Artist: Nichole Nordeman
Album: Recollection: The Best Of
Track: Every Season
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♫ “Every evening sky: an invitation to trace the patterned stars, and early in July, a celebration for freedom that is ours. And I notice You in children’s games; in those who watch them from the shade. Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder…You are summer.
Even when the trees have just surrendered to the harvest time; forfeiting their leaves in late September, and sending us inside, still, I notice You when change begins and I am braced for colder winds. I will offer thanks for what has been and was to come: You are autumn.
And everything in time and under heaven finally falls asleep. Wrapped in blankets white, all creation shivers underneath. And still I notice you when branches crack, and in my breath on frosted glass. Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter: You are winter.
Everything that’s new has bravely surfaced, teaching us to breathe. What was frozen through is newly purposed, turning all things green. So it is with You, and how You make me new with every season’s change, and so it will be, as You are re-creating me: summer, autumn, winter…spring.” ♫
Death is not the end, it is a door to a new beginning
— Versailles : Episode
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The Three Aspects of Life that Death has Taught Me


1. BREVITY of life
Life is brief. I must not take for granted the days, weeks, months and years that I have been given. I must live and love each day with an understanding that it very well could be my last. I will seize the day.
2. BEAUTY of life
Life is beautiful. Music. Nature. Art. Family. Friends. There are so many aspects of life that make it absolutely enjoyable to live. I must not allow myself to take for granted the beauty that surrounds me each day. I will appreciate God’s beautiful creation.
3. BLESSING of life
Life is a blessing. Because I am alive, I am blessed. My hands able to create. My brain able to think. My heart able to love. And because I have been blessed with this gift of life, I choose to be a blessing to others.
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Top 6 countries: Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, New Zealand, Ireland
Bottom 6 countries: Sweden, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Italy
Side note: I actually have two last names. My official last name is Rose, although my grandfather was adopted, thus my real last name is actually Caruso. For this I did “Rose”, though, since it’s my official last name.
What I learned from this: Rose is a more common last name than I thought! And it’s not too surprising that it’s popular in the UK.
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