Hola readers!
It's time for another Kara's Confessions this fourth of July. Yesterday was my fourth so today feels like a day to hang around and rest from staying up past eleven and eating too much junk food while watching fireworks.
I pray you have had a blessed day!



1. I don't like Jane Austin books really at all. Except for Pride and Prejudice. I think I always had a hard time admitting this because I love the movies, I love Colin Firth, I love period dramas, but I'm just not a fan of the books. I'm sorry fans, I'm not. I am a Jane Austin fan as odd as that sounds - a fan of the plots I guess I should say, and the fact that she was an author at a time when women as writers weren't popular - but I'm not a fan of her writing style...


...but while we're on the topic, I DO love Mr. Thorton and the ending of North and South almost better then Pride and Prejudice. YES both are good, but the character development was so beautiful in Mr. Thorton. Plus...I admit...I do love Richard Armitage in the movie version.


2. I've never enjoyed YA fiction. Never. I'm sorry, I don't. The characters are always immature, the love situations immature, and just the whole process can be immature. I hate how in the ones I've read or heard about they have sex, go behind their parents' back, make-out and all that junk and just treat love so dumbly. I hate what it's teaching the young girls I know, how we're getting a fake look at love and what a pure, godly, relationship is. The first Divergent book was AMAZING but the rest went downhill - same with Hunger Games and then there's others that aren't worth even reading the back cover.

3. And this is why I decided to write with the YA fiction genre in mind. I want to write the type of books I want to read - the ones I'm not seeing in society.

4. I LOVE LOVE anything from Charles Dickens normally but his book A Take of Two Cities made me cry



5. As a rule I think everyone should (at least once in their life) watch The Sound of Music and The Parent Trap (the older version readers - not the newish one)...and I may or may not have had a crush on Captain Van Trap as a young teen....I feel I confess those crushes quite a bit though so I'm sure there's some face palming going on right now haha.

6.  I fear many things but one is losing friends and that's been a fear I've currently struggled with. I'm just going to be very open and honest here but as I get older I start to become afraid of changes, of talking to my friends less, of them meeting others friends and me being alone. As childish as that sounds to myself because we are adults here and not in grade school, I do feel this constant fear. I love my friends dearly, I love staying in contact and laughing, and it's not like my friends have made me feel as though we're not friends or becoming less then friends (YOU'RE NOT). This is just one of those struggles where I need to let go and let God. It's not about me, it's all about giving it ALL to Him. I need to rely on Him for daily conversation, for a place to vent with all my struggles, to be my comfort. My friends can be there 24/7 but God is.

7. Another thing I struggle with is insecurity in friendships. I'm constantly measuring myself up, comparing and wondering what they think of me. I'm constantly fearful they don't want to be friends anymore and just overall I tend to feel lots of insecurity. Again, this isn't something my friends need to worry about: That they're not being good friends or any of that. Again, this is me not being completely secure in Christ.

8. I am not ashamed to say that I call my chickens "my babies," "chickpeeps," and "ladies."

9.  Paying for a brand new car makes no sense to me. Getting huge student loans makes no sense to me. I'm sorry if this offends but I'm being honest - this is, after all, Kara's Confessions, and I feel that Americans have gone so far in debt it's ridiculous. We buy cars that are the price of small houses, we go to college and become over $50,000 in debt and think, "when I'm older I'll pay it off." THIS, people, is the problem my country faces. I think we're too lenient with our money, too lenient with debt, credit, and loans. I'm sorry but we are.

10. AND last really random one: I HATE HATE leaving voice mail. I don't know why but I do.

 OK, there's some more slightly random things I want to talk about. I love doing these Kara's Confessions. They're fun, freeing, and a time that I feel I can be both deep and do something a little lighter all at once. I also get to share a few random things about me too which is nice. BUT I'd like to start another series too. In the past I've gone on and off with little series and they never stick around, however Kara's Confessions have and I'd like another similar or maybe something completely different to also give Saved by Grace more of a variety. I'm starting a little survey which I'd love if you could participate by CLICKING HERE. I haven't done one in ages and this is somewhere where you can share your ideas for my blog and all that. It shouldn't take more then five minutes at the most and I'd so appreciate your feedback!

Thank you and HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY to all those from the USA.