#finalthoughts

THIS IS GRACE 💙 Study By: #First5

4/28/2026

Read this if you wanna feel like you are trapped on a rollercoaster with no seatbelt.

Empire of Storms has plot twists GALORE, and if you weren't already attached to the characters before this book, you absolutely will be after it. This book somehow made me feel like I could smell the characters' bullshit from a mile away while still managing to surprise me with reveals that FELT out of left field but actually weren't. The constant POV switching gave me a little whiplash at times but was absolutely worth it for the sheer amount of plot that was being uncovered.

Read this if you enjoy being the detective while also joining characters in their full emotional crashouts.

“Masonry teaches that each man can best express his love for God by love and helpfulness to his fellow men.” — Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States and Past Grand Master of Masons in Missouri There’s something I should have done earlier. Becoming a Mason. When I was younger. When my health was better. When I had more time in front of me instead of behind. I don’t know if I would…

And, it is looking like there will be no us anymore in the coming years. So, better make the most of this year, at least make up for the mistakes done.

So, this is how and where it all ends. It is not really about the music or the environment or even the children. It is just me all along that he is having a hard time to accept and tell me upfront.

After fifteen weeks of talking about design, I see the future of design being very modern, adapted, and advanced. I feel like we can only go forward with design since we have come so far already. A couple examples that I can see as the potential future are cars. They have come so far already with small design tweaks like tinted windows and heated seats, and the newest feature from Tesla of being able to drive itself. I feel that in the future this feature will be more trusted and managed because since it is so new people still have their suspicions and doubts, but in the future the road will probably be all cars that drive themselves. Even different designs like smaller cars, SUVs, and trucks. Another example is going to be phones. Phones have already adapted from cord phones, to touch screens, to now phones that don’t even have a home button. I feel like in the future there will be advances with the battery, or how phones are able to bend, or how they connect to cars or bluetooth devices. Every small update is leading up to these bigger advances. My third example that I see as the potential future is medical supplies. The world has already come a drastic way with their preventative care for diseases. For example, I have diabetes and many years ago there were no electronic pumps for patients that could regulate our blood glucoses like they do now. In the future, I feel like there will be ways for medicine to prevent things from happening even quicker, and the technology will give them every cure and hope that they need.