God didn't create us to be average. We were made to excel. Ephesians 1:4 Daily devotions written by a teen girl to teen girls. Dedicated to God, my mother, my three amazing sisters, and my truly fantastic best friend. Also to all you teen girls out there. You are the kings daughter! Smile and shine, princess!

What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media. She explores tropes about identity, privacy, safety, danger, and bullying. Ultimately, boyd argues that society fails young people when paternalism and protectionism hinder teenagers' ability to become informed, thoughtful, and engaged citizens through their online interactions. Yet despite an environment of rampant fear-mongering, boyd finds that teens often find ways to engage and to develop a sense of identity. Boyd's conclusions are essential reading not only for parents, teachers, and others who work with teens but also for anyone interested in the impact of emerging technologies on society, culture, and commerce in years to come. Offering insights gleaned from more than a decade of original fieldwork interviewing teenagers across the United States, boyd concludes reassuringly that the kids are all right. At the same time, she acknowledges that coming to terms with life in a networked era is not easy or obvious. In a technologically mediated world, life is bound to be complicated.

Quotes to inspire and teach us. :)

Perfect Illusion is the FIRST book in the Perfect series, followed by the soon-to-be released film PERFECT ADDICTION. Published as an ebook/ on kindle ***** When college student Alex Woods agrees to a fake engagement plot to save her parents' company from bankruptcy, the last thing she expects is to fall for the illusion herself. ***** Alex Woods thinks college will be a fresh start, but when her parents announce their business has gone bankrupt, all of her plans come crashing down. The company has been saved by a wealthy business owner, but it comes with a condition: Alex has to pretend to be engaged to his son, Daniel, for the next 3 years. Daniel Kerrington is 100% swoonworthy, but Alex knows that beneath those killer good looks is a poisonous personality, and Daniel has made it clear the hatred is mutual. Though they've been thrown together with the person they each loathe the most, Alex and Daniel have to make their engagement believable. And as it turns out, the line between love and hate really is very, very thin. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Ren T Book 1 of the Perfect series

Victoria (Tori) Williams is a rebel and a player. She has been kicked out of numerous schools. Finally, her parents have had enough so they have sent her to her mother's boarding school to 'straighten' her out. Unknown to Tori, this also happens to be the school that her male equivalent, Edward (Eddie) Lawson attends. Eddie could be described in one word, badass. He plays girls like toys, is rude, and obnoxious. What happens when Tori and Eddie cross paths and suddenly nothing makes sense to either of them? When the girl who is afraid to love since the death of her brother and the boy who doesn't believe in love begin to see the real them? "Right you see that group there?" said Kaylee, nodding over to a big tree as we sat down at a table with a cup of coffee each. "About three of them lads are decent, the others are complete players," she explained. I choked on my coffee when she said player, I think she got the hint that I was known as a player in all my old schools. Ever since my brother I've had to be, I'm not letting myself fall in love ever. I looked over to the lads, the three which Kaylee was on about were up and kicking a football around. There were also five other boys in the group, but they were much louder than the three original lads. I had accidentally zoned off from what Kaylee was saying, but i came back just as she started to talk about one of the five lads. "And the last one is Edward Lawson, Eddie for short. He's the schools most known player and Libbie Lester is the most known slag. They go well together because they are adored by populars, and hated by normals. So watch out for Edward," she finished. I looked over at Edward, he's quite tall. He wore no shirt, and I hate to admit it but he has nice abs. His hair was spiked up, but not the spikes you had when you were nine, it was swept at the front. He's obviously going for the Justin Bieber look.

Culture tells us to follow the crowd, but this is the opposite of what God tells us to do. God calls young adults to follow Him, to be an example in faith, speech, action, love for God, and purity of soul and body (1 Tim 4:12.) Even though we have fail this task daily, our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus did not fail it. It's time for young men and women to take a stand up against society and prove to the world Christ is worth the cost of being a Christian.

Rylyn Delson's life has been pretty predictable for the past eight years after her mother's death. She's gotten used to her dad being "clingy". But when life takes a turn for the unexpected, Rylyn has to face the reality of the world alone, with no one who understands. God understands, doesn't He? What good is He planning to come out of this anyway? Meanwhile David Ark and his wife, Mirissa, are just a Christian couple adjusting to their new lives in the town of Riverside. Getting to know the teens firsthand as a Youth Minister, he discovers the shy, only child girl with a hard past. Soon after gravitating toward her, tragedy strikes her hard. When they take her in, both of them go through hard times themselves. But God's ways are higher than our's, right? Told from the two perspectives that resemble a father-daughter relationship, they not only discover hidden truths of the struggles but also try to learn to take on unwavering faith. {Started: September 2014 Finished: February 2015} (Picture credit to legit-faith.com)

Camila has always loved the sea and the lighthouse she grew up in. Franklin has asked her to marry him, but when she finds a lost soul on the shore who can't remember his past, she helps him discover just how important love can be. Yet will love bring her everything she wants or danger she doesn't know exists? When you are lost, a ray of light can bring you safely home.

Portraying her twin sister is the only way she can get close to her brother-in-law to learn his traitorous secrets-as long as she doesn't betray her own heart. **** Mercedes Maxwell is devastated when her twin sister is driven to take her own life by none other than her husband, William Braxton. Determined to make her brother-in-law pay for the injustice, Mercedes travels to Dorchester, England to find him. She is shocked to find that William is unaware of his wife's death. When Mercedes is mistaken for her sister, she decides to pose as her twin to glean some answers. Mercedes embarks on an adventure she never dreamed of in hopes of bringing justice to her sister. Instead of justice, Mercedes uncovers a plethora of secrets and mystery. As she works to unravel the mystery, Mercedes finds that all is not as it seems, and that William Braxton may be the one man she can trust. Content warning: This story contains a mild amount of violence, a kidnapping scene, mental illness... along with plenty of falling in love.