"It's slower than Christmas!"

Brother Clanton said that in Seminary- made.my.day.

This week has been a hard week. But what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger right? Let's just say: I dislike math...a lot. But I am SO thankful for those people who try to help me understand stinkin' math. I appreciate them SO much.

IT HAS FINALLY STARTED RAINING!!! YAY!!

*finally*

In choir, we have started redeeming ourselves! Legendary Westwood Honor Choir is at our fingertips!! :) Ms Farenga is a WONDERFUL teacher. She respects us and we respect her. And she reminds us everyday why we (or those who take choir seriously) are there each day: to sing our hearts out! :)

This is when I felt old...

I took SENIOR pictures!!!!!

(thank you Jeri Jackson!!)

Scary moment: On Friday, my mom woke up in excruciating pain. I seriously wanted to cry. It was so scary! We thought she had an appendicitis, but she took some Tylenol. And also the pain was on her left side. Then Saturday morning, I woke up to a text from my mom (around 4 in the morning) saying my dad took her to the ER. Of course, I shot out of bed, running around looking from my mom. My dad called me and said they would be home from the hospital in about an hour. I went back to bed and we found out what was wrong.

I'm not going to say what happened, but she is fine :) Thank you to those who prayed for her and my family :)

I also got asked to HOMECOMING!!! WOO WOO! I am SUPER excited. I'm going with Cole Holt :)

Where Were You on 9-11?

I was in 1st grade.

I can't remember many of the details before or after...but I remember this...

My mom had picked me up and drove me home from school early. I didn't know why until I walked into the living room and my brother Danny and his friend Seth were watching TV. I was only in 1st grade, and seeing my mom cry for the first time...it impacted me as much as it did anyone else. We watched as the second plane hit and I didn't know how it happened. I didn't know why or what...but I knew that day would be remembered for forever.

Today is 9-11-2011

I am now a Senior in high school. And to this day, I think of when I was small and still understood what was going on. My heart goes out to all those families who lost their loved ones, to those firefighters and policemen who sacrificed themselves to save those who were in need, to those who called (or tried) their spouses/parents/families and those who thought of those they loved most during their last moments of life, and to those who became true heroes on that tragic day. May God bless you and those who are in need of dire comfort to this day.

May we all think of those people today and be thankful for our freedom, and especially for our families.