Do you remember that cold day in December
Leaving everything you knew behind?
I may never know how it feels to stand beside you
(Or take your hand) when I need some direction
And I may never know what it's like to see you smiling
(Back at me) or know you'd be proud of me

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Hey, my name's Lauren :)

I'm seventeen and a senior in high school.

I am a Christian, and I want to live out all of my life to please God, so there won't be any graphic sexual stuff or cursing in my stories. If that for some reason bothers you... umm... I really don't care... just don't read my stuff - because if I have to choose between what you think or what He thinks, than I think you know who I'm going to choose :) It's not like I'm going to be ragging on your beliefs and lifestyles in my writing... I'm just not going to be advocating them.

I write because I question everything in my life with "what if this were to happen instead? or what if this were possible?" and writing is a really great place to get all those "what if's?" out onto a paper and let someone else enjoy them - whereas the people in my life generally look at me like i am a physco when I voice those "what if's?" The page is where I can let it out and not be worried that someone is going to look at me like I'm a maniac :)

My poetry is something that I'm really just trying to work out right now, so if it's really horrible it's because I've never really written poetry before. I've always been a little bit afraid too, and I just feel so much more comfortable writing prose.

Loves- Jesus, my family, songs that make me feel like I'm going to cry but don't actually make me cry, my friends, writing, reading, music, David Archuleta, vanilla chai (tea in general - I'm drinking it right now!), making people laugh, blank notebooks, sparkling water, rain, Twilight, Joe Jonas, diet dr. pepper, bowling, JACOB BLACK ... and edward cullen (notice which one is capitalized), sleeping, TV on DVD, my room, coffee ice-cream (but not coffee!)

Dislikes- abortion (actually, I HATE this, but I'm not going to say I hate everything on this list), math, working at Price Chopper, seafood, compliments, orange (color, not food - love the food), tomatoes, people who make hints so that you know exactly what they want but will never actually voice their desires, leftover time on the microwave, cabinets that are left open, lobsters (the way they look and act while they are alive... they taste fine).

I also have an account on fanfiction.net which I have done a ton of stuff on. It'd be great if you check that out... I've had that one for about... 4 years I think, so I have tonnnns of stuff on there. Here's the link: http://www.fanfiction.net/~snappleapple518

Current Stories:

Beyond 110: This story is more serious than most stories that I write, and I really hope that you take the chance to read it :) :) It's also much more difficult to write than my previous stories, so it might take me quite a while to get it out. I'm really working through with stuff like symbolism and being very choosy with the words. Yeah... I know it's the stuff I want to kill my english teacher for making me pick out, but it really does have a good effect when you pick it up.

People seem to be taking less and less interest in this story these days, so I'm not sure if I'm going to continue posting it, but I probably will.