QUOTES FROM KYLA

 "TALENT alone cannot make a writer. There must be a MAN behind the book."

"Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are. Every sentence is the result of a long probation. The author's character is read from title page to end. Of this he never corrects the proofs."

And a diamante (dee-AH-mun-tay) written by Kyla herself . . .

                 BLACK
       unpleasant, disdainful
 corrupting, ensnaring, reproaching
hatefulness, guile, purity, loveliness
  appealing, cleansing, purifying
        unspotted, desirable
                 WHITE
               


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LYDIA'S SUBMISSION

YELLOW

...Golden rays

Piercing through towering thunderheads

...Someone who is afraid
To stand for what he believes
...Cheerful black-eyed susans
Lifting their heads
To the sun
...The breast of a carefree meadowlark
Trilling a beautiful song
...A small rubber duck
Floating
Amidst a mass of bubbles
...The legal pad of a eloquent lawyer
...Autumn leaves
Drifting along
On a gentle breeze
...The warm feeling that surges through my body
When something thrills me
...Frilly daffodils
Waving gaily
In the fresh zephyrs of spring
...Laughter bubbling
From an innocent child's lips...

by Lydia Yoder
at age 15
2007

TODAY

TODAY, see life as half-full, instead of half empty.
See how blessed you are instead of all that's wrong.
Today, thank God for everything He's done instead of
Telling Him all that He's not doing or should do.
Today, love your life and forget about the unfairness in it.
At least you're not dead. At least you have a chance. Take it.
Go all out for God. Follow your dreams.
Today, look beyond your tear-filled eyes to the one up above.
It may be raining now--but remember--there's always
Sunshine just beyond the clouds.
Today, sing 'God's' song, even when you have no song
Left to sing. Even when the notes begin to falter. Even when
You're singing all by yourself. Ask God for that everlasting melody.
Today, ask for God's strength instead of trying to do
Everything on your own.
Today, choose life. And love. And laughter.
Today, bring God the the sacrifice of praise.
Even when you don't feel like praising him, do anyway.
Bring God that sacrifice.
Today, be all that you can be, because there might not
Be a tomorrow.
Today, live with purpose.
Today, remember the good in life and the good memories.
Let the rest wash away. Let Jesus heal your heart.
TODAY,
Rejoice. Because God created you...
Because you are special and
Have a beautiful plan to fulfill.
TODAY,
Choose God.


-Kelsi Barkman-

TABITHA'S WRITING

God, You're kind of hard to figure out.

You are scholarly, inventing the hundreds of languages we speak,
Writing the laws we try to obey

You're also delicate, swirling your brush across the sky,
And leaving behind blues, purples, pinks, and reds

Your power speaks in the rushing turbulence of white water
Pushing its way between high walls of stone.

Your innocence comes through the cry of a small baby,
Expecting to be fed

You are wild as the eagle, soaring above the water,
His talons outstretched as he dives for a silvery fish

You, oh God, show me Your stubborness
Like the wild goats with locked horns,
You refuse to give up on me.

Through the roses, the butterflies, the hummingbirds,
I see Your beauty... how You delight in that which is good.

I see Your love in the giving up of Your son
To pay for the times I mess up.

But most of all, I see Your humor,
Your love of a good laugh,
When I look at me.

*by Tabitha Thompson*