A Beautiful Life

By Naomi Owens

Here is a story about a beautiful life. A long, long
time ago, almost fourteen years ago, a baby was born,
a beautiful baby. She had a heart transplant. The day
she was born, her parents, Todd and Barbie Owens,
found out that she had a heart problem and that she
needed a new heart. So after twelve days they finally
found a match from a little girl in Oklahoma that
died. Soon after the surgeons put in the new heart,
the baby was able to live.
And that baby is grown up now, is thirteen and a half,
and her name is Naomi.
That’s me; isn’t that a cool name? The reason that is
neat is because Naomi is a name found in the Bible,
and it means pleasant. Joy, my middle name, means
gladness of heart. My name did fit my personality. I
am joyful and pleasant most of the time, and I bless
my dad and mom. I have an older sister who is 23
years old. I love my family. God put me in this
Christian family so that I can learn and live in the
ways of God. I think the reason why God allowed me to
live was because he has a special plan for me. I have
heard my pastor tell me that I am special, but being
special has its hard points too. Let me tell you, it
hasn’t always been easy. You would think because I am
different, that I would have lots of friends, but in
God’s eyes, I am the same as everyone else. I also
have physical problems too, but I am learning to
accept those things, for I know God made me special
for a specific reason. Do I ever feel sad, lonely, or
mad? Yes, for those are all human emotions. I
sometimes think I don’t fit in, but in all those times
my friends seem to think I do, especially my truest
friend Sarah.
Sarah is always telling me in a gentle manner when I
need to straighten up; she’s always there for me. I
can trust her. Even when I was in another school, she
was still my friend. She’s so loving and kind. She
always knows when to act childish, or when to act like
an adult. Sarah and I have had some great times, not
to mention some great laughs too. I guess one of the
reasons I hang around her so much is because she is
like a second sister to me, and my sister is gone to
France for a year. She is someone I can hang out with
until my real sister comes home, but that’s not the
only reason I hang around her. For one, she is my
best friend. Number two, I like having people over.
And last, but not least, like I said, my sister’s gone
and I also get lonely. Even so, my real sister
(that’s in France) is the best sister I’ll ever have.

So I do have a wonderful life. I’m so happy that God
gave me a life so that I can love my family, hang out
with my friends, and to have all these memories. And
most importantly, so that I can serve my God and
fulfill whatever that special plan is: to give my
life and everything I have to glorify God, because God
has given me a beautiful life!

Confessions of a Slacker...

Right. So I am indeed aware of the fact that I've been the biggest blog slacker ever! Updates are in progress, but not yet. In the meantime, I'm turning over my webpage to my kid sis, Naomi. She has just written a brief autobiographical summary and it's awesome. So here it comes...