DO IT!!!

I am in shock that my step mom handled the news super good from therapy. I am amazed how well people can be when life is so unhappy and over all just not a whole a lot to live for. The control we as people have is great if we develop it and make it something that we can lead as examples. I want to be a strong person and not ever fall down in the face of problems or at a time when I am need the most. By running from it, you can never help anyone because some day it will find you, corner you, and tell you have no other choice to do what you should have done right when it happens. I still need to stand up and face adversity when it is so hard to. I just have to think of when I did not and the crap it caused that can be avoided easy so switch it up next time. I will try to protect others form what I have done in the past and give my advice to help everyone around me for the rest of my life.

Mark

On December of 06 the time seemed to stop and my eyes opened the dam of water. I cried from 10ish to 5:30am and that was most of my crying. I have cried count less times since then and I keep on telling my self “he’s watching over me so stop wasting time and get to work”. I don’t think there is a set time you have to or should grieve over some thing that is sad. Because there is time for self pity but to much gets in the way of what you need to do to “get over it” move on and live life to the fullest not only for you but everyone. Normally after I sleep it over it’s ok or not as bad normally. But have my grandpa die still hurts and it will for awhile.

I would hope my mom didn’t want to get married again for my sake. But I would want her to be as happy as she could be even if it meant she got remarried. I wouldn’t like it because it could be a double loss for me as her kid to have lost my dad and still feel like crap, then have some guy take that place. I extremely dislike seeing people unhappy and not even having the possibility of trying to make things better or cheer them up.

Mark

How long should someone grieve after a loved one dies? It just depends on how long that person thinks they should grieve. Like a year ago one of my close friends died in a car wreck, and I’m still not able to really get over it. It still hurts and he has been gone for awhile. So in my own opinion, grieve. But don’t wallow in self pity, or blame yourself for their death. Be there for the other people that are grieving for that same person because that person has a bunch of people that love him or her, and need somebody that can be there for them through this hard time. I always will grieve for all my friends that have passed away, but I don’t beat myself up about their death. I go on living like I should just with one less person in it. It hurts that their gone but at least there are people here on this earth to remember them, and not let them be forgotten.

I can’t wait until this weekend because I’m going on a home visit. My grandparents got a flat screen TV and my aunt and uncle have a ps3 and their going to bring it and rock band 2 with it. They also have a wii system. Me and my brother and my family are going to play it. My grandma is also going to cook buffalo in her big cooker that she got. I can’t wait, because I’m also probably going to go to the walking with dinosaurs. I heard that it was really good. I really want to go. It will be a first time for me having buffalo. I’ve never had it so I’m so excited to eat it.

I have learned new songs on my guitar and I’m going to play my guitar to my family. Me and a friend are going to play Our Song by Taylor Swift in the talent show. She’s going to sing it and I’m going to play the guitar. I love playing guitar and it makes me happy when I play it. When I play my guitar it feels like all of my troubles go away. Most of the songs that I play are country because I like country. I was born country and I will always love it. Kids in my group home hate country except one person. They hate it when I play my guitar because I play to loudly.

Tayler

What if your dad or mother died how long would you allow the other parent grieve? I think that people should be able to grieve as long as they want. The reason why is because they will always remember that person for the rest of their lives. For example if my father died I would want my mother to wait at least 3 months to remarry. The reason why is because I wouldn’t want anyone to take over my dad’s spot in my life.

But if my mother died and my father remarried I wouldn’t want him to remarry for at least 4 months. I would want him the wait a little longer because I would be closer to my mom than my dad. For another example unfortunately my while my mom was still alive my dad remarried and I am not close with my step mother at all. .My dad has been married to my stepmom for 14 years now. But my mom died a year ago last June 11So if one of your parents die then try and keep the other one from remarrying for awhile just so that you can find out if you want to have another parent in your life.

Sarah

Graduation

Well I think graduation is a very important step into adult life, and I think if you miss it you could be very regretful. When I was in ninth grade I ditched pretty much the whole year and failed all of my classes and kept doing that until about half way through my sophomore year. Then I got locked up in Genesis. They helped me kind of catch up on credits. Then I came to summit really I still didn’t think I was going to graduate but now I am going to graduate a couple of months early.

I think that all parents should really push there children to graduate because if you think about it you really do need to graduate to earn a decent life. Well not even that but if they ever want to excel in life. I think parents should be very strict with school. I really wish my parents would have been.

Ryan

Listening To Your Heart

When in any relationship, problems will arise. No matter how good you think it’s going, there is always one problem. Whether it be concerning you, him/her or someone that isn’t even supposed to be involved. People tend to intrude in on other peoples’ lives, start drama and try to break people apart. This I really don’t understand. If the two seem happy, I don’t see why anyone would want to end such a beautiful thing that could eventually happen. It gets really difficult to just listen to your heart and ignore all of the others talking. But you have to think about what would be best for you and your partner, and possibly others around you.

Relationships are tough. People get their hearts broken, lose friends and start thinking that there isn’t any other person they could love as much as the one that messed up or broke their heart. That is far from true. There is always going to be someone else. As hard as it is to realize and get past that break-up, and it may take time. You can do it though.

You will find someone out there that will treat you with respect and will never break your heart. They will love you so much, that that would be the last thing on their mind.

Rachel