R= Eight People to Emulate

1. Jenna Robinson- I know Jenna through school and cross country and she has alopecia and she is a beautiful girl that doesn't need to hide who she is by wearing a wig. Jenna can teach us to love who we are no matter how we differ from others on the outside.

2. Gianna Rodino- Gianna was a good friend of my sister and her mom and my mom are also friends, I've known Gianna for a while and I know that she doesn't want to find out if she has the Huntington's disease because she lost one of the most important people in her life, her sister. Gianna can give strength to anyone.

3. Richard  Barton- Richard is my uncle and a few years ago he was diagnosed with stage four colo-rectus cancer. This was heartbreaking for all of us but he was the one with the positive attitude and I believe that thats what got him through all of the chemo. He has kept a level head and has been praticing positive montras. I think hes an inspiration to tell us as  bad as things get, there not that bad.

4.  Randi Peterson- Randi is my cousin and she has been through tough times with her famiy ever since she was a kid. Randi got pregnant 6 years ago and the dad left her on her own to raise a baby boy, luckly she has grown to become an amazing person and has begun to do things for herself as in get healthy and lose weight. Randi can teach us to have the strength and knowledge to overcome obsticles in life.

5.  Russ Peterson- My uncle Rusty was an alcoholic and addicted to gambeling until he was so low that he realized he needed to get help and stop. He sobered up and became a working man and restoring the relationship with his family. I think that he teaches us that if you reach your low you dont have to stay there, theres something better out there for your life.

6. Robin Williams- Is an actor in Mrs Doubtfire and this is one of my families all time favorite movies and I jsut think he portrays an amazing character with love for children and I also think that in life we need to look at the humorous side of things more often and he does that.

7. Ronni Peterson- Ronni is also my cousin and Ive always looked up to her for everything and I can't wait to go to Minnesota and visit her, she has always been one of my role models because shes sweet and has a big heart to where she loves her nephew and also sits down with my grandma with alzheimer's disease and talks to her for hours.  She is so pretty  she's just been someone I trust and want to be.

8. Rachel Ray- Rachel Ray is a very successful woman. I tihnk that she shows us power by her successes as  a chef, designer of cookware and a talk show host. I watch her and I love her giddy attitude and the way she portrays herself. Rachel can teach us to be what others may not expect.

Valentine's Day

Imagine a world where everyone loved their neighbor as much as they loved themselves. What would it be like to live in such a world? How would families and communities be changed?

Even if we don't all recognize it, we all love ourselves more than anyone. We are taught to love and respect others as much or more than ourselvs, but that doesn't always work. In a perfect world with perfect people we would all get along and there would be no fighting or war. We wouldn't have to fear others or the criticism of others. We could be free to be anyone we wanted and feel how ever we felt. I think that if we loved our neighbors as much as we love ourself, we would be happy, everyone would be happy and know that there is love and support all around them. We would all know that there is peace and there is a place for all of us to love peacefully in this world families wouldn't have to worry about their children all the time and communities wouldn't have as much crime because we would all be looking out for eachother and helping eachother out because we would love eachother.

When the alarm clock rings

The alarm clock cannot defend itself
from the monster it awakes.
The ringing of my alarm is sharp and
Its impossible to sleep through.
My eyelids are too heavy,
for my weakened body to open.The sun hasnt even shed its rays of light
as i open the curtains all i see is the dark morning
dew covering the ground and fog spreading into the woods.
The morning moves slowly
but all too quickly at the same time,
days,weeks, months and years pass
but every morning the same alarm clock rings,
the same feeling of fatigue passes
as i struggle to open my eyes and begin another day
I am slow to sit up in bed and
not thrilled to start the day before seven

Comic Connection

Marmaduke by Brad Anderson

This comic relates to me because dogs are a large part of my everyday life. Between my two houses, I have five dogs and my family loves having pets and rescuing them from bad homes. Dogs are cute, loyal, cuddly, and always want attention. five out of the five always want to be touched and or have a body laying next to them. This comic reminds me of my puppies because all they ever want is to be touched and we jsut throw a hand down, or tell them to move on to the next person if there bugging us, but this comic has roles reversed, and that the dog is patting the human on the head for doing somehting good. I can imagine that this is how our dogs feel when we pat them on the head or smother them with love because of the size differentce between us and the little 20lb dogs. The dog could also represent us bugging our dogs while there doing something they think is important or even sleeping.

Pep Talk

"Hi-five yourself"

The Hall's cough drop wrapers have inspirational quotes to get the ones feeling ill, out of their slump. One of the quotes that I chose was "Hi-five yourself". I chose this because it relates to my life. I think people in your life come and go as they please, they don't always care about your feelings and arent always sensative to things your going through. Everyone of us are trying to work hard to accomplish things of all sizes and importances but the people in your life don't always care or know what your going through. Its still important to do your best and push through the hardships, when you do this there will be someone to congradulate your but when others arent there for you, its your job to pat yourself on the back or hi-five yourself to assure yourself that you accomplished something great.