Mikayla Holman: April 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

Quarantine, Puppies, and Rewriting

This week has been one of the best I've had in over a month. When this whole thing with COVID really came down, I was sick with a cold, and by the time I was better they were closing everything down. I made one last library run the day before they closed down and now I kind of own Toy Story 4 and a couple audiobooks until this whole thing is over!

We've been taking groceries to some older neighbors, and I got pretty stressed out with the stores. All the people are so stressed out and worried about staying away from you that I just needed a break. So I've been home for a full week now, and I am hoping not to leave for quite a while.

Our dogs had puppies, so we've got a litter of seven puppies to keep us busy! They are now two weeks old, opening their eyes and starting to walk. We've already chosen which one we are going to keep, Ranger. He looks just like my dog, Luke, which is really fun! All the rest we are going to sell once they are old enough.

This is Ranger, the puppy we're keeping.

Since I've had a lot more time at home, I've been working a lot on my writing. I've been doing Camp NaNo, and I've been behind all month, but I'm having fun. My awesome friend Micaiah has been springing with me this week as I work on catching up, which has been a great inspiration. I'm working on re-writing a story I wrote a year and a half ago. This is the first time I've ever rewritten a book, so it's been fun and hard at the same time. And I also keep getting distracted by writing poetry. ;D

So that's about it. I'm enjoying staying at home a lot, writing, and getting to play with puppies. What are ya'll up to this week?

Saturday, April 18, 2020

L A U G H

I have spent my tears

I have cried enough

The frustration has boiled up

Overflowing onto everything

My patience has been thin

My weariness has been consuming

But I’ve had enough of giving in

Of letting myself get overwhelmed

I’ve had enough of focusing on the bad

I need to realign my focus

There was a time to cry

There was a time to fight

There was a time to work

But now it’s time to pause

Now it’s time to worship

To focus on the One who made us

It is time to praise Him

Now is the time to laugh

Without fear of the future

She laughs without fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25

(There is a time for everything 3:1)

A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:4

Friday, April 10, 2020

Crown of Thorns

I stand before the cross of Christ

Knowing that I nailed Him there

It is my sins that hold Him there

He stays up there to pardon me

And I know without a doubt

I could never pay that price

He looks down with love

And I know He did this for me

And it pierces me to the heart

Because what did I ever do for Him?

As tears run down my face

And the guilt within builds up

I hear the words I don’t deserve

Coming from my master's lips

“Father, forgive them for they

Know not what they do”

And a sob builds deep inside

Because I know what I did

But I can never know all I did

And how many sins held Him there

But I know one thing for certain

Love held him there

And in His dying words

He forgave me from that cross

And I don’t have to live in shame

Baring a burden I cannot hold

For He took it all with him

To the cross on that hill

And let it die with him

And when He rose again

That sin had no hold over me

And I was free to live forevermore

And as I stand before his throne

I give Him a crown of thorns

He gives me a crown of life

Saturday, April 4, 2020

March Highlights

Well, this month did not end up how I had thought it would. But I've had some really fun stuff, so let's dive in!

My sister and I showed up to work at our neighbor's house, except we got locked out of the house. So we found a window that had been left unlocked and my sister boosted me up into it (with permission from our boss. I had to crawl over an end table and walk through the dark house to open the door for my sister, but overall it wasn't to bad. XD

My mom and I were backing out of a house when we ended up with the back tires of the car sinking into a ditch. It had just rained, so they sank up to the wheel wells. Our roadside assistance was going to take two hours to come, so we were settling in for a long wait when these two guys came along and offered to pull us out. They had a big truck, so they just hooked up a chain and pulled us right out, it was such a God thing it was awesome. =)

One of the churches I work at played Toy Story 4 for the kids. It was the funniest day at work I'd had in a long time.

My mom and I decided to go to the zoo. We realized that in all the years we have been going to this zoo, we've been going in the back entrance. We found the front entrance that day with some pretty epic animal statues. We hadn't realized it was spring break (#homeschoolproblems), so the zoo was packed, but it was still super fun.

I had the flu for two weeks in March. I had my longest streak of fever ever (seven days), and pretty much just watched movies and read books. My mom watched about twelve episodes of Emergency (a show about paramedics) with me, and she doesn't even like TV, so she's officially the coolest.

My phone officially got too many glitches when the headphone jack gave out, so I got a new to me phone, which has been pretty fun!

Once all the Covid-19 stuff started in earnest, my church and Bible study went online, and all my jobs got canceled. We made a last run to the library before it closed and got a lot of books, which is pretty fun.

Our local shave ice shack opened up again. Yes, this is a highlight. I have been waiting for this day since October.

For a quarantine project, we had three huge tubs full of legos that my mom wanted sorted, so we watched both Lego movies and sorted. It was tedious, but I didn't end up working nearly as long as some of my family members.

I didn't read a lot this much, but I really enjoyed what I did. My favorite re-read was A Name Unknown, and my favorite new read was The Moutain Fortress.