Fancy meeting you here. Do you come here often? Yeah, this place is one of my favorites too. Such a great tour guide! 

(Wow, I just love being awkward on my blog and in real life. Such a great time! Also, my intros to blog posts always suck so much, so I hope that one brought some laughter into your life.)

Well ladies and gentlemen, please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all time during this tour. 

Next stop: a wonderful poem about having a relationship with the Messiah! 

Here we have a poem by the one and only Aubrey Sochacki. This poem was inspired by Lecrae's new song, River Of Jordan. We hope you enjoy your experience with us. 

02/21/2017

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it was never meant to

be this way

Jesus didn't come here

to create religion

he came

to create relationships

he never 

wanted this divide

he only

wanted to know us

personally

this is why

we must

lay religion down

and 

raise our relationship with Him up.

We sincerely hope you enjoyed Aubrey's poem and if you didn't, that's cool too. Thank you for visiting! Hope too see you again. God Bless!

xoxo, Aubrey

 

P.S. Hope you enjoyed the tour of this post, promise I will never be this weird again.

P.P.S. I probably will be weird again, that's just how God made me and I am very proud to be this way!

Aubrey's Book Club: 5 Reads To Change Your Thinking

Hello babes! I low-key copied this idea from Free People's Blog, but that's okay. I'm excited to share 5 books that have challenged my way of thinking and have definitely changed my views on things. Hope you can get around to reading these someday and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Here is my list:

Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand

Maybe you've heard of Ayn Rand or maybe you haven't, either way you should read this book. Atlas Shrugged is one of her most well-known publications and it is my absolute favorite. Ayn Rand caused me to question all my beliefs about the government and has turned me into somewhat of an objectivist. Read, read, read!

Run With The Horses. Eugene Peterson

Run With The Horses focuses in on the book of Jeremiah, one of my favorites. It talks a lot about meaning and purpose, which we all need to talk about. It's such an inspiring book and has really helped me realize that I am exactly where God wants me. Also has a little thing about intimate prayer, which changed my life so read it.

Looking For Alaska. John Green

If you like to cry over fictional characters, this one is for you. As a lot of you know, John Green likes to make his readers feel a lot of emotions all at once, and this book does exactly that. Looking For Alaska caused me to question what love actually is and how much effort it actually takes.

Before I Fall. Lauren Oliver

Yes, this book is being turned into a movie. No, I am not going to go see it. I appreciate books and I appreciate movies, but I do not appreciate books being turned into movies. This is one of those books that really gets you thinking about your life and whether not you are the living the right life. It makes you live everyday as if it's your last. Honestly, everyone should read this book.

Yes Please. Amy Poehler

When I was typing this book I almost put "Leslie Knope" as the author because her and Amy are the same person in my brain. This book taught me a lot of lessons and helped me realize that I should in fact say "yes" more. It also reminded me that we, as women, should stop apologizing for every single thing we do because we are so much bigger than that. Nothing we do is an accident! So worth the library trip or Amazon purchase.

Find sometime to pick up a book, maybe one of the 5 I listed. Make some time for your brain to work and for your body to relax.

xoxo, Aubs

excerpt from my journal no. 39

Happy Galentine's day to all my ladies out there! Hope you're celebrating today with all your gal pals and eating a lot of delicious food! This post has nothing to do with Galentine's Day or Valentine's Day, but it does have to do with love, specifically God's love. Here is a journal excerpt I wrote while on an airplane, hope you enjoy it and know that God loves you more than anything.

02/03/2017

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today on my flight i saw the stars, i saw the sunrise, and i saw the clouds. this all got me thinking how God is an artist and oh he is such a great artist! He sketched the stars and painted the sunrise. He created all the beauty on this earth, including us. we're His greatest masterpiece, His favorite piece of artwork. so stop talking yourself down and stop telling yourself that you're not beautiful, because the same God that painted the night sky and spoke the world into existence, created you too. 

I don't really know how to end this post so Happy Galentine's Day and Happy Single's Awareness Day (tomorrow)! 

xoxo, Aubs

Next stop: New Hampshire

Hello friends of mine! I hope everyone is doing fantastic and just enjoying life.

So this past weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in a really long time. I got to travel to New Hampshire to visit my family and my best friends, Angela and Amanda. I was so happy that I escaped Michigan for a few days and got to breathe in the fresh mountain air.

Here's a very detailed schedule of events from my weekend:

Friday: Arrived at Boston Logan Airport at noonish, my aunt and cousin picked me up and we drove back to New Hampshire. Angela came home from school at 2:30ish and we hugged for a year and a half, then she went to work until 8 so I just chilled with my other cousins. After Angela came back we went to Walgreens and Hannaford because we needed our celebratory salt and vinegar chips.

Saturday: Angela and I drove to Plymouth State to see Amanda's hockey game and we got some Aroma Joe's. Got to see my two best friends at the same time, so it was amazing! Then we went to Bdubs for Amanda's birthday dinner.

Sunday: Woke up, watched the live stream from my church, and had a family Bible study. Then Angela and I were home alone for a few so we went to Target and Aroma Joe's (shocking, I know). Then we went to Portsmouth and then a Super Bowl party thing. I ate my whole body weight in stuffed grape leaves and clam dip. We left after the amazing halftime show and then somehow the Pats won (Tom Brady is so annoying wow, can't stand that man.) and Angela was sad. Oh also the Bruins are the only sports team I actually care about so I bought a sweatshirt for $9.99 (God bless no sales tax) from the children's section at TJmaxx.

Monday: We all went to the New England Aquarium and then I sadly went to the airport and flew back to Michigan (ew).

I seriously had one of the best weekends that I've had in a while and I am beyond grateful for my family and best friends. Also thank you to all the people who helped me make this trip possible.

xoxo, Aubs

returning

Ciao amici!!(If you don't know what that means just guess or use google translate or learn Italian.)

So as you can see, I am back! I took a little break from blogging because it was what God was telling me to do. I needed to focus on growing closer to Him and working through a few things. I was lost for a little while there and trying to do some things without God's help, but I realized that was not a very good idea and that I need to ask for His help sometimes. We all need to be mature and show God that we need him. So long story short, I am back. I am still working on things, but God said that this was a good time to come back.

Anyways, for my returning post, I am going to give you 19 (because I'm 19) facts about me because what do you guys actually know about me? I mean you know my age, about my faith, that I'm a girl, that I have a blog, that I'm an ambassador for a lot of companies, that I wrote a book, and that I am literally the most random and awkward human being to ever exist. So here we go.

1. Let's go through the origin of my name, shall we? My first name is Aubrey (obviously), which is from the song "Aubrey" by Bread. Anne is my middle name and also my mom's. Sochacki is my last name, which is super Polish and super fun to pronounce (It's actually super easy, stop making it harder than it has to be). 
2. I like pretty much every food, except peas and bananas. Peas are absolutely disgusting and bananas make my throat itchy.
3. I'm Polish, Maltese, and Italian (Sicilian actually, but let's not get into that right now). 
4. My dream job is to own a cafe with Angela. 
5. I started writing poetry in first grade.
6. I adore middle school students and I love working with them.
7. I want to adopt at least one child when I'm older.
8. My major is Hospitality and Tourism Management with an emphasis in food and beverage management.
9. I believe in holistic healing more than modern medicine (things like supplements, essential oils, earthing, apple cider vinegar heals everything, weird home remedies, etc.).
10. I love me some honey. I could literally eat it by the spoonful! 
11. My spread of choice is avocado. It's good on toast, bagels, pretzels, chips, faces (face masks, hello), and literally anything you put it on.
12. I love grandmas. I love my grandmas, I don't have either of them anymore, and I miss them every single day of my life. I love your grandmas, even though I don't know them. And chances are that if I ever meet someone's grandma, I will adopt them as my grandma. 
13. Sometimes when I'm bored I pretend I'm on a food network or HGTV show. Sometimes I'm Guy Fieri and other times I'm Joanna Gaines. Imagination.
14. Sometimes my dad jokes that my middle name should be Samantha. Aubrey Samantha Sochacki? No thanks. Also he thinks he's hilarious because then my initials would be a not so nice word. C'mon Bob. 
15. My favorite music genre is contemporary worship. Pretty much my whole spotify. 
16. My favorite random things are rocks and minerals, stars (I could stargaze for hours and never get bored), and swings (Give me a swing and some stars and I'll never be bored).
17. My all time favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 3:5-6 and my favorite worship song is I Surrender by Hillsong United. 
18. I have a strange obsession with Trader Joe's. Ask anyone.
19. I was supposed to be a twin. I had an imaginary friend as a child named Jewpee. I read somewhere that children and animals can see spirits. What if my imaginary friend was actually my twin and I saw dead people as a child? (Completely kidding about the dead people part, the rest is a true story)

Well there you have it. 19 facts about yours truly. Hope you all feel like we've known each other all our lives. Super exciting things for the month of February! I'll see you soon! Thanks for sticking around. God Bless.

xoxo, Aubrey Anne (Samantha lol) Sochacki 

in a rut

Ciao! I've been in a rut for a while and I'm sorry. This blog is a place for me to come and share whatever is on my mind, things I've written, and things I've done; I haven't been doing that lately. I don't really know what to post anymore.

This blog is like my child, it's something I really care about and put a lot of effort into. I'm going to try and brainstorm some ideas and run them by my team of amazing friends. I am hoping to get back to you all soon with some fresh ideas, maybe a DIY (I'm going to start a bullet journal so maybe about that) or a list of sorts, or something totally new and exciting? I might even post a twitter poll with ideas (thoughts?) or nah. We will just have to see what comes to mind!

Thank for putting up with my constant randomness and indecisiveness.

xoxo, Aubs

excerpt from my journal no. 38

hello citizens of whatever country you live in! I am currently singing "Oh Canada" to my family over and over again, even though I'm not Canadian. It's okay, they love me. Sometimes I wish I was Canadian, I mean it's a great place, here's a list of reasons why I love it (Except it doesn't have Trader Joe's so it's a no for me).

• Roots
• Justin Trudeau is quite attractive
• Tim Horton's
• Hockey
• Amanda is Canadian
• Milk in a bag
• They have the best accents ever
• Some of my favorite people are Canadian
• Literally every HGTV show is based in Canada (PROPERTY BROTHERS)

Anyways, this is a journal excerpt. I think you all need one after my very serious post yesterday.

11/03/16

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no matter the pain i am in

or what i'm going through

i have so much joy in my heart

because Jesus has rescued me

Well there you have it, the absolute truth! Jesus has rescued us all, and it's amazing! 

Shoutout to my Canadian homies and viewers, I love you and your country (hockey and Tim Horton's. I mean what else could you ever need?)!!!! (I love all my homies and viewers)

xoxo, Aubs