An Amazing Day

Some days are like today and it just makes everything seem so much better. I don't even know why, but today has just been amazing. And I haven't felt like this in a long time.

I had to work today and truthfully I was tired and didn't really want to, but I went and I'm so glad I did. I had a party for a five year old little boy and it was about dinosaurs. Now, if you know anything about five year old boys, it's that they love dinosaurs. This was an adorable little boy and he kind of just made my day. It wasn't even that different from mist days at work, but it was just so nice to see such an innocent and kind kid who hasn't been jaded by the world.

I don't know why this was such a different day, but it was and I'm really thankful for it. It was what I needed to get into the Christmas spirit.

But, it may have started last night too. I went to my youth leaders house and we played some games and had pizza and we put together treat bags for our church. It was a really fun night and I think it started the whole feeling, but today just made it even better.

So, all in all I feel so blessed to have a job that I love and to be able to work with amazing people. And that the people I have in my life are so loving and care so much about me.

Love,
Natalie

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What Do I Stand For?

"What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Some nights I don't know anymore."-Fun.

This is a hard question and it's something that everyone struggles with at some point. So, how do you decide what you stand for? How do you decide what is important and what your belief is? That's a lot of responsibility for one person to have.

To some people it's what you're willing to die for. To others it's not having a belief in a "higher power." But we have to figure out the answer at some point. Having something to stand for is what we're here for. We are made to live a passionate and caring life.

I thought I'd try to make a list of five things I stand for.

1. Personal Freedoms--I stand for the rights of others and that no one should be treated differently just because they are different.

2. My Family--I stand for my family. They mean so much to me and I will always stand for them.

3. My Friends--I stand for my friends because they will stand for me.

4. Love--I stand for love because it's something everyone deserves to feel in their lifetime.

5. Faith--I stand for faith, in whatever you may believe. I stand for the freedom to share that faith and to be able to discuss it freely and to be open to other people's faith.

I'm sure there are more things that I stand for, but that's the five major ones. They are the ones I think are most important.

But, knowing what you stand for and actually being willing to stand up for it are completely different and it takes a lot of courage to stand up for things. Especially if you're standing alone. But it's still important, and you should never change what you believe just to fit in.

So, stand for what you care about. It might just make a difference in someone's life one day. Or change the world. But you'll never know if you don't try.

Love,
Natalie

Lifetimes

Sometimes life has a way of bringing things to fruition when they are most needed. Sometimes though, they seem like there's someone out there who is just trying to destroy your life. This was one of those times.

It hadn't been something she was expecting, it just happened. But, then again maybe it didn't just happen. Maybe there was a greater reason, but at this point she was pretty sure something was out to get her.

She didn't know what to do now that her mother was gone. She had consumed her life taking care of her mother and even though she had been sick, she had never expected this to be the outcome. She was left in a town where she barely knew anyone and she felt lost.

As she continued through her daily life, she met this person. It wasn't something that seemed special to begin with. It was just someone to take her mind off her mother's death. Someone that she began to think of as a friend and someone she could confide in that she never really had before. And this made her feel a little better.

But something was still missing. She wasn't sure what and she tried to ignore it and just blame it on the fact she was missing he mother, but that didn't seem right. So, she finally talked to her new friend about it and he listened.

She sat and talked for hours about how lost she felt and how she was afraid that she wasn't doing what she was supposed to be. And he just sat and listened and occasionally let hi opinion be heard when he felt it was needed. As she came to and end with her fears and her anxieties she realized this had been what she had needed all along. She just needed someone to talk to. Someone who would listen and not judge.

How he had known that, she wasn't sure. But what she did know was that she had been blessed by him and that he had been sent to come into her life at the time he was needed.

She didn't know how to thank him for what he had done for her, so she wrote him a letter and this is what it said:

Thank you for helping me find beauty in the pain I've felt. You will forever be in my heart. You came into my life at a time where I was lost and needed someone to guide me though a painful time and you did that for me. I am so grateful for you and your friendship. I hope that you never forget how important and amazing you are and how rare it is to have the ability to listen to someone like you do. So, thank you for your love and your patience. I can only hope that I will be able to help you one day as much as you have helped me.

Love,
Mariah

(This is a story I've been working on. I hope you guys like it.)

There's this thing that's bothering me at the moment and I thought I'd write about it.

So, if my brother doesn't do well on this final then he could fail this one class. Now that doesn't bother me. I mean no one's perfect and you don't always get everything right. What's bothering me is something that my mom said. She made some comment that he might not go back, and that's what bothers me.

I don't understand how someone can just give up that easily, especially since it's just one class. That doesn't make since to me. Sure, I'm not the greatest at school and it's not something I thrive at, but I wouldn't just give up.

I'd like to think that he wouldn't either, but school has always come easy to him and it frustrates him whenever he doesn't get something right and so, I honestly can't say that I know he won't.

I totally understand that life sucks and it's going knock you on your ass sometimes, but you have to get back up and keep going. That's hard to do sometimes, I know, but it's so worth it. And maybe it's different when you're in that situation and maybe I don't totally understand, but I do know that if I were in his position I would try my hardest and if that isn't good enough I would figure out a way to fix it.

All I can do is hope and pray that he does well and that if he doesn't then I can only hope he won't give up. And I hate not being able to do something because I want everyone to be happy.

That's all for this little rant, I hope you're having a good day.

Love,
Natalie

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Friends

When I was younger all the kids in my neighborhood would play together and hang out and we were friends. It didn't matter that some of us were eight and then others were in high school, we just liked playing together.

I feel like this is something that I've lost over time. I know it's something that has slowly been disappearing because the people I used to play with were no longer there to hang out with. They were going off to college, or moving away or they were changing and not in a good way. I mean one of them has a baby now and they were someone I used to always play with.

Maybe it's because we're getting older and maturing and the games we used to play aren't "cool" anymore but sometime I just wish we could go back to when it didn't matter if we were years apart, we could still be friends and have fun without it being weird.

I'm thankful for the times I had with these friends and I hope that kids can still have these sort of friendships because it has shaped me into the person I am today and it has shown me who I want to be and who I don't want to be. I never realized what some of these people were going through when I was younger and I realize that there was a reason for that and I also realize that the times that they were over at my house they weren't always because they were looking for someone to play with.

So, maybe we didn't stay best friends, but what I do have to say is that they are people I will never forget and they will always have a special place in my heart because they mean something to me. They became a pat of our family and will always be a part of it, no matter how long we may go without seeing them. And no matter what they choices they make.

Friends are family you get to choose and my friends, no matter what, I don't forget.

Love,
Natalie