten?

Now.  9-11 happened.  We will never forget.  But that doesn't mean that only bad things came out of the disaster.  
After 9-11....on 9-12, people, Americans, neighbors, friends, family, they all came out of the woodwork to help.  Whether it was giving blood, money, clothes or helping hands, the american community came together to pull through the disaster of September 11th.

9-12 brought hope.  Hope for the future of America, which was looking pretty dim at that time.
So stand up!  Be PROUD that you're an American!!!  America will bounce back, we can make it through anything with our Lives, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. 


Yes, September 11th is a very sad day, but do not forget the people of 9-12, the people who were TRUE Americans, and the people who love America for what it is today.  :)

I went to an incredible 9-11 ceremony today, and I don't think there was a dry eye in the house.  ;)  It was just so amazing.  Five families who live in our town were direct victims of 9-11.  They lost children, uncles, brothers, or other family members in the attacks.

One woman's speech caught my attention.  She said this quote by Martian Luther King Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 


That really made me think.  She is so right, Dr. King Jr. is right!  What does Yoda say?  Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering?  
Light.  Love.  LOVE is the Key.  We would be a world in darkness if it weren't for Love. 


Perfect love.  Jesus's Love.  

So do not hate your enemies.  Love is how we win.  Love conquers evil.  WE WIN.  :)


God Bless America!  And God Bless you!!!  :)