March 24, 2016

The humans flourished naturally in the fields not far from our village, and they turned out to be a great interest for us other worldly creatures. At first we weren't sure how to tame them, they became quite agitated whenever we tried to converse with them. We soon realized that they were of an intelligence lower than ours and therefore couldn't possibly understand our language. We studied them for years and tried to learn their means of communication, but the strange sounds they made were much more detailed than we originally thought. We decided that in order to understand them, we must make scientific sacrifices. A human was sent to us every month, already taken care of and packaged. Once in our possession, we dissected these humans carefully, learning every detail that we could and trying to understand their way of life. We now know of their language that they speak and we are able to communicate with them about their history and where they hope to be in the future. They are not so much unlike us and we are allies now. They understand our need for sacrifice and have forgiven us for their loss. We promise to protect them in the event of an attack from any other source in this universe, as long as they continue to enlighten us on their lifestyle.

March 11, 2016

Spring break is finally here and it feels like just the break I need to think about this past year. It's almost over and I realize that as I enroll for my senior year and start to review for state tests. It's been a rocky one, one that wasn't all smiles and cheers, but it was a year that has taught me so much and that I have matured from a lot. I've learned that you can't let other people's anger or sadness become your own, that happiness is not just emotion, it's often a daily choice, and that no one can tell you how to grieve. Just because the person that you love is upset, that shouldn't bring down your own happiness, and they shouldn't want it to. You can be sympathetic without also feeling exactly as they do. Sometimes you wake up in the morning and the absolute last thing you want to do is go to work or school and face everyone and smile, because if you don't you'll get a barrage of questions asking what's going on, but as my mother has always told me "Fake it till you make it." Being sad eventually becomes exhausting and it seems so much easier to smile, so do it. Decide that you're done being unhappy and let the relief come. Throughout this year I have handled things differently than I might have before, and in ways that I might have judged or made fun of previously, but now I understand why those people did that and why I did it myself. Just because someone disagrees with how you're moving on, doesn't mean that they have the right to tell you that. They don't know what is going to make you feel better. In this upcoming year I want to continue to mature and become someone that I am proud to be, and to never let anyone else's unhappiness make mine any less special.

March 4, 2016

If my life were a movie, three songs on my soundtrack would be:
Come Home Soon by SHeDAISY to represent my role as a military brat, and as a tribute to my father who has fought to maintain my country's liberties and to my mother who held us all together and took on the role of both a mother and a father while he was overseas.
Neon Light by Blake Shelton to show that even though things have been rough at times, I've gotten through it, and things are great beyond the "neon light at the end of the tunnel."
Tenerife Sea by Ed Sheeran because sometimes I can let the ugly in life distract me and cause stress when I should be concentrating on what's good and beautiful. What I have in my life is so precious and I'm so lucky to have the experiences and opportunities that I do, and I often take that for granted.