"not all who wander are lost"

I long to travel. I always have.

My family has never been much of a traveling family. Not that they hate it or dislike it; they actually really enjoy it. It's just not high on the priority list.

That's always been tough for me. I can't just up and go wherever I want to whenever I want to. I just turned 16.

But I yearn to see places. So so desperately. I live in an amazing place. Tennessee is beautiful.

memphis, tennessee

 But it's all Ive ever known. People travel long and far to hike the smokey mountains, picnic by the mighty missisisppi river, walk down Beale street, visit the Opry Land Hotel. I get to do those things all the time. I am lucky. But the beauty of it fades over time like a blind spot. You look right over it. I can't help that. I long to see some place different. I travel to nearby places often (Missisippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas) and it is a lot. I love to travel when I can. And I do get to. But I have started to feel like the walls are closing in on me and I can't escape. I stare at pictures of places that in reality aren't far at all, but impossibly far for me.

I want to be able to go places and experience those places.

i want to eat pastries and sip coffee in a quiet cafe in london or paris.

 breathe in the smoke from a fire crackling deep in the mountains of colorado. 

walk through a forest of evergreens, my hair dusted with snow.

  to sit on a beach of white sand, not a single soul or sign of civilization in sight, and stare into the crystal clear water and the fish whirling around my feet.

 to look out of an airplane and look down and see blue. only blue.

i want to look out over a field and see horses grazing, hay bales, and the only sound be that of the grass swaying in the wind

 i want to drink a strawberry milkshake while taking a walk on the sidewalks of mobile, alabama.

 i want to shop in fun and cute boutiques in charleston, south carolina.

I want to walk down tiny streets of places with names I have never even heard of.

It's hard to be content. It's hard to accept the fact that God has put me here, when I want to be somewhere else, if only for a short while. Don't get me wrong, I love my home. I don't want to move. I love where I am. But I want short snippets of time where i can be a different person in a different place. 

I want to see new things. Taste new food. Hear new sounds. Meet new people. I don't think a person is meant to stay in one place for very long, otherwise man wouldn't have a want to see the world.

I pray that God shows me where he wants me to go. I pray that he is able to show me the absolute wonders that he has made. Not that man has made. Man did not make the earth. God created the earth in a single breath. And look how beautiful it is.

God made this earth for man to enjoy. God made this earth and all that is in it to praise him. Even the stars worship Him. 

His creation amazes me every day. I can't wait to see more of it.

Mark 16:15

now, about me

Some of you may remember me.
Some of you may not.


But I am back.


Previous blogger on "Purple-ish 24/7" and "Pictures, Laughter, Words", I am here to get a fresh start. After letting go of those blogs about a year ago, I felt good. It was a very much needed break. But I am here to start anew and hopefully this will go a billion times better than last time.

For those of you who don't know me, let me introduce myself!

I am Sara Beth!

I am 15 years old, and I SWIM.

I swim a lot. A lot a lot a lot. As in twice a day a lot. Probably around 8,000 yards a day.

And I love it. It is my sport. It is my thing. I just refer to it as my thing. I hope to swim in college some day, if that is God's plan for me.

I live in the south. When most people think of the south they either think of this:

gotta love the vinyard

Or this:

the whole lilly pullitzer deal

OR this:

this is probably the most true interpretation for me actually

And you want to know the truth?

All of these images of the south are not true.

But then again they are.

Let me explain.

There is a vineyard vines store and a lilly pullitzer store about 10 minutes from my house.

A majority of the things I own are monogrammed.

I personally know several rednecks. 

I also own camoflauge.

I eat barbeque.

And drink sweat tea.

Yet I live about 7 hours away from the nearest beach.

And I live in Tennesse.

Drive 45 minutes and I am in Mississippi.

In my opinion, there are two different types of "southern".
The redneck barbque hunting type.
And the golfing preppy boating type.
I happen to fall right in the middle! In my opinion, it is the best place to be!

Now that we've cleared that up, let me tell you a bit more!
I am homeschooled. Have been my whole life. No, I do not wear denim jumpers. No I do not have chickens. Or goats. Or any farm animals for that matter, I just have dog. I am not sheltered. I have friends. I know how to read, talk, socialize. I listen to "normal people" music and watch "normal people" movies and do "normal people" things. All except the going to school and riding the bus part.
But...YES! I DO do my schoolwork in my pajamas.
And that, my friends, is the best part of homeschooling.

I really like fashion. Clothes clothes clothes clothes clothes. It is kind of important to me. I feel like the way you dress really tells something about yourself.

My thoughts exactly, Lilly.

Lover of talking, laughing, fashion,swimming, superheros, Lilly Pullitzer croakies, lemonade, summer time, and Jesus Christ the Son of God, I am Sara Beth Pritchard. This is my blog where I shall share my thoughts and dreams and happenings. 

Instagram: @sarabethy

Pinterest: sarabethyluvsu

Twitter: @sarabethy97