One of my teachers asked the rest of the class and I if we believed in New year resolutions. I thought about it for a mintue and then relized that honestly I have never heard that question asked before. My answer was yes because, I think that the new year is like a new begining and a clean slate. The new year just seems like a good point in time to change the way you do things or to start something new. Why would you not want to have a new year resolution? Nobody is perfect and everybody has something about them that they want to change about themselves, so why not start now? It's up to you!

For our grade's field trip we went to the aquarium and to see the play A Christmas Carol. At the aquarium we went to the Titanic exhibit where we saw various things found on the titanic after it sunk. It was awesome. There was perfume bottles, cloths, dishes, furniture. When you entered to doors you would be handed a card that had a name of a person that was actually on the titanic, and a little about themselves. In the end you would get to find your name on a list and see if you lived or died. I lived.
The play was a wonderful performance and it was defiantly worth seeing. The young actors seemed to bring London to life. The typical told story of Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future was all understood by the audience. The scene transitions were very uniquely done with out curtains. The characters who played several people were never mistaken. I think that every family in the local area of the play needs to see this show.

There once were to young men with the same breathing disorder. There lungs were clogged up with fluid, so there whole life they were forced to lye down in order to keep breathing. The two men were able to share we a hospital room together so they would not be alone. About everyday at the same time the nurse would come in and open the window for some fresh air. The man in the bed closest to the window would always describe what he saw the the other that could not see. He would say stuff like: "I see flowers", "there is children riding bikes down the street", "a man mowing the lawn" and so on.
The two men got to know each other very well from spending every moment of every day together. The one man that was unable to see out of the window was getting angry because he was not able to see everything too. The man by the window had a coughing fit one night because his lungs were filled with fluid and he could not breath anymore. But because of the man's jealousy he chose not to help his friend by pressing the button to call the nurse. The man in the bed farthest from the wall was thinking that if his friend dies then he might get to have the bed by the window and see outside.
The man died after hours of trying to breath. The next day the nurse came in the room and moved the greedy man's bed over to the window and opened it. Outside the man saw a brick wall. This goes to show that no matter how good something seems to be, it might never be what you think, and it can end with some bad results.

Rules?

When your parents tell you not to do something, or tell you to do something that may sound a little strange, I hate it when your friends "egg" you on not to do it, or say that it a stupid rule. When friends say that the thing you want to do is agree with them and completely disregard the rule.
One of my friends was told not to watch a scene of a certain movie before she went to a birthday party. Most of the people around her ere telling her that is wasn't a bad part, and they were trying to encourage her to watch it. Something that I did not expect to happen was for my friend to say: "Well, my mom told me that it was not a good part to watch, and I trust her." I was very happy that she stood up not only for herself, but also for her parents and their rules. I think that this is what we should do all the time. Sometimes what we want to do is not always the right thing. Plus parents have already taken the road that we have.

"What is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular"

Orphan Trains

This year the middle school play is called Orphan Trains. I think that it may have a good meaning and affect on the way people feel towards others. It is a historical fiction play about the increasing number of orphans in the world. There was no real way to keep all of them in one spot all together, so they were split up. Siblings were sent to different parts of the world wondering if they would ever see their family again. What the play actually does is follow different children that came off of the train, and see what children succeeded and had a good life, and what kids were missed treated.
For some reason last night I had a dream that I was on an orphan Train, and my dad worked on it. Even though I was not a real orphan I was treated like one. I had the same amount of sleep and food as all of the other children on the train. Most people were crying, knowing that they would never see each other again. It was weird to feel like those kids might have felt, and how lonely they must have been. Of coarse the dream I had was not exactly how it was, but it was cool to put on their shoes for a while, until I woke up. I never did get to finish the dream, and see what happened to everybody, but boy would I like to.

Saved

When you are saved, nothing else matters anymore. You feel completely love, and wanted. It is like a bird falling out of a nest, and then Christ comes around to catch you. While you were falling, how did it feel? Lonely, dark, never ending, helpless? How did it feel when you were caught? Thankful, a new beginning? That is exactly what it is like. If we tried to live our life alone, following our own path, and making our own decisions, then how are we to feel loved? Take a baby as an example, and say that the parents are God. . . what would the baby do without them? The baby is like us, we feel lost, broken, and forgotten until we realize why we were made. We were made to worship. . . nowadays people can worship anything. Clothes, T.V, video games, but if we spend all of our time worshiping and depending on those temporary things to make us happy for a short time, then how are we supposed to hear God calling us to Him? Keep your ears opened, and experience being loved with me.

God's gift to us

Ever Heard of the saying "you learn from your mistakes?" Really think before you answer. Life is a challenge that every one goes through, and when we are down or walking around in the darkness, God's strength is at work. When we fall, misjudge, or forget to count on God, we always learn. Even if we make mistakes twice, we master the lesson. I am one that has a very strong conscious, and I feel bad for every little thing that I do wrong. There is no need for me to feel that way, because I am a sinner, and without God I am nothing. I will never be a perfect human here on this earth, but I will try to be as much like Christ as I can by building others up, and keep following the path that will lead me to REAL happiness that will last forever. If God is a God that loves us, then He would not let us fail and gain nothing from it. He constantly is at work in our lives and wants for us us so much to succeed! Accept His gift.

Why a blog?

What is the purpose for a blog?

1. I have to have one for school (journalism)
2. You can get your thoughts out
3. You can see what other people think about your creative writing
4. Write out your opinion, and see if anyone has a way to argue your idea (post a comment)
5. It is cool to change the font, and color of your settings
6. A fun and easy way to document your life
7. Stay in touch with out of city friends
8. See what other people think and are doing
9. Express yourself on paper. . .well a computer screen
10. Have fun!

Veterans Day

My Grandfather was once in World War 2. I don't know much about his time there, nor does my mom. My guess is that he was a strong, determined, and a fantastic leader. War is not a thing that I would want to fight in, unless I had to. I look up to the men that took charge, and stepped up to the duty. They were willing to risk their lives for the sake of their loved ones. My grandpa's children and wife were especially lucky to have a man of war come home when his time to serve was up. I do wish that I got the chance to ask him what it was like, but by the time that I was old enough to understand what it meant to be in the war, and to have such a great commitment like that, my grandpa was extremely ill. Not from the war, but just from life, and old age, but what a honor it would be to leave the earth as a hero! That gives me just one more way to look up and depend on my grandfather of whom I miss to the extreme.

School

When I am doing homework, sometimes I wonder "will I ever need to know this?" I know that the answer is "yes", but half of the stuff that I am studying seems irrelevant to my life skills. Most things I do agree are necessary for us to know, but I wonder if some teachers are teaching us stuff just for the fun of it. Sometimes they will say something like you need to know this, and then the next day they will say this will not be on the test.

I guess I should just shrug my shoulders and know that we have to learn it, so if we have to then why not just have fun doing it. : ) My teachers know more than I do.

Truly, Truly

Some people my age, or around my age have a "boyfriend", or "girlfriend". The thing that I have to say about that is "unless you are truly, truly in love with that person, and thinking about spending the rest of your life with them. . . then why wast your time flirting with some body's future spouse." I mean really think, how many times have people actually married to their "high school sweetheart". If you can tell me at least 3 people that you actually know that have done that, then I give you full approval to quit reading my blog.

Having known this, it is extremely difficult for me to see my friends fall for a guy and seem to forget about my existence. They think that they are completed by this one human life, when in reality the only person capable of filling your huge needs is Christ. Most people get married thinking that this person will fulfill their needs and make them forever happy. In the end the relationship is broken, because a person is let down by the other. If a relationship is built on a sturdy foundation then i say " go ahead". If it is not, then stop telling me about how awesome that person is and giggling and talking about them in front of me. I really don't care. I care about the people, but I don't want to spend my middle school and high school thinking and dreaming about the guy that doesn't even know I exist. He will when the time comes.