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Meet a South Kakalaki Girl:
Emily .
Submitted by Rachel B.
When is your birthday? June 30.
Do you have any siblings? Yes, four. Lane, Drew, Elissa
Kate (or Lilla, and Baby Wyatt.
What are your favorite colors? My favorite colors are purple
and sparkles!
What are your favorite animals? Lambs have always been
my favorite but dachshunds are a close second!
What are your favorite and least favorite subjects in
school? Favorite is History, least favorite is Math.
What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint chocolate
chip!
What is your favorite type of soda? My Aunt and I both
share a love of Dr. Pepper!
What is your favorite car brand or type, if any? I would
love to have a lime green convertible VW Bug as my first car,
but my parents already put the kibosh on that!
What is your favorite thing to do? Read, read, read! I also
like drawing, painting, writing stories and hanging out with my
siblings.
Do you have any pets? I have two dachshunds, Redman and
Sophie. Redman loves to sleep and lie around (I wouldn't
blame him, he's 14!) and Sophie (she looks like a puppy since
she's so tiny, but she's actually a year old) loves to eat! Every
night at dinner we time her to see how long it takes her to
finish. Her record is 8 seconds!
What do you want to do/be when you grow up? I want to
be an author/artist/singer/stay-at-home-mom/fashion
designer/photographer/an actress on Broadway. Wow, I think
I have way too many jobs and not enough time in life!
Is there anything that makes your life different than
others? I have 9 loud, noisy cousins and we all live in the
same neighborhood! We're all best friends and are at each
other's houses all the time!
Would you rather live in the country or the city? I am a
Southern country girl. I can't stand crowded places (this is
one reason I prefer Dollywood over Disney World).
What is your life verse? "Let the words of my mouth and the
meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord,
my strength and my redeemer." Psalms 19:14
Emily loves writing!
Why do you enjoy writing? I think writing is a chance to be
someone else — maybe someone like you; maybe someone
unlike you. It helps my creativity flow!
What type of books do you enjoy writing? I've been
working on a few stories and they all have different genres.
One is Christian Fiction, one is fantasy, and one is more of
ideas from a movie.
How many stories have you completed? Surprisingly, only
a few. Sometimes I'll begin one and completely abandon it or
I'll have a good idea, but it doesn't come out like I had hoped.
Where do you get ideas for your stories? Lots of different
places! Sometimes I'll see something on TV, magazines, or
other books and I'll think, “Ooh! I need to write about that!” I
get my characters names from a baby names website and
sometimes even the perfect name with the right meaning gives
me ideas to build on.
Would you like to share a summary of one of your
stories? Sure! Twelve-year-old tomboy Gia Malone's mom is
getting married — to her science teacher! That wouldn't be so
bad except Mr. Kim is boring, his daughter Danya is a snob,
and Gia is failing in that class! Can Gia, with the help of her
older brothers Gregg and Gavin, stop the wedding? Or is she
exactly where God wants her to be?
You could be our next featured South Kakalaki Girl! Just use
the contact form and let us know that you are interested. In
order to be a featured South Kakalaki Girl, you must have
read the SKG newsletter at least once, and you must also be
between the ages of 4-20. 6
What are your goals in life? Well of course accomplishing
some of the jobs on the first list. But I also want to find the
right man that God wants me to be with and have a Christcentered
marriage. And possibly 3 kids!
Have you ever earned any awards? I've won 5 trophies for
ballet and a medal each for drama and singing in a Junior
Talent Show for my church denomination.
Volume 3, Issue 3