Insignificant Holiday

As most of you know last Saturday was Valentine's Day. This happens to be one of my least favorite holidays; it just seems overrated. I understand that it's a special day and it's great to show the one you love how much you love them, but if you truly love someone you should show and tell that person everyday of the year, not some arbitrary day in the middle of February that has no cultural significance.

Valentine's Day is just one random day society decides to shower a loved one with extra attention and love but has no personal meaning to any particular couple. It's not a wedding anniversary date, not our birthdays, etc. Get it? I'd rather not celebrate the love I have with someone on any day randomly decided by society. It's as if you're obligated to do something romantic. It's not spontaneous. Everyone is doing the same thing every year. Dinner reservations are fine and everything, but there are no surprises on Valentines day. I don't know why people care so much...

Why don't you tell your parents that you love them everyday? Or bring you girlfriend flowers just because? It just seems like a joke to me... This doesn't mean I ignore the fact that its a holiday or don't spend time with the ones I love on this day. I still give both of my parents and my sister a Valentine and I still go out with my boyfriend.  I just think you should treat everyday as if it were Valentine's Day.

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscagila

A Memorable Senior Night

Last Thursday was my senior night, it was an amazing and memorable night. I know that I'll never forget the friends I've made on the cheer team this year. They've accepted me for who I am and helped me become who I should be. One of my best friends, Breanna read a speech for me. It was really touching and in the end we were both crying. It was at that very moment that I realized I had found a true friend and St. Joseph. I realized what a true friend is and how I need to be there for my friends like they have always been there for me.

After the game I had plans to go on an adventure with a few people, I was really excited and was looking forward to it all day, but after Breanna's speech I realized that I needed to be there for my true friends and decided not to go. I had other obligations that I had been ignoring. I was about to make a huge mistake that I would probably regret for the rest of my life...and I know most of you will think I'm a horrible person for even thinking about going out with these people and I completely agree. It really is the smallest decision that makes the biggest impact on your life and I knew I needed to do what was right.

So that night I decided to go visit my best friend Corbin who I've known for as long as I can remember. His kidneys were failing and he was released from the hospital that day after having a second surgery...I knew he would need help getting around and would just want the company. After the game I drove to his house with a tub of his favorite ice cream (play-dough). When I got to his house he gave me a huge hug and then told me he was too sick to eat the ice cream which was kind of a downer because who doesn't love play-dough ice cream?... so we  put it in his freezer for later. We ended up staying up until 2 in the morning just talking about life...I was so glad I came to see him and if anything it made my senior night more memorable...So yeah it was my senior night and I was really looking froward to being with everyone from school, but I'm glad I saw Corbin instead because I wouldn't give up this night for anything.


"Love the friends you have, forgive the ones that hurt you, and NEVER let go to a memory that made you happy" - unknown

First Blog Post?

MOMENTS

In life there is only the present moment; that moment which we have enormous difficulty focusing on. We're always thinking about what we did, about how we could have done it better, about the consequences of our actions, and why we didn't act as we should have. And when we do focus on those rare moments it's the bad moments that catch our attention, a moment of misunderstanding that makes us forget in only a second all of those amazing and wonderful moments; the moments which impact your life and allow you to realize that everything has changed...When Mr. Wood first assigned this project of creating a blog page I thought "Damn, this is going to be easy." I was so excited, I already have several blog pages and thought this one would be no different. When I finally sat down ready to write I realized that I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to write about. I was so focused on what people would think, whether or not everyone would like my blog, and if anyone would take something I wrote too personal. With my other blogs I never allowed anyone I knew to follow me. I was free to write just about anything and not worry about what anyone thought. I wasn't focused on the future and what might happen, I was focused on the present and what I wanted to say at that very moment. 

I want to write about those moments that I'll never forget; the moments that change my life...so I guess this is my blog. I'll talk about all of those rare moments when I cherish my life, and hopefully through my experiences, you might cherish those little moments in your life too. So what are your experiences, who has impacted your life, and what are those moments that have changed you? 

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." -Dr. Seuss