A Twist in the Story

To me when I think about life and all that jazz I think about a story. How everyone has a different story and a page is written everyday. No matter how boring, lame, exciting, and strange the day is you'll always have something to be written in the story. I think it's interesting reading other people stories. Some people have such amazing and interesting stories. They have gone through so many different things in their life and can share that and help so many people because of that. Others might have not gone through as much as the person standing next to them but it doesn't matter. Your still going to have experinces that others might not have! I think people should share their story. You could end up making life long friends with someone. Or you could just touch someone with your story. Everyday something new happens to someone. Everyday someone loses a bestfriend, parent, a family member, and a loved one. Everyday someone finds someone that they can truly love with every single piece of themselves. Everyday something life changing happens. Both bad and good happen to people and we never know what's coming but we know what's happened in the past. It's written in our books everyday. Even though we don't know what's coming we know that people have gone through and gotten past whatever is coming. It's nice to know peoples stories because of that. They can help you with everything from the amazing to the horrifing. A twist and curve ball are thrown into your story book everyday. It doesn't even matter if it's the TINNNNNNNEST thing in the world it's still there and you never know if it'll help someone someday. So as I leave once again I want you to do one thing... Look back in your story book and look at someone elses. It can change your life.

My story is being written,

Maranda :)))))))

The Person I am Today

WOAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! That's all I can say right now. I have had a non stop smile since.. well... I couldn't even tell it's been on there for so many days and months. Yes, it's gone missing once in a while but only for a very short time. My life has been flipped upside down so many times in the last year but you know what I'm so freaking happy it has been! My life has changed for the good in so many ways! I have learned, lost, loved, and gained so many things from so many people and experiences. I thank so many people for that.

-Logan-

This boy has made my life! He is only of the only people who has ever loved me for me. He has never told me to change one single inch. He has taught me so many things about myself that I never would have known. He has shown me that I need to love myself the way I am and nothing else. He has been my rock. The one person that wouldn't leave me when I've needed him the most. Something that I never really had before. He won't change for anything or anyone and I admire him SOOOOOOOOO much for that. For those reasons and so many more I thank him so much and I love him with all my heart!

-Kadie-

My best friend since we were 3 years old. We have never had a single fight in our whole friendship. We don't judge each other for any reason at all. We tell each other the truth even if it hurts. She is the sister I always wanted but never had. She is the shoulder I go to when I need it and the person I can always be myself around. We promised we'd always be there for each other no matter what happens! Those are only some reasons why I'm so lucky to call her my bestie!! I love her for that!

-My Family-

My family is such a huge factor in my life. What my parents think of me means SO MUCH to mean. I do everything I can to make them happy and proud of me. My parents have helped me through so much that it's crazy. They have always told me to go for my dreams! They want to see me make something out of myself and that's what I plan on doing! I love my family more than anything. I wouldn't want to have it any other way.

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Like I said so many people have helped me! This smile that I still have on my face isn't going anywhere! Even if you try so don't even bother. I've learned not to care what others think. Really people why try to bring others down when you could be happy with the people around you. Smiling makes so much better and easier. So as I leave you I ask you one favor.... Just take one minute out of your day and just smile. Just think about happy things that have happened and smile. I promise you won't regret it!

Smiling,

Mrs. Maranda

Letting Go of a Dream

Lately all I've been able to think about even dream about is how I had such an amazing opportunity and I turned it down. How I turned down one of my only dreams I have ever had in my life to stay where I was. I didn't have much at all either. Nothing special that I couldn't of gotten where I was going to go. I had a chance to go dance for a High School dance team that is amazing! This team did things I wished I could do everyday of my life and I made that team. That team of girls I looked up to and I made. That's a feeling I will never have ever again in my life. I couldn't even explain in words how amazing knowing that I did it! The one thing was that if I went and danced for them I would be leaving. I didn't have much at home but what I did have I wasn't sure I was willing to give it up even if I could get it anywhere else. That was one of the hardest choices I have ever made. One day I was really thinking about the pros and cons. (Yes, sadly I made a pro and con list! I know dorky but it helped TONS!) All of a sudden it hit me. I wasn't willing to give up what I had at home. That minute I let go of my dream of dancing for that team. That will never be full filled but I have come to terms with that. Not all was lost from that though. I got that amazing feeling out of it. I got the gratitude of knowing I could have had it if I wanted it. I know that I was good enough for that team. That I was just as good as those girls and that's something no one can ever take away from me no matter how hard they try they will never be able to do it! Today as I look back on my choice to not dance I don't regret one once of it. I have gotten so much more than I would have gotten if I would have gone away. I got things that pass any dance team! I got everything that I'll ever need in life. (If you don't get what I mean by that you will one day and you'll love it) By not leaving and full filling 1 of my dreams I made many more. I have learned when you give up one thing you get many things in return and that's what happened to me. So as I leave you now I have one question for you... Have you ever had to give up a dream?

Yours truly,

Mrs. Maranda

Changes out of the blue.

You know those times when you think everything is going so perfect. You think nothing could ever go wrong and if they do it won't be that bad. You think that you have everything and if you do lose something it will only be something some, nothing huge. Nothing that could change your life. But then out of no where you do lose that one thing that would change your life. A huge part of your life. It could be something really little or it could be something huge. From a person dear to your heart or your favorite bear you've had since you were a baby. Whatever that thing is though you just lost it and you lost it out of the blue. There were no signs flashing "YOU ARE ABOUT TO LOSE SOMETHING!!! WATCH OUT!! BE PERPARED!! " or any sort of warning you wish you had. It's just gone. I know at the moment you think life sucks and this and that but, honestly I think losing that one thing will make you so much stronger than you once were. You depended on that one thing so much you can't function without it. Now without it you have to move on. You have learn how to make it on your own. I honestly think every person has to go through that once just so you know that it's not the end of the world. That you will make it threw everything. I know it's not the funnest thing to go through ,but it's just gotta happen. So as you sit there and think about what I have written I ask one thing of you. Never take something for granted, never hold a grudge, never regret, take chances, and just because 1 bad thing happens doesn't mean your whole life is over. Be happy for what you have and had.
Yours truly,
Mrs.Maranda!

A Day Of Laughs and Screams!

Today was such an amazing day! HOLY! It's was our Homecoming game today! It was a day full of excitment, joy, stress, dressing up, and having tons of fun with your friends! This is the one day time that everyone can come together and cheer their butts off and lose their voices and it's compeletly okay with everyone! Today was probably the best day ever! I spent time with my friends, made memories that will never be lost, and like everyone else screamed till we couldn't scream anymore! Homecoming is something I always look forward to. Well because 1) it's like the biggest thing in our school and 2) well just because I like it! ha! This year was different for me though. I have different friends, different grade, and a different out look. The best part about that is though is I absoultely love it. It's the best Homecoming that I've ever been to and I will never forget it! These are the times High School is about. It's not about the drama, the who said what, the classes, or any of that. It's the moments that you make and never forget. To pretty much sum it up is kinda simple and that would be LIVE FOR THE MOMENT and NOTHING ELSE!!! Don't think about the future just go with the now. I've learn a new moto you could say... "Improvise, Improvise, IMPROVISE!!!!!!!!" and that person is completely right! Tonight is a night that will never be forgotten and will be talked about in many times to come! Homecoming '08!!!!!!!!!! That pretty much sums it up! So again I leave you with a question to think about and that would be, have you ever had a day were you are care free and you're so happy you just have to scream your lungs out?
Yours Truly,
Mrs.Maranda!

Laughing at Amazing Memories

For the last couple of days all I have been able to think about are the things that have happened in the past year. Everything from such little things to huge things! When I start to think about them all I can do is laugh. I can't even help it! I've been thinking about trips, bonfires, school, and everything inbetween. I've never really realized how much actually has happened in the past year until this weekish you could say. When ever I'm with just one friend or many friends we seem to be looking back a lot lately because so many things have changed and none of us really have noticed til now because it's already happened! I love those moments though. The moments that we spend looking back and laughing til we have tears rolling down our faces and we're laughing so hard all we can do is breath in many deep breaths and try and spit something out. But all that ends up happening is we just start laughing more. Those are the moments we'll never forget about. I don't care if you're so old person in a wheel car in the middle of a nursing home and slowing losing your memory you'll NEVER lose those memories. Those memories of laughing with your friends til every single one of you pee your pants and don't even care. Those are the memories that you'll have with you. I know one day I'll be a mom with a family and probably won't even see half the people I'm amazing friends with now but I'll end up running into something or seeing something and I'll just start laughing like no other and my kids will probably think that their mom is a freak but I know one day they will do the same thing. I'm so glad that I've been able to laugh at the amazing memories of the past year. But while I do that all I can think is "I wonder what's going to happen this year?" But with my friends that's so unpredictable. You'd think that would be somewhat bad but to me it isn't at all. That's my favorite part of the whole thing. Every minute is a mystery! So as I sit here now with tears rolling down my face because once again I'm laughing so hard, I leave you with a question... Have you ever sat with your friends and cried because you've laughed at each other so hard?
Yours Truly,
Mrs.Maranda

Over Coming that Barrier

Do you know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you know something you're not so sure you're going to do so swell at is coming up? Well today I had that feeling. I had a HUGE barrier that I had to over come today! I was so worried about it that my stomach was doing flips so high that I could barely feeling it when I ate! But that feeling isn't always so bad because when you've over come that barrier that feeling in your stomach is amazing! It's a feeling you can't even describe. You have to feel it for yourself to know that feeling and joy you get out of it! If you haven't had that feeling before I have one thing to say to you... "ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!!!!!"... just kidding ,but You need to over come something huge and you will know how it feels! It's almost like a good addiction. Once you know the feeling you love it and you start over coming so many thing that you would have never thought you once could do! It's such a wonderful feeling to have! I just can't get over it! One thing that's even better though is sharing it with someone! When you over come that barrier with someone close. That's a whole other experience all on it's own! Life has so many different experiences for people to go through and that feeling when you've gone through them and jumped over the barriers that try to stop you... I can't even describe it. It's like whole other part of you has come alive. :) So before I leave you once again I challenge you... I challenge you to over come something in your life. "Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are." Bernice Johnson Reagon. So I ask, What are you going to over come?
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Maranda

Sit and Think

Have you ever just sat down and thought about everything that's going on around you. How you're never going to be able to have these days again. How one day you'll be sitting down again and be thinking the same thing you're thinking now. When I sit and think about everything that's going around me I don't look at how horrible things I THINK things are. I sit and think about how lucky I am! How lucky I'm able to actually sit here and think about all the times I've been able to have! I don't sit and think about "O, I should have..." or "O, I could have..." In life you have 1, count it 1 chance to do something! Don't regret things you have done. Make those things into lessons and into positive things! I can tell you from experience that I've gone threw my fair share of ordeals that I know what I'm talking about. I have been threw everything from parents splitting up, brother leaving without caring, fights everyday, to losing people I love. Yet I don't sit and look at the bad. I think about how lucky I am at the moment! I use to look ahead on EVERYTHING no matter how little it was and someone very close told me to stop and live for the now! I'm so lucky that I listened to him because I wouldn't be as happy as I am today if I was still looking ahead at everything. I learned to live, love, and learn life. Yes, I know it's a corny quote but it's true, so you can use it! Life's full of wonders no matter how smart you are and even if you think you can tell what's coming. Something will always catch you off guard! So as I sit here and think I think about how luck y I am to have who I have and to be here now and to be able to sit here and tell you this. So as I close this blog I have one question for you, What are you sitting and thinking about right now?
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Maranda