A Little Introduction ...

{ No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, Philippians 3:13 NLT }

Hey you,

Thanks for visiting my blog.

My name is Stacia but usually I go by Stace.

I used to have a blog for many years now. It included stuff I've kept way back when I started blogging for fun when I was 11.

Today, I've decided to count it all as history. Well not exactly this day as I'm writing this, but as in after around 9-10 months thinking over whether I want to keep a public journal online or not, I've decided to discard everything that are no longer a part of me.

I really wish I am a blank slate but I'm not (hence the blog name Blank Stace).

There are things about myself that I'd like to forget - character traits that I've outgrown, stuff I no longer identify myself with.

Because today, I identify myself as, first and foremost, God's daughter; the rest is secondary.

Through this new identity and priority, He has changed me in many ways for good.

Now, I'm always looking forward to discover new ways I can be a better woman, a better daughter, a better wife, a better sister, and a better human in general.

Though I know I'll never be perfect, by grace through faith I know through the Cross my shortcomings have been covered.

Looking back, the things I used to treasure are completely different from the ones I do today.

So bear with me as I migrate the important memories from the old platform to this present one. As I said, I think you deserve to know that I've been doing this virtual migration for more than half of my life across different platforms.

But this time, I know it's on a stable foundation.

Thanks for your kind attention. Hope to connect with you soon.



Love, Stace

Review: "Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls" by Lynn Weingarten [Migrated Post]

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten My rating: 3 of 5 stars

"No, if you run away, they never stop looking for you. You still exist, trapped in your life. But if you die . . ." Her voice is soft and sweet. She turns toward me. She smiles. "Junie, you're free."

I basically gobbled this book in two days - two straight days.

"Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls" is a 2015 YA thriller that dares you to go to the most dangerous places when you lose your loved one. June, our innocent protagonist, finds out that someone long estranged, someone she used to be BFFs with, has killed herself. She never left things the way she wanted the last time she talked to Delia, and now that Delia's dead, she's plagued by both the loose strings and the deep loss. She doesn't know how else to cope other than digging around to make sense of  her friend's sudden decision, only to discover that it all seemed like a setup. Delia, the daredevil that rocked her world the moment she entered her life, is terrified of fire. She always knew this for a fact. She couldn't have burned herself to death, June thought. She must have been murdered.

And that's where our story begins.

"I had so many chances to fix things between us. So many chances that I didn't take. Whatever was going on in her life, if I had been there, I would have kept her safe."