See, One Tree Hill is good for a lot of things.

“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly and without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And that someday is yesterday. And this is your life.”

                                               -my boy, Nathan Scott

It's midnight drives to the grove.
It's almond joy ice cream.
It's Mat Kearney and Dashboard and missing those yellow leaves.

It's frosted car windows
and visiting little red headed girls.

It's dream catchers and frozen toes.
It's pictures of you on my wall.
It's phone calls and late nights and missing that little truck.

It's old friends kept and new ones made.
It's long books and good people and figuring out what to do with forever.


And this is my life.  


-Linds

Tag.

Looks like I got an award. 

Thanks to miss mandi right here.  You should probably check here out because she’s said some real nice words.  She also reads a lot of real nice words.  Basically, she’s just real nice with a side of cute boyfriend pictures and you should probably check her out right here.


Eleven Facts About Linds 

1.  I recently found this guy, Mike Falzone, from this cute girl’s blog.  I have been watching his videos for days.  So good.

2.  I’m a student at BYU.  I don’t think I ever told you that.

3.  My favorite thing to do is sit under trees this time of year.   The leaves always fall on my head.  

4.  I really like people and grilled cheese sandwiches with raspberry jam.

5.  Pretty words get to me.  More than most things.  

6.  I never really read through these things when other people post them.

7.  I’ve lived in Utah my whole life.. minus the part where I was born in Wyoming.

8.  Forgetting scares me.  So do regrets.

9.  I really like people I can just sit and talk with.  I think sometimes we forget how much we need them.

10.  I’m proud of my family.  Mostly those three little girls.  

11.  I want to be kind, and I want to be happy, but mostly I just want to be like my mama.  

Miss Mandi’s Questions

1. if you could meet any author, past or present, who would it be?


Thomas Payne.  No Doubt.  Have you read The American Crisis?  Read it.  


2. what is your patronus? 


Probably a monkey. 


3. favorite time of day & why?


Have you ever heard this?  

“I’ve always liked the time before dawn because there’s no one around to remind me who I’m supposed to be, 


so it’s easier to remember who I am.”


I like that, and I guess it’s because I like those times too.  It’s that time late at night when I’m all alone, and I lay in my bed and look up at the sky through my window.  It’s just me and the moon, and I like that.  


4. what is your favorite thing to do by yourself?


My favorite thing to do is write the things that make me happy or sad or thankful.  My favorite thing is to write the things I want to remember.  


5. crayons, colored pencils, or markers?

Colored Pencils.


6. favorite quote & what it means to you?


"Live in such a way that people who know you but don’t know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you.”


&

“Sometimes people are beautiful.

Not in looks.

Not in what they say.

Just in what they are.”

Because I really believe that.  Both of those things.  People are beautiful, and the truth is you can teach a lot of people about Christ just by being happy and kind.  You can teach a lot of people about Christ just by loving them.  You can teach a lot of people about Christ just by being you.  

7. if you could meet anybody in the blogging world who would it be? (please leave a link.)

Lexi, she’s really great and really cute.  It’s kinda funny because we used to smile at each other in the hallway with that “we totally mutually blog stalk each other” look.  You all know the one.  But seriously, she’s great. 


8. what do you want to name your first child?


Brandon.  Keepin it simple.


9. what is your "go to" comfort food?


Lately? Coasta Sweet Pork Nachos.  Oh... and cafe rio mints. 
 


10. who is your hero & why?


Blake, Mckay, Brayden, Chris. 

Mostly just because I admire that group of boys.  I admire the choices they make and the people they’re becoming.  

11. what is your favorite family tradition.


Sleep overs with the sisters under the Christmas tree.  


So, I’m not going to tag anyone just because I’m thinking that I kinda missed the boat on this whole thing.  But if you haven’t had a chance, you’re it.


-Linds

Ten.

11-1-12

My life is new here.  
I don’t think I ever told you that. 

It’s full of midnight talks and afternoon naps and yellow leaves outside my window.  It’s full of phone calls and surprise visits and a lot of looking up.  

Sometimes there are tears, but we try to make them happy ones. 

You find new people every where you go.  
Life’s funny that way.  

Some teach you about love, and some teach you how to fill up your gas tank.  Some teach you to be kind, some teach you to be brave, and some teach you how to stand up for yourself.  

There are new people here too.  There are new relationships, and new love, and new lessons to be found.  I’m just not sure where yet.

I like the grass here.  I like the trees too.  I like that I can look at the mountains as I walk in the morning, and I like that some people here have never seen the snow.  

My life is new here.
I think you probably already know.

It’s full of soccer games and late night runs and afternoons spent praying on the bathroom floor.  It’s full of new people and old people, and a lot of looking for the moon.   

My heart is in a lot of places now.  It’s on our hill, and it’s in your voice, and it’s stuck with those yellow leaves outside my window.  

And it’s still new somedays, 
and it’s anxious sometimes, 

but it’s happy here.  


-Linds.

that’s just me, before we met

They asked for a biographical sketch, to which I replied:  
I was born in Casper, Wyoming, but Utah is my real home.  I enjoy basketball and AP calculus.  Writing is an imperative pastime, and football games with the family are, too.  I like to hike the G with my friends, and sometimes I go to Las Vegas on vacation.      


All of which is accurate, verifiable,... true. 


But it felt cliche, counterfeit,... fake.


I guess it’s just hard for me to define myself in 300 words or less, and this is probably what I should have said:


My name is Lindsey, I am seventeen years old.  And the truth is, I care about people and the way the sun shines through the clouds each evening a lot more than the grade I'll get on my biology test tomorrow.  


My name is Lindsey, and I’ve spent countless nights lying in the bed of my truck looking for something in that vast sea of stars.  Sometimes when I look at the moon it makes me want to cry it's so beautiful, but i've never shed as many tears in the moonlight as I have while reading over people's sincere words.  


My name is Lindsey, and I believe in love; it is the only thing that has ever given me true, enduring joy.  I believe in people, too; they are the only thing that keeps bringing that love to me. 


My name is Lindsey, and I’m afraid of the future.  I’m afraid of change and the unknown, but I’m mostly afraid of missing you when i leave.  I'm afraid of forgetting. 


My name is Lindsey, and someone once told me the future is as bright as your faith. I’ve been looking up ever since.  
Then, just when I was about to give in to that pounding in my head, she said, “the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who actually do.” I’ve been crazy ever since.  


My name is Lindsey. I bite my nails, I have one million split ends, and I've never once had a tan.  Sometimes I forget my drivers license on my mantle, and sometimes I forget to bite my tongue.  


My name is Lindsey, and I say silent prayers of thanks sometimes because my life is just too beautiful, and I have the most beautiful friends. 

My name is Lindsey.  I am sometimes alone, and I'm sometimes scared, but I like to think that one day I'll change things.  Maybe not the whole world, maybe just his smile, but I like to think that one day that’ll be enough.


-Linds 
  

Nose Goes?

Well, it looks like I've been tagged by a few of you lovely ladies, so here it goes:  Seven Things

(or more accuratly titled: Eighteen Things)

1. My name is Lindsey,

    Linds is better though.

    I like people who call me Linds better, too.

2. Cinco De Mayo is my birthday

3. I have a cat named Lucy

    I secretly like her

4. I have 3 little sisters

    I am the oldest

    I secretly like that, too.

5. I am obsessed with the O.C. and the Office

6. I have one blue eye and one brown eye,

    accompanied by twenty gazillion freckles.

7. I write EVERYTHING down

8. I love to read

9. Words are my inspiration and sanctuary

10. I live to write, and play phase ten with my grandpa

11. I probably speak more fluently in quotes than English

12. I'm not as sympathetic as I should be

13. I admire people,
   
     and I aprecciate people
   
     I like that about me

14. I over-analyze sometimes

     But I guess I like that, too

15. Ever since we learned the trees in biology

     I get distracted when I drive

     because I am always debating on whether
   
     the silver leaf maple is the prettiest,

     or the weeping white birch across the

     street

16. I drive with my windows down 365 days of the year

17. I believe in silent prayers

     and that nothing can beat pictures of your best friends,

     or almond m&m's

18. The one and possibly only thing that I know for
  
     certain after seventeen years: everything is alright




and you are?
-Linds