boo paige

yes, yes... i know! i have been absolutely awful with keeping up with writing posts!

this post isn't even going to be a full blown one... just a few words that promise one tomorrow with pictures from Thanksgiving with family and maybe even a few from our last iShine show in Wichita, KS?! :]

i am meeting with an author tomorrow morning who is going to help me brainstorm and share advice for the book i'm working on. it's all about that thing i make a big deal about... ya know, apathy. i'm curious as to her ideas and what she thinks of the book proposal i've already written! we shall see...
I'm writing this book because God has whispered to me that my purpose, is to help other people find their purpose... and live it out.

what's yours?

<3 always,

paige

P.S. don't even try to tell me you don't have one! God says you do.

Tour Weekend

Well, it's been quite hectic around here lately!

Our iShine LIVE tour had some of our shows this weekend out in Grand Rapids, Cincinnati and Indianapolis... and oh my word, it was COLDDD up there!!!

We had 3 tour buses, which was pretty intense... Here's right before loading out from               Tennessee and getting on the road.

Cammie from the Rubyz& i were pretty excited about having an ALL GIRLS BUS wooo! So THAT was pretty fun. This was us chillin' in the back lounge of the bus.

We were excited about our dressing rooms! Hanging out before the Grand Rapids show with Cam from Rubyz& Caitlin,   one of our awesome dancers! Hangin' out in the bus with the Rubyz and Luke (apparently watching Full House!) Caitlin, me and Alexis from the Rubyz being goofs... Striking a pose before the show!
   Me speaking at the Underground in Cincinnati
The last song of the show at Grand Rapids
Signing and meeting some awesome fans after the show :] (Grand Rapids)

And.... look what i found in my merch tube???? 

LUKE BENWARD. hahahaa

Over all, we had an amazing turn out at every show. I was most encouraged by some of the feedback I received about the message, and how it really seemed to sink in and impact and inspire those who came. My prayer is that those who heard would remember that night... not only as a TONNNN of fun, but as a night where they walked away as a V.I.P. in God's eyes. Want to know what that is?? Ask me about it. :]

PIX from weekend tour coming soon :]

i promise.

i've got some sweet updates about how the shows went and pictures to check out from the iShine tour this weekend with the Rubyz, Luke Benward and Robert Pierre! i'll post those tomorrow, so check back! :]

<3

late night/long day before heading out on tour

Ahh. Okay. So it's late... i'm insanely tired... had a long day... but i just wanted to give an update on some of the madness that's going on and get your input on a few things!

Had an awesome meeting this afternoon with the president of the label i'm on and an artist development guy who is crazy creative (and so hilarious)! We got together to talk about direction of my album... Like what the songs on the CD would be about, what specifically about the style would be defining... all that good stuff. They decided to have me come up with a bunch of topics for songs that should be on the album, and we'll have a meeting next week to go over what i come up with. I've already got a bunch i've been fleshing out... But i would love to hear YOUR thoughts! 

What do you think i should write some songs about?? Any topic suggestions or cool ideas? Let me know!

We've got the first traveling leg of our iShine LIVE tour starting tomorrow...  We're going to Grand Rapids, MI, Cincinnati, OH, and Indianapolis, IN! I'm excited but i've got a crazy crazyyy amount of stuff to finish before loading on the bus and taking off with the crew tomorrow, so i'll write more hopefully when we all get settled on the bus.

Goodnight for now! (ha orrr morning... i guess that's what it is at this point!) :P

<3paige

Only the beginning...

Well... as this is my first post, i'm a little new to this whole "blogging scene"... so you're gonna have to bear with me getting started! :]

First off, if you're wondering about the "Anti-Apathy" deal as the title of my blog... Let me explain. 

i hate apathy.

Let's get that clear. I even have a gmail account name with those words. Catching on yet?? hahaa

Ok ok, so why do i have this strong fire against it? 

Let me take you back a few years...

See, just before my 11th birthday, i was diagnosed with bone cancer... this changed everything. I had been totally healthy, happy and just involved in the life of a kid! Immediately after the diagnosis, i was rushed into a foreign life in the Oncology Unit (cancer ward) in the hospital where i was thrown into chemotherapies and extensive surgeries. In an instant... my previous life seemed like only a fantasy that was too good to be true. My upside down world had flipped so quickly, i barely had time to protest. It wasn't til i was sitting in my hospital bed in between treatments... running my fingers through my hair as i watched it fall out in my hand, that i began to see that my life was about to do the exact same thing. 

But... this is not simply a story of suffering. It's about unbelievable blessing. See, even though i felt my life was slipping away... God had other plans... and it was really only the beginning.

Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” God has demonstrated this promise impeccably in my life, as He used cancer to open my eyes to why I have every reason to passionately live the life He’s given me.

So... back to my question. Why do i hate apathy? (*if you're wondering what on earthh apathy is... it's the lack of passion, excitement, interest or concern for things) Here's why.

When i was in the hospital, i saw kids who were daily fighting for their lives... while so many perfectly healthy people were barely living theirs! What is wrong with that picture?!

Apathy strips us of motivation and dreams and seeps into every area of our lives... whispering for us to waste our days and give in to compromise. 

• James 4:14 "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." 

• Ephesians 5:14-16 "Wake up, O sleeper... Be very careful, then, how you live- not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil." 

Our lives are beyond valuable... did you know that? YOUR life... is extremely precious. Have you been told that? You have something incredible to offer this world. Would you believe that? 

This is my heart. This is what i want to share with you. I would love to get to know you. To hear YOUR heart, and YOUR stories. The battles you've fought through, and one's you're afraid to. In this page, i hope you will find inspiration and encouragement that will set your heart on fire to the purpose it was created for.  THAT is what i want this to be about. 

thanks for sharing this with me. my posts won't always be this long... no worries! ;]

God Bless always,

<>< paige