Never Let Go of What You Love

Never Let Go of What You Love

My mom and I have a special relationship. At one moment we could be arguing to the point of tears and on another occasion we could be laughing to the point of tears. For the people close to us they wonder way our relationship can go from one extreme to another. My only explanation is that we are too much alike to not butt heads.

This mother daughter relationship is like non I have seen. We have the same exact personality it’s understandable we get in arguments. We are both full of energy, passionate, and neither of us is ever and I mean EVER wrong. All of these factors cause our disagreements to become more dangerous than needed. We tend to take things way farther then they need to go, saying things we don’t mean and ripping each other apart verbally. It gets pretty rough. As bad as this may sound it gets one hundred times better when we look to the positive side of things.

It can be all but five minutes after a fight and we will both apologize and end of doing something ridiculous. Whether it is standing up on our kitchen chairs dancing and singing to Beyonce, saying “lets giggle” in a British accent then laughing our heads off, or trying to sing a song alternating word by word who gets to sing; whatever we do it always ends up with tears of joy and laughter. The lady always knows how to make me smile.

Although there is a negative side to our relationship, it doesn’t overpower the amount of good times I have had with my mom. For this reason I have made a promise to myself to never let anyone I love leave the house with them being mad at me or me being mad at them. There have been too many accidents lately that have taken away some wonderful people. I would be ruined if I let my mom leave after a fight and we were still angry with each other and she just so happened to get in a car accident. I would feel like it was my fault. I think it’s important for everybody to hug the ones they love often, and never let them leave you unhappy. It’s a scary thought to know that something can happen that quickly but the people you love can be gone in a second.

My relationship with my mom has really taught me to appreciate what I love. If you truly love something there is no way you would let them go without telling them you love them. So for all of you reading this right now, go and hug your family. You never know when you might lose them so you have to embrace every breath, every tear, every smile, every sound of laughter you share with them.

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The Kitten Inside

The Kitten Inside

As I am sitting on my couch pondering on what I should blog about, something catches my eye. I see a wiggling in my Christmas tree across the room. What on earth could be happening? My mind tells me to go and explore, but I am apprehensive about it. What if it’s a bat, I mean there have been bats in our house before. I don’t think I would want to end up nose to nose with a bat.

I finally gain the courage to find out what is disrupting our beautiful Christmas tree. I inch my way across the room as quiet as a mouse to only find that it was my cat who had hopped into the tree. I am thrilled to come to the conclusion that there wasn’t a bat in the house but beyond angry with the cat. She knows she shouldn’t be messing with the tree, as she has gotten in trouble for it before but only when she was a kitten.

My dad, just today had said there isn’t much kitten left in her, as my brother was trying to get here to play with a string. But I beg to differ; this cat is just smart about when to be adult and when to be a kitten. Well most of the time. Lately she has been very cuddly like a kitten but other times she wants nothing to do with you. Sometimes we think she’s bipolar but you got to love her.

As the end of this December comes up, Ebony (my cat) will be turning 12 years old. 12 years old is pretty old for a cat if you ask me. I feel like she has been around forever! As the years have gone by she has been awesome for us. But lately she has had a couple health issues. One big problem was her tumor. We have now found out that is just a fatty tumor and it isn’t affecting her health, but it gave us all a fright. Although she can drive us all crazy, she’s a good cat and life would be completely different without her.

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All I Want for Christmas is you

All I Want for Christmas is you

Ever since I could remember there has been one thing that has been on the top of my Christmas list. One think I’d wish on my birthday candles. One thing I’d put on the top of my birthday list. One thing I’d wish for on a shooting star… a puppy.

I have wanted a puppy so badly for the longest time; I think I’m going crazy. But there is one problem in my parent’s eyes. They think we are out of town too much to care for a puppy. That the puppy would need more care and love than we could give to him or her. I don’t think they realize that I am in love with this puppy even though I don’t have it… yet.

I think this year I have done a pretty good job convincing my parent to get our family a puppy. I ask them weekly if that’s what I’m getting for Christmas and they say no. I am convinced they are saying no because they don’t want to ruin the Christmas spirit by spoiling my presents.

I don’t even care what kind of puppy I get as long as it’s cute and friendly. Although I do have a preference would be a chow chow. They are the most adorable things to me I just can’t get over how cute and fluffy they are. I think I have a special attachment to chow chows because I had one when I was very young. By pictures we have, he was my best friend. It was always me in my diaper doing something goofy like putting Tupper wear on my head with my doggy just cuddled up to me. He was a protector and I want that again. Sadly my dog got lung cancer so we had to put him down, but he will always have a piece of my heart.

I think the perfect way to fill that piece of my heart missing is to get a new dog this Christmas. It has been 14 years… It is time to get this heart fixed!

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The Pressure of Choosing

The Pressure of Choosing

Yes, I have blogged about college before…. But now I feel like it’s becoming real. I have been talking to more and more college soccer coaches from different schools and receiving a tremendous amount of mail from an academic standpoint. Although I am only junior, I feel the pressure of making a decision is coming soon. I feel like so many people are committing to schools and I am miles behind them in the process.

I have really started to buckle down on making college visits and staying connected with the school I feel would be a good fit. As of now there are three schools I’m interested in and that seemed to be interested in me. First there is Drury University out of Springfield, MO. I have seen them play multiple times, they have an education program (I want to major in education to become a special needs teacher.), and I enjoy the coach. One problem with Drury is my older sister goes there and has played for the past three years there. Although she will be gone when I get there, I still think it is odd to be playing with people she played with in the past. I don’t want to be compared to her by my teammates or coach, that has happened in high school and we are completely different styled players.

Next on my list is Rockhurst University out of Kansas City, MO. I went to visit this past October. I enjoyed watching them play, they have an education with an opportunity to get a certificate in special education, the coach is interested in me, I am interested in the coach, and the campus is beautiful. One downside to Rockhurst is they seem very religious and I’m not very religious at all.

Third on my list would be Concordia University out of St. Paul, Minn. I do not know a lot about Concordia but I have heard many good things. My high school coach has talked to me about the college and it seems like a good candidate. Lately I have been connecting a lot with Concordia’s coach and he seems very interested after seeing me play in a showcase along with after talking to my high school coach. I am planning to visit early January so there is more information to come about Concordia.

These are probably the three top schools I know the most about, but there is still a tone of options out there. I think the biggest thing I need to keep in my mind that soccer doesn’t really matter. If I can play, great but soccer can go away in one tackle. I need a school that fits me academically and from a soccer stand point. But the academics come first.

There are some things I know I want in a school but others are still questionable because I haven’t seen very many campuses. I know I want to be out of Iowa, but in the Midwest. I know I want to play d2 or d3 soccer. I know I want to be in a big city but a smaller school. I know I want to be in a coed school. And I know I want to major in education. If only I could personally customize my school that would be perfect. But, I can’t. I guess I will just have to keep visiting and keep my eyes open. It’s important that I don’t close any doors and be open to many options.

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Comfort > Style

Comfort > Style

I’m just going to through this one out there… I don’t enjoy wearing pants. There is just something about putting on a pair of jeans that just bothers me. I would rather be comfy cozy in a pair of leggings or just rock a pair of boxers.

6am I get up and decide what to wear so I take a look in my closet. On one side there is a nice pair of jeans but on the other is a pair of soft, stretchy, comfortable leggings. What do I decide to put on, the leggings of course? Some may say its laziness but honestly who would want to be locked up in a pair of jeans all day, I like to be flexible and comfortable and my leggings will do nothing less for me.

If I do decide to wear those jeans there is no way I am staying in them all day. When I get home from school I bust into my house and sprint into my room to rip off those jeans and slide into some boxers, there is no greater feeling. They are a perfect wardrobe change for my after school nap. Sometimes I wish it was socially acceptable to wear just boxer to school, I mean they are just like shorts but with a cool pattern on them what wrong with that?

In the end it’s not socially acceptable to wear leggings and boxers every day to school, but it is important to be comfortable while learning. This is why I don’t understand how some girls my age can wear dresses or skirts every day to school. Maybe it’s just me but there is no way that could be comfortable in the desks we have. Another fashion comfort choice I don’t understand is high heels. How can a woman walk in those things every day of the week without wanting to cut her feet off? I can barely take the 10 minutes it takes at homecoming to take pictures let along a whole day.

I give props to the people who ignore the comfort fact of fashion. I know I couldn’t do it so it has to be a difficult task to do.

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Competition at Its Finest

Competition at Its Finest

Here comes the special time of the winter sports season where we have our winter sports assembly at school. For someone who doesn’t go to Kennedy High School this may seem like this is no big deal… But it is!

As we are approaching the week of the pep assembly we are all frantically planning on what to wear, what to bring, and what to plan in order to defeat the other classes. As a freshman we learned that you have to have a color scheme. You have to bring something special like balloons or streamers in order to shine over the other classes. And of course you have to prepare for what kind of contest may come around during the assembly.

In years past there has been a variety of contest. Things like; longest hair, most piercings, best juggler, and most importantly the one that happen every pep assembly are the dance offs. Our school is so competitive, we all take these events extremely serious… well, my class does. There is nothing worse than losing to another class while they put their bragging rights into action.

So tomorrow the juniors will be putting their game faces on and there is no stopping us now. We have already won twice and there is nothing less than victories in our future. So if you are a freshman, sophomore, or senior you better look out.

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A New Journey

A New Journey

Starting Monday I am embarking myself in a new journey. I will be an intern at an elementary school in the autism classroom. I have chosen to pursue this internship because I think its really what I want to do as a profession. After gaining the experience of the classroom, I hope it just reassures my goals of becoming an autism teacher.

During the process of obtaining my internship, I have been asked the same question many times. “Why do you want to be an autism teacher,” and every time my answer is the same. There is just something about these kids, I feel like they know something that we don’t know. There are too many times where they are underrated due to their learning disabilities but how many kids do you know who can detect when you are upset and make you smile on a drop of a dime. Or what kid do you know who can drop a random fact that you would have never guessed was true. These kids have amazing abilities, they are just simply amazing. They are so interesting to me, and I can’t see myself doing anything else.

I have been blessed by this opportunity to get a more hands on view of being an autism teacher, and I hope it helps me make the final decision to be an autism teacher.

Who's Behind the Screen

Who’s behind the screen

No one can really be sure of a situation when it’s happening on the internet. Lately I have been watching this interesting show called Catfish. It shows people who have been starting relationships over the internet and now they are finally meeting the person behind the computer screen.

This show is very interesting to me because there are so many twists and turns. Sometimes they are really the person they say are, and other times they are psychos that have made up elaborate lies in order for self-entertainment.

  When the relationship is true with no lies, and the do finally meet each other most of the time its love at first sight. On the other hand, there are some big lies that happen. These people go to an extreme of making up sometimes over 10 fake Facebook people in order to keep their story going and realistic.

This show just shows how dangerous online relationships can be. You truly don’t know who is on the other end of the conversation. Although some of these relationships do work, I still don’t think it’s a very good idea to search for your soul mate online. But if that’s your thing, just be cautious. For me if im on Facebook and a random person chats me, I always keep in the back of my mind… “ This could be a 60 year old pedophile I’m talking to.”