Family:)

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." so this past week has been really  busy because my brother got married! it was so exciting my sister and me got to be bridesmaids it was fun. and his new wife is so nice she just fits right in with my family. And it's just so cool they got married because i'm friends with her sister so about a month before they got engaged i texted my brother and she texted her sister asking them when they were going to get married and they said that they weren't and now they're married and happy as clam. I was talking with my best friend just catching up and stuff and she said,"Isn't it weird that you could have already met your spouse and not have even known it." And i thought that was so true, because my brother and his wife had been friends for many years before they got married. Anyways i just thought that was so cool and i was just happy to be a part of the wedding. It was amazing. which brings me to my quote, you don't choose your family - i would like to think fate brought them together- they are God's gift to you, as you are you are to them- families are eternal and the only thing that really gets you though the hard times. And even though my other brother couldn't make it, it was still okay and i guess its just times like these were i miss my mom. But i guess all i can do is go on and be strong for others because life's tough so get a helmet.

smile it's contagious.

"Happiness is a mood not a destination" I recently came home to live with my family again and it's been great previously i was living with an aunt and uncle until i was abruptly taken and brought home(by my parents) and at first i was really sad, but then i spent time with my family and i was really happy. I feel like people in this world only feel like they would be happy if some thing great happened to them. I used to think i would only be happy if i had some great thing or something of great worth. Since being home i meet my niece and she is a treasure. She's the sweetest thing ever and i know everyone says that about almost every baby, but she just has this thing about her were when you're around her you have to be happy and you just can't help but smiling at her  when you see her. When i was going to college i just found myself sad a lot and just wondering when i would be happy and just waiting... Not knowing even what or who i was waiting for. Personally i feel like a lot of people feel the same way like they're waiting for happiness to come to them instead of going and getting it. The funny thing about it is "happiness is a mood not a destination" and i think that a lot of people think happiness is a destination. for example saying i will be happy when this happens... when people start thinking of it that way it's harder to find. So i think everyone should think that "happiness is a mood not a destination" because when they do they will be able to find it and have it more often. And especially in this world today we definitely need happiness now and again. So i guess my advice to you is that life's tough get a helmet.    

am i brave... i think not

“Always stand up for what you believe in even If that means standing alone.” So since I got kicked out of my apartment I’ve been living with some family nearby and it’s been great I feel like I’ve learned so much from them. I don’t even think they know what a great impact they’ve have had on my life. It will be bitter sweet to leave them. Something that I’ve learned from living with them is to take more chances. So what, people won’t like you all the time and that’s their problem they’re the ones missing out. So I play basketball almost every other day at a local recreational center and it great I get to meet new people and get an exercise in (even though I’m not very good at basketball).  So we have this group that pretty much comes all the time. So today we were playing and this guy got way to aggressive (like usual) and pushed this women down to the ground.  And this woman is kind of an outsider in the group she just started coming like a week ago. Anyways, everyone just kind of froze like did that really happen no one knew what to do or say so they just started playing again. Then this woman who’s a regular comer each week stood up to this man who had done the awful act and told him that he should probably sit out for a little bit to cool down, and by this time the girl had gotten up and moved to the side and sat there crying.  And the man said no… and the weird part was that no one else was agreeing with the woman like she was in the wrong. - So this woman I see her at basketball all the time and she is so smart, brave, talented, kindhearted, and courageous. - Then she shed a tear and left, and that was the end of it they keep playing probably dwelled on it for like a minute after that woman left but that was it.  Which brings me to my quote always stand up for what you believe in – like the woman did for the other- even if that means standing alone – and she was alone no one had the guts to say anything. Not even me the whole time I just stood there like a helpless ant afraid that if I said anything I might get stepped on or hurt by their words. And so if I had to say I learned anything from this it’s that we should all take chances and don’t live in fear because life’s tough get a helmet.

Defeated

So this is my first blogging and I would like to start each of my blogs with a quote that kind of goes along with it. “Sometimes the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.”  I just finished the first semester of college and it was one the most emotionally trying experiences, and if you know my family then you know I’ve had my fair share of trying experiences. I’m from this little town nobody knows about it’s that small of a place. And I have a big family and only one of my siblings went to school away from home and I wanted to be like him he’s a good example. However I had this mind set were after you graduate high school if you don’t go to a college away from home then you weren’t prepared enough or something. And it’s not like I was in the top ten percent or anything I’m not saying I’m better than any of my siblings because I’m not. And if you met my sister you would know that because she’s amazing. Moving out here and going to college was the first time I have been away from my family for a long period of time and I guess that’s what the whole college experience is about. On the other hand I have a huge family and I’m used to be surrounded by people 24/7 so this was a big change that I was not prepared for. And I was always just average in high school and I thought that was okay. (For me) And when I went to college I never felt more alone, isolated, tired, and miserable. I thought that volleyball would fill that void but it just made my life more stressful. Which brings me to my quote, the most ordinary things - like living in a small town - can be made extraordinary simply by doing them with the right people - like my friends and family. So I’m excited to go home and take classes next semester there, and meet my niece for the first time. And so if I’ve learned anything from this experience it’s that life’s tough get a helmet.