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My Summer Cinema part three

1. Avatar (2009)

2. Damsel (2024)

3. The Karate Kid (2010)

4. It’s Complicated (2009)

5. Everything, Everything (2017)

6. Baby Driver (2017)

7. Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

8. A Goofy Movie (1995)

My Summer Cinema part two

1. High School Musical (2006)

2. High School Musical 2 (2007)

3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

4. Nerve (2016)

5. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

6. Monte Carlo (2011)

7. Just Go With It (2011)

8. Creed (2015)

My Summer Cinema ☀️

1. Endless Love (2014)

2. Grown Ups (2010)

3. Grown Ups 2 (2013)

4. Dirty Dancing (1987)

5. The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022-)

6. Purple Hearts (2022)

7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

8. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Hair inspo

i would need to find the right stylist bc i have black virgin hair

Things that are true

Faith is not the absence of doubt

Permission is only yours to give

Protect your peace no matter what

Spilled coffee symbolizes my freedom

A different reality is possible

But if you were happy here

There’d be no reason to leave

And that’s why you have to

The Sacrifice of Suffering for Sanctity

After my short 24 years of life being indifferent to the world or rather experiencing it’s severe indifference to me, I think a room full of Saints is the only room in the world I could feel like I finally belong in. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints — they are your public.” - St. John Vianney

Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 5:11-12

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

John 15:18-19

The Life We Deserve

The Life We Deserve

I always thought I wanted an excessive, flashy, performative life. It never crossed my mind I could ever desire a private, natural, healthy, wholehearted, whimsy life… until I met you.

In Him, our love produced its fruit. Otherwise, it wouldn’t’ve sprouted. I pray that in due time and in its season, it will grow and be pruned from our branches.

But we cannot prune them ourselves either. We must remain.

I must remain.

Spider mites be damned.

Broken Wings

The time will come, friend

When the Lord lets you fly again

But

He won’t kick you out the nest

While your wings are still broken

First He’ll bandage them

Till the bleeding stops

Then

After gently giving you the necessary stitches

He’ll restore your strength

With the finest soup in the kitchen

While you wait for the wounds to mend

You will rest in His care

Until one day your broken wings repair

Then, and only then

Will He watch you take flight

As you soar through the sky

Free-diving in heavenly delight

Singing the songs you were made to sing

With His wind in your wings

Then you will thank Him

For holding you back in the nest

This lull will not last forever

You will fly again

Poem by Joshua Taylor Bassett in ‘Rookie’, 2026.

Joshua, your words and especially this poem, unleashed feelings I forgot I had and have turned me into a bawling mess. If you’re reading this, thank you. I loved it (I needed it), and I’m already waiting for your next book.

Set Apart

Why do I want to be another face?

Why do I crave to not be chosen?

Why am I jealous of indifference?

Envious of evil?

Who has the hearts of brothers?

Who has the heart of a sister?

Who has four pairs of eyes

That see into your soul?

Who loves to the depths?

Who yearns for sincerity?

Who is suppressed on earth

To be patient and kind?

Secret inherited traits

Where on earth are those

Who know God?

Who is His daughter?

I Surrender

I’d been here before

If I were doing it for you, I would stay

If I were doing it for her, I would keep trying

If I were doing it for Him, I’d go all the way

For evil or for good

I don't deserve to go through this twice

Or even once

For so long I was afraid you’d hate me for it

But the moment I chose

It was right

I sacrificed the thing I love most

For the one I should’ve loved more

That takes courage

And I know you’d think so too

I did this for me, I left

Like I should’ve then

S.O.S

Come down from Your clouds

Rescue me from this house

That resides a family

With no home

Except within me alone

But my body has shut down

On the brink of uneven breath

Save me from this hell

Save me from this slow death

Breathe into my lungs

With rage and with fight

Your power is made perfect

As I am barely alive

Deliver me to Your mystery

Where footprints cease

And joy is made at last

Guarded

The skies are dark

The world is on fire

Before me is the rubble of my own destruction

But don’t worry darling

I’ll keep you safe

My Core

My Faithful

My Angels

My Warmth

My Home

Within the holy forcefield

There is nothing to fear

Nothing shall hurt you

Ever come near you

Because you are mine

And I am His

Even if I die

We will live

Ash across my face

Spring upon your head

English Teacher

Then suddenly, everything made sense.

I may be Matilda now, but one day I’ll be Ms. Honey.

Prologue

Beginning again sometimes means going full circle when you miss your exit. You notice the familiar signs as the map navigates you to your destination. You can always trust that the GPS will recalculate to the correct route whether you make a right or a left or miss your exit completely.