After I got home from the movies I got on Facebook , but my mom was timing me, so I did not get to spend too much time on it.  I did complete a note I was tagged in and caught up with a couple of friends.  Before I finished my mom started yelling for help in the kitchen.  So, I logged off and went in  to help my mother cook.  She was making Minestrone Soup and the green beans needed to be snapped.  I learned how to snap beans, which was easier than I thought, haha.  Mom cut up the onion and I sliced carrots.  We added all of the ingredients and now all we have to do is wait for it to cook…..well, my step-dad is home and the soup is done!  I have to go eat dinner, Ministrone Soup…yummie!

The government is the group that changed everything.  They took God out of school.  My mom told me that they used to say the Lord’s Prayer at school and remembers the Ten Commandments being posted in her classroom.  I don’t ever remember seeing any of that in any public classroom that I was in. 

My mom teaches science and sometimes she said that she had to explain the scientific explanation of how the world began.  But she also always talked about the Biblical explanation too.  She said that she just couldn’t tell one side without the other. 

I think that if the government had not taken God out of schools, then there would not be so many private schools and Christian schools.  I am glad to be in a Christian school and to know that all of my teachers are Christians.  But I am also glad to know that there are Christian teachers working in public schools, because they need them more than anyone!  The behavior and language of middle school was so bad.  I know that some of those students would not last a day at Village!

I believe that since America is suppose to have freedom of speech and religion, then we should be able to have it in schools and well as anywhere else.

I am most thankful for my Heavenly Father.  Without Him in my life, I would be lost.  I count on Him everyday and sometimes I think that He is the only one who really listens to me.  I am also thankful for my teachers.  They are all good teachers and they are teaching me a lot.  I am NOT thankful for all of the homework they assign, but I guess I understand.  I just wish that they would talk to each other and not assign so many things due at the same time! 

I am thankful for my best friend, Anna Watters.  She has been my best friend since sixth grade.  She has a sense of humor and knows how to make you smile.  She is a good listener and she also gives great advice.  She is always there for me and understands how I feel.  She listens to me during the rough times and she will never ignore the feelings that I have.  She knows how to cheer me up.  She is a good dancer and she always encourages me when I am on the dance floor.  She is always there for me and never leaves me behind.

I am thankful for the freedom that our country has.  Instead of having to cover my face and hair, I can show who I am and can speak my mind and not be afraid of being killed or put in jail.  We can practice any kind of religion that we want and are not forced to worship a god that we don’t believe in.  We are free to own businesses and buy and sell most anything we want.

I am thankful for living today.  You never know when your last breath will be, so you should always live your life to the best.  Some people do not realize how much important life is until it is too late.

These are the things that I am most thankful for!

Not only that, but when I dance, I dance for God and I communicate with Him.  This is sooo hard to explain because it is a connection that God and I share.  Have any of you had a feeling that someone you love is present but not with you at the exact place you are?  Well that’s how I feel when I am dancing.  When I dance from my heart, I get this powerful powerful feeling that God is listening to me and He is there with me.  In the Bible it says many times that God never ignores you, He is always with you and will always be with you as long as you belive in Him.  He won’t forget about you, the Lord is always available if you need Him no matter what.  He will open His arms up and comfort you and say Do not worry little child, for I will keep you under my wing.  When I am dancing, I feel that God accepts me for what I am and that he loves everything about me, even when I don’t.  I hope that I will be able to dance forever!

At the beginning of the new nine weeks, I had five tests in two days.  I don’t mean to complain, but I have no life except homework.  As hard as I work, I still don’t always make great grades, but if time spent of homework were a grade, I would have an A plus!

I think that schools should remember that teenagers need time to exercise and have a social life.  I do not know how people who play sports do it.  It takes all of my time just to get the work done.  People who play sports have to take out time to practice and play games.  I wonder sometimes how they get everything done.  If I had a school, I would only give homework one night per subject.  That way, you would only have to think about one thing.  And you might even have time to watch a movie or go for a walk.

Cameron Maxwell was a 15 year old guy who was a freshman at Village Christian Acadamy. He sat next to me in Journalism and he made me laugh every day. He was such a pleasure to be around with his sense of hummor!!

All that matters now is that they are definately in a place that is better than earth. It is very hard to understand why they had to leave us, especially in the way that they left us.   They will always be in our hearts and so, in that way, they will never leave us. I miss them greatly and I know other people do to, but God has a reason for everything.  Maybe one day we will understand why they are gone, but for now we will just have to trust and have faith in God.