tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28758986138265188632024-03-05T15:42:51.840-08:00Walk OnThe art of living is more like dancing than living
Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-88807873149100774872013-02-13T12:10:00.003-08:002013-02-13T12:10:44.935-08:00Never MindThis life is an interesting one.<br />
A lot if things have happened since I last posted.<br />
Life changing things. No, really. Life changing things.<br />
January 17th. I got surgery.<br />
February 1st. I finished my 4th round chemo.<br />
February 2nd-17th. I'm at home.<br />
My birthday is coming up and I can't wait. <br />
So, this whole cancer thing is shitty as hell. I don't have any hair. I lost weight. I have a 'battle' scar from surgery. Part of my gut is sticking out my tummy. (Long story. Not going in to detail about that!!)<br />
I don't want you to feel sorry for me. I want you to encourage me to keep going. Just to be there when I need you. You can feel bad for me, just don't show it. Because that's that gonna help me feel any better. I need people to be strong with me because for me, that is the only way that we are all going to fight this battle together.<br />
Yes, cancer sucks. I know that but I have to deal with that and I am. I have a team of unbelievable doctors. They are working hard. I am working hard.<br />
People die from cancer. But people also survive. Cancer survivors are the people that inspire me and those are my hero. Sure, I also admire Harry Potter but he has cheated death so many times, I don't even know what to think any more. (He does have a wand...)<br />
I can survive this. Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-89135359113052640482013-01-09T11:16:00.000-08:002013-01-09T11:16:09.900-08:00This little lifeIt is amazing being home. I was home for two weeks, then 5 days of chemo and now I am back at home :) I can not tell you how happy I am that at home because I think that the hospital just makes me depressed after a little while.<br />
But, my weight. I was 87.5 pounds. It was scary and disgusting. I was so thin. I did <b>not</b> want to be 87.5 pounds. It is hard to eat, I do admit.<br />
I found that with me, if I eat a little but every hour of something that is high calorie, I can gain some weight. And I did. 6 pounds in a week.<br />
But the nausea is the worst. Knowing that I had to eat but every single thing makes me sick. I think its the smell and the look of food.<br />
I love to eat and it is so hard.<br />
Last night was a really really really sucky night. I haven't been eating much lately and thats causing the acid in my stomach to act up. So basically, I was trying to throw up but there was nothing there to vomit. Today, I made peace with saltine crackers and water.<br />
I really want my old life back, the life that I knew. The life where I went to field hockey, stressed over school and saw friends. Because this new one sucks way more than you can ever imagine. I want to get back on the field and play. I know that this is crazy but school gives you something to do. I do have trouble finding things to do. Yes I could watch TV all day but I need to move my body.<br />
<br />Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-28046417884386768252012-12-13T10:44:00.002-08:002012-12-13T10:44:25.240-08:00This Girl is on FireI am on Fire because I am on my second day of my second round chemo.<br />
I had the most wonderful breakfast this morning. Waffles, hash browns, sausage and eggs from Ye Olde Waffle Shoppee. It was pretty much the best.<br />
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Can't think about food. Getting nauseous. Damn nausea because half the time I'm starving and can't eat because eating makes me throw up.<br />
(Which is did 4 times yesterday...) <br />
But I am doing so so sooooo much better. I am in a bigger room that has an actual window. My other, tiny, crappy, awful room had a window that showed me another beautiful, sexy, grey, concrete building. What a thrill to look at.<br />
But I love my new room because it is big and I can walk more and I have better view of the slight hills of Chapel Hill. But there is color and more variety to look at and it is all just more pleasurable.<br />
I need funny YouTube videos. I need to laugh. There are videos that do that but I need way more than I have.<br />
So, I'm thinking that because I have all this time, I can learn all these things. I'm learning to knit and there are several older people at my church. Some of them know how to needlepoint and I'm thinking, 'Why not learn to needlepoint? It gives me something to do and it's needlepoint...<br />
I do miss dancing though. Just moving my body. When I get home, (if I ever do get home...) I will slowly start to move my body because I think that's what I need. Just feeling the rush from the music and feeling it pulse through my body.<br />
I wish that the new James Bond movie was on Netflix because I love that movie. Or at least the theme song. Or maybe it's Daniel Craig that I love... It's amazing. Judi Dench was awesome as always. Great, wonderful movie that I want to see again!!<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwssKoeMCqQ<br />
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<br />Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-28279005605332990472012-12-04T20:23:00.000-08:002012-12-04T20:23:26.800-08:00Just sittingA lot can happen when you have cancer. You eat less and smells makes you nausea and you kinda go crazy after a little while.<br />
But for some strange reason, I have been trying to find calm. I have noticed when my back hurts and I advocate for my self and ask for meds.<br />
Sure, I don't want to be here when I'm supposed to be at home. Sure, I want to back to Switzerland. But life isn't about wishing something can happen. I have to take reins and steer my own path.<br />
I am so lucky to be here because all the doctors and nurses are super super awesome. They want me to get better so much.<br />
I took a shower yesterday. I soaped off all the sweat and tiredness and everything that was bad. I put on a new pair of non-sweating pj's and so much deodorant that I felt like a different person. The pink in my hair came out but I'll put some more in later.<br />
I've been thinking a lot about Switzerland last summer. It was really kept me going because my grandparents offered to buy me tickets to go to back next summer. I almost cried because to go to the place the I love alone with my grandparents is unbelievable.<br />
So I advice that everyone count their blessings, find peace through breathing and enjoy life's little moments.Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-33406407008734861972012-11-28T11:49:00.001-08:002012-11-28T11:49:43.324-08:00HomeI came home yesterday afternoon from the hospital. I love my room. I love how calm it is. I love how clean but good clean it is. I love how nurses don't come it every 30 seconds. I swear, I saw half a million people before 10:30.<br />
I'm at home, watching TV and reading People magazine. It has been a good day for the most part.<br />
The things I really don't like about having cancer is all the damn fluids I have to take and all the pills. Meds make me crazy because I feel like I'm always getting them and fluids just make me feel yucky inside.<br />
I hurt. A lot. Especially my belly and my back. It sucks. But I need to put on a smile and power through this because its only gonna last about 5-6 months. It seems like a while but it is <u>only</u> 5-6 months.<br />
<br />Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-60676723224026264602012-11-25T19:43:00.000-08:002012-11-25T19:43:13.680-08:00This little story about a big thing called cancerI am 14. I have lived a long time because a lot can happen in 14 years, 9 months and 4 days. My life has have it's ups and downs but nothing like this because this is a different up and a way bigger down.<br />
People, I have cancer. It is a challenge that I am taking day by day. I can't think about whats gonna happen tomorrow because then I forget about today and living today as best as I can. Don't worry, my cancer isn't serious. They aren't even quite sure of what <u>type</u> of cancer I have.<br />
I will live today. I will reflect on yesterday and ask only questions about tomorrow.<br />
This all happen so fast. I'll tell you my cancer story so far.<br />
So it was Monday, 11-12 and I had no school. But I did have a doctor's appointment. My belly is normally small, flat and average looking. But the last couple of weeks, my stomach has become distended and became bigger, which puzzled them but they let it go. When I went to the doctor on Monday, they said that there was definitely something in there that needs to be checked out. So on Tuesday, I went in to get a CT scan and that's where they found something weird. They decided to admit me in to the Children's Hospital. And then Wednesday, November 14th, they told me that I have cancer. Even a week later, I still shudder ever so slightly because I am 14.<br />
I have had so many tests and surgeries and biopsies. They took out almost three liters of fluids out of my stomach. In a way, I feel like I am a new person because I have had to push through chemo and just be grateful for every little thing that it is my life. I have amazing doctors who are amazing in their way. My primary doctor stayed up late because he wanted to figure out what type of cancer I had.<br />
I am so blessed. I have a wonderful network of people who believe in me and will do anything to make sure that I'm comfortable. I love when people text me, send me flowers and call me. Send me food, write a message on Facebook and pray for me. I love it all because I know that through all this, I can get better. I have faith and please have faith with me.<br />
So I started chemo on Wednesday, 11-21. It was one of the worst experiences that I have ever had because it made me feel like I couldn't do anything. On the first chemo day, they gave me a drug - I forgot the name - but I had an allergic reaction to it and it was the scariest thing. I couldn't breathe and it felt like there was all this pressure on my heart and it was standing still. I could not breathe or move. They did a Rapid Response and I was terrified. I could barely breathe and these nurses are flying around me while doctors are just standing, observing. They get an oxygen mask on and I feel immediately feel better because I have a steady source of oxygen, I remember just sitting there, thinking: "I could have died. Or lived. But I choose to live. I am living. I am going to win this disease." I sat there as doctors did their things but I reflected because I am so lucky to be alive. You have so many choices and you can make as many choices as you want because hell, that's life.<br />
So, here I am. On my third day of chemo and I am going strong. I love my doctors and they are doing everything in their power to help me and help me survive. So, so far this is my cancer story. Stay positive. Have hope. Believe in yourself and your doctors. I'm afraid to cry because this is all overwhelming. But have learned little things each day and I'm doing fine. I love visitors and talking to people about mindless things makes me feel better about myself. I don't really know why but like just sitting and watching Gilmore Girls. It is soothing and just what I need to calm down and be in my own little world.<br />
Thank you to all my friends who have been understanding through my cancer life. I'll be doing chemo for quite some time, please don't hesitate to call or speak with me because I love visitors a lot.Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-1331763973460714932012-11-07T15:01:00.000-08:002012-11-07T15:01:13.678-08:00But You And I Are Really Just The Same<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-82996737252089597052012-11-06T20:31:00.000-08:002012-11-06T20:31:15.520-08:00OBAMA<div style="text-align: center;">
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He is the 44th re-elected president of the USA.</div>
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I love it because we have to more FORWARD! </div>
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America has taken a big step in our history.</div>
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I'm glad that Mitt Romney is not president.</div>
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He has too much money:</div>
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In his convention, it is all white people.</div>
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There are no Latinos, black, etc. cheering Romney on.</div>
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Thank you, my fellow Americans.</div>
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You took a leap of faith and I love you so much for it.</div>
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I think that Obama is an inspiration.</div>
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He is the first black president.</div>
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He has given gay youth hope.</div>
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Jobs are being created.</div>
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We are going forward.</div>
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Let's be glad we aren't going back.</div>
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GREAT JOB AMERICA!!!</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-34235951051636414352012-11-05T07:47:00.002-08:002012-11-05T07:47:46.181-08:00Daysperation<div style="text-align: center;">
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I feel like I haven't been writing. </div>
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I feel this big burden on my shoulders.</div>
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I feel like that every time I log in to my email, I think, "OH my blog!!"<br />But then I forget because I have nothing to say.</div>
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Does that mean that I'm an empty shell?</div>
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That's I'm boring?</div>
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I hope not because I am interesting.</div>
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There are things that get me through the day though,</div>
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3rd period when I to sot there for 50 minutes</div>
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I thought you should know my burden.</div>
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Can you feel the same?</div>
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I am so glad that it is f***ing Friday.</div>
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My day.</div>
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It was interesting.</div>
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I had a English vocab test.</div>
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A biology quiz.</div>
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The WH exam was open note, which was good because I knew all the information and I could double check my answers in my notes.</div>
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I loved it. </div>
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But the answers were specific.</div>
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I got over it.</div>
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And boy, do I feel good!!</div>
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I feel like I actually could have done a really good job.</div>
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I like my answers and I felt confident.</div>
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My English test...</div>
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I sorta new the words but I do not have high hopes for that grade</div>
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I can not begin to tell you how happy I am about my bio test.</div>
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I studied like crazy because I knew that I knew the information.</div>
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I went in to my teacher and got help and I feel really good about it.</div>
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But, know, I feel like as soon as I say that, my grades not gonna be so good.</div>
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I'm so glad it's Friday.</div>
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I can't wait for the weekend.</div>
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<br />Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-39725601167046474422012-10-26T08:32:00.001-07:002012-10-26T08:32:08.451-07:00High school<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm not kidding when I say that I can get to bed by 9, maybe even 8:30 on a good day</div>
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'Wow! That's crazy!' My friends say.</div>
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Not really. I have a free third period.</div>
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How much homework do freshman actually get?!?</div>
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I can do most of it at school</div>
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I get home and actually do it with as little procrastination as possible</div>
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But because I have ADHD, I have to work that much harder</div>
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I have to come to the conclusions that it is a good thing.</div>
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It will prepare me to try hard and be determined</div>
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Stick with and really learn, study</div>
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That's kinda what I like about high school</div>
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East is a really hard school</div>
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But my bio teacher, he took 4 AP's</div>
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And is fine in life</div>
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I can push my self really hard</div>
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(I know a girl taking 4 AP's sophomore year!!)</div>
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But I can still try hard and take 2 or 3</div>
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Junior year.</div>
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Who said that I need to take a million AP's?<br />
No-one<br />
I can take all the hard and<br />
All the easy classes I want<br />
If I try hard and do take a couple hard class,<br />
I'll go to collage<br />
There are so many collages<br />
It's not like I'm not gonna go to one<br />
<br />
So, in the next 4 years,<br />
I will push my self <br />
I will not stress my self out too much<br />
I will not take classes that I know are way too hard for me<br />
(AP Physics!!)<br />
I will have fun <br />
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-12228799325339509602012-10-18T16:17:00.002-07:002012-10-18T16:17:44.792-07:00Field Hockey<div style="text-align: center;">
Today was a sad day.</div>
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Field hockey season is over.</div>
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No more games.</div>
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No more practicing. </div>
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I won't have to lug my stuff to and from school.</div>
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The locker room won't be used by a lot of us.</div>
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(Varsity still has States)</div>
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I won't need to remember when the next game is.</div>
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No more cramps and insane running practices.</div>
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But,</div>
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It's melancholy</div>
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I won't play for a year</div>
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Maybe in the spring</div>
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I had the best team that anyone could ever ask for</div>
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Undefeated, with only 1 tie!!</div>
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We had one goal scored on us</div>
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My team was so much fun</div>
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We talked, cheered, critiqued </div>
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I played hard</div>
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I worked hard</div>
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I got better</div>
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I will see you all next year</div>
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It will be a long year</div>
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I will miss you all</div>
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I will miss the feeling of working hard and then drinking ice-cold water</div>
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I'll miss dressing up for games</div>
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I'll miss cheering on my team</div>
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I'll miss making good plays </div>
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I might even miss the sweat and how bad the locker room smelled after a game...</div>
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But all in all, it was a great season.</div>
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Even though it got off to a rocky start,</div>
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I'm glad that I stuck with it</div>
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I made new friends</div>
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There will always be people better than me</div>
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I will be better than some people</div>
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But that is life</div>
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It is a sport that I love </div>
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Song: in case you haven't heard one of the best kpop songs: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0">Gangham Style -- Psy</a></div>
Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-49291529129230774552012-10-12T08:14:00.002-07:002012-10-12T08:14:39.764-07:00Another Poem...<div style="text-align: center;">
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We were driving fast, so fast</div>
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Saved some money</div>
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We got a ticket anywhere</div>
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City lights going to fast</div>
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We could be something</div>
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Just keep driving</div>
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Drive anywhere</div>
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Just Go</div>
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We could have that moment</div>
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That moment so pure</div>
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Ringing of freedom</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-72689960429450444942012-10-08T13:36:00.002-07:002012-10-08T13:36:34.990-07:00PoemI found this poem in one of my older post and it made me kinda melancholy, thinking of all my old friends. It made me think of the anger I felt, how lonely I was and how fortunate I was to go to a Montessori school.<br />
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Poem:</div>
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The feeling </div>
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The dread<br />
The loneliness<br />
Trapped in my own body<br />
My head and<br />
My heart<br />
You don't understand<br />
But you try<br />
Thank you but<br />
No thanks<br />
Maybe I'm not as special <br />
As I thought<br />
Notice that I'm saying<br />
I, Me<br />
And not <br />
You, Her<br />
I'm trapped and <br />
Can't get out<br />
I want to so bad<br />
I feel like <br />
You don't know me<br />
And don't want to hang out with me<br />
You have other friends<br />
Other people to <br />
Spend time with <br />
All I want is a <br />
Friend </div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-19304752871204211872012-10-05T08:08:00.002-07:002012-10-13T15:29:20.447-07:00My older sister and she just turned 17!! There are a lot of reasons why she is the best and why is is soo cool but here are 17 reasons why:<br />
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<li>She is hilarious. I love hanging out with her because she just says the funniest things and can make you laugh so hard. Even though she can make some snarky comments every now and then, they are always funny.</li>
<li>She cooks really good Korean food, which is not a bad thing! I love how excited she gets when she gets a new cookbook, no make what type of food. She gets really happy when she recognizes dishes and she can't start making all this delicious food. </li>
<li>Her style is amazing. She has so much clothing that I love just going through her closet and finding clothes to wear for that day. Her sense of style is chic and comfortable. A cute dress layered with a pink sweater. She puts her hair up and she looks great.</li>
<li>She looks really good with a little makeup. She puts on a little mascara and she already looks good for the day.</li>
<li>Her even temper. She doesn't get that angry and just kinda gets really happy. Sure, she has her moments but she is very even tempered. </li>
<li>No matter how busy she is, she always finds 5 minutes to help with my biology.</li>
<li>Her friends are awesome. They all have so much fun together. They are spontaneous, funny and just so much fun to hang around.</li>
<li>I love riding in the car with her and blaring music. We sing in Korean, not know what we are saying, and have real bonding moments. We sometimes go and get FroYo and/or Sunrise biscuits and I really like eating them with her. Sacred moments. </li>
<li>Music between us is really different. But we have common ground in some really deep music and I love discussing the true meaning of the words and how they relate to my life.</li>
<li>Her room really reflects her. It's colorful but monitored. An organized mess. </li>
<li>She tutors Karen refugees and the way the she feels about helping them is indescribably. She loves helping them and learning about their culture. Just seeing their little faces light up when they learn something and grasp a new concept gives her so much joy.</li>
<li>Her maturity and her willingness to be a kid are great. She acts her age but she stills know how to have fun. One Friday night, we ordered Chinese food and we all spread out over the floor and ate sweet and sour chicken and watched Gilmore Girls. </li>
<li>She's confident that nothing's out there stopping her from achieving her dreams. She works hard and is very determined. </li>
<li>She is a true Tar Heel. She loves Carolina and the campus and the sports.</li>
<li>She is willing to learn from her mistakes and grow and have fun life. Though all her classes are not the easiest classes, she does them willingly and learns a lot.</li>
<li>Even though I'm just a little freshman, she talks to me at school and is interested in my classes and makes sure that I'm doing OK. </li>
<li>But I think that what I love most about her is that she is supportive and caring. She is there for me every step of the way and she knows the best for me, even before I do. She is the best older sister I could ever have.</li>
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So that is my amazing sister. If you ever meet her, tell her I said hi and I that I love her a lot.<br />
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<span id="goog_1833378732"></span><span id="goog_1833378733"></span>Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-79071656817930631042012-09-29T11:17:00.001-07:002012-09-29T11:17:19.913-07:00High schoolSo, I'm a freshman at a school that is ranked 88th in the country for collage readiness, we are in the top 100 high schools in the nation and 95% of ECHHS Wildcats go on to collage or university. AP scores are high and we are on the Honor School of Excellent list of NC.<br />
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That's scary.<br />
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As a freshman coming from a Montessori school, the 1,500 other kids at my school are big and scary. <br />I'm not kidding when I say that some of these junior, even sophomore, guys are like 2-3 feet taller than me. And they have muscles which makes them even bigger and scarier.<br />
<br />
Many kids worry about their grades and if their exam in class x will effect their 91.<br />
I worry about my 89's and my missing assignments but I'm also worried about the friend situation. Do I actually have friends? Do the people I eat lunch with actually like me or are they just nice?<br />
Sure, I knew them in 6th grade but that doesn't mean that we were besties back then. <br />
At my Montessori school, there were 22 of us. There are 26 people in my Honors Bio class.<br />
4 people is not a lot but it's still more people than at Montessori, 7th and 8th grade combined.<br />
<br />
I worry about what classes I'm gonna take next year because a lot of sophomores are taking AP World History.<br />
AP World History. The same class as my senior sister.<br />
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I know I'm not ready but what if the expectation is too high and the pressure is on and I am "forced" in a sense to take hard classes. What if it's given that I take unbelievably hard classes?<br />We are 88th in the country.<br />
High is going to be a long four years.<br />
And I could be more ready.<br />
I'm ready for September to be over and October to be here. <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8LFq4vMKQ">The Avett Brothers -- I and Love and You</a>Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-26540273594495669092012-09-22T14:38:00.003-07:002012-09-22T14:46:03.822-07:00It's coming!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's coming and coming fast!!! </div>
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It is about to be FALL!!</div>
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I love fall so much</div>
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There are the colors</div>
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And the clothes</div>
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And the tea</div>
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The weather get's colder and crisper</div>
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You can wear colorful jackets in school without being sick</div>
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You can layer clothing and color on color</div>
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There are gorgeous sunsets</div>
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The farmer's markets are overflowing with fresh food<br />
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I can make fresh bread<br />
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There are the last of the flowers and the colors are endless </div>
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You can eat soup with out feeling weird</div>
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Nature is overflowing with color</div>
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Fall is finally coming. And I can't wait. <br />
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<br />Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-14730000655684691162012-09-18T16:42:00.000-07:002012-09-18T16:42:25.917-07:00In sickness and in health<div style="text-align: center;">
Here is my sick story: (its still going on...)</div>
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Got a fever Tuesday</div>
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Didn't go to school Wednesday or Thursday due to a fever. Took a lot of medicine. </div>
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Felt OK enough to go to school Friday.</div>
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So on Sunday, I wake up with severe stomach cramps.</div>
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My mom and I end up going to Urgent Care for 3 hours to learn that I have this big ball of gas in my stomach. And that I'm very anemic, which means that my iron is really low. I'm at a 6 and I should be at a 12...</div>
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So, my Sunday morning was eventful. I was tired, still had a fever, a cold, possibly walking pneumonia and very anemic.</div>
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I go home, do some homework for Honors Biology, sleep.</div>
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Then its Monday, which is basically this: </div>
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On Thursday, we had a delayed opening.</div>
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Which means only 2, 4, and 6th period.</div>
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(Friday is 1, 3, 5, and 7)</div>
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So I get to school on Friday and I go to 3rd, which is a study hall.</div>
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I go see my Honors World History class, a class where there is a lot of ready and taking notes.</div>
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I say, "Mr. _____, can I have the homework?"<br />
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By the way, the weekend was a nice relatively homework free weekend. </div>
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My fever is basically higher at night, maybe 100.5 or so and then fine in the morning.</div>
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I get to school on Monday and Mr. ____ says,</div>
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44-49, 50-50, 240-249 and 30-35 ish (I forgot the actual numbers.)</div>
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I'm about to start crying because that's so time consuming and I have no idea how much more homework I have from other classes.</div>
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OK so moral of this long story is that I had soooo much homework.</div>
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Mr. ______ was making me mad because he didn't tell me on Friday that I had all this reading.</div>
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So Monday kinda sucks and I go home on the bus.</div>
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All this time, I'm missing field hockey practice, which I feel really, really bad about.</div>
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Tuesday was today and I had gotten most of my Honors World History done and my geometry.</div>
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Honors English 1 was fine, World was OK, Mr. _____ said that it said that I just need to get all the reading done by some time.</div>
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I have 3rd free because it's a study hall period thing. I go to the doctor during 3rd and she basically tells me that I have walking pneumonia. Happy days are here to stay.</div>
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Meanwhile, my iron is still low and that isn't good.</div>
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I don't eat meat and she said that that could have effected my iron.</div>
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So a walking-pneumonia-stricken child and her saintly mother go out to lunch.</div>
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It's there that we decide that for my health, I will go back to eating meat. </div>
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I had a piece of chicken for lunch and dinner and l loved all of it. </div>
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Sure, I feel a little weird but, I won't die and I need it.</div>
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So it's Tuesday night and I at 102.3 for my fever, nowhere with my World History and done with my biology and geometry.</div>
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You know, life can be a jackass to you. There will be days that you will be so swamped and exhausted that you just feel like quitting.</div>
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But don't.</div>
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You know, if you really need to, sleep in late and do in at lunch. You can make up you classes later and do them in the morning. </div>
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Power through and really listen to your body because if you are sick like crazy like me, take a break to sleep and get better.</div>
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Because 1 think I have learned, pushing your body and over -driving it will only make it worse.</div>
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Ask your teachers for homework, bug them until then do if they don't, like Mr. _____ on Friday.</div>
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It's not the end of the world if you miss a few days as a freshman.</div>
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You are a freshman.</div>
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Just don't be sick 2nd semester/3rd quarter junior year.</div>
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Then you are really behind.</div>
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So have fun, listen to your body and don't get too stressed.</div>
Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-51111467933824470632012-09-07T13:37:00.001-07:002012-09-07T13:37:57.845-07:00Blog changesYes, yes I did change my blog name, a little about my self and the thing at the top!!<br />
But don't worry, that was all!!Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-3286813317448855512012-09-06T18:26:00.001-07:002012-09-06T18:26:29.924-07:00Poem<div style="text-align: center;">
<u>Be Loud</u></div>
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Be loud</div>
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Let your colors show</div>
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Be loud</div>
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Have everybody watch</div>
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Throw your soul</div>
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Let the wind pick it up</div>
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Rustle in the leaves</div>
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Because you are you</div>
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Wade in the water</div>
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Be loud</div>
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Stay strong</div>
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Put your smile on</div>
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Be loud</div>
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And move with grace</div>
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Explode with light</div>
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Have no fear</div>
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Be loud</div>
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See the world</div>
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Be yourself</div>
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Don't hide away</div>
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Be joyous</div>
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Because you are you</div>
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Be loud</div>
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Sophie Steiner</div>
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I wrote this poem because of this song: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTj49gfohY">Colorshow -- The Avett Brothers</a>. I love this song and it sends a really good vibe.</div>
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I wrote this poem to show that you don't have to be confined in what ever you are doing. You can change and become something else. Be loud, have fun in life because you only live once. </div>
Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-33632056308282530052012-09-02T12:40:00.002-07:002012-09-02T12:40:31.828-07:00Beach Sorry, this will not be as girls empowerment post.<br />
This week has been so overwhelming. I started high school, had a tournament and had field hockey practice.<br />
I learned that the first week of high school sucks. You are overwhelmed and want to cry a lot of the time. You wonder why do a sport. Who with you sit with at lunch? Who are your friends? Why the hell is this kid talking to me? Why does this school have to be so f***ing big? My high school has 1,500 kids and three quads are have two stories each quad an it takes a while to get from upper A to lower C.<br />
The textbooks suck and the vocab quizzes.<br />
But, thankfully, after a long and hectic week, Labor day weekend arrived and I'm at the beach.<br />
My uncle has a beach house and so I'm there with my two uncles, two aunts, two cousins, parents and two sisters. Plus two dogs. The only people are my grandparents and my oldest cousin.<br />
We watched Sleepless in Seattle last night, I learned to knee board, boated, walked around an island, collected broken sand-dollars and boated over waves. I got sprayed with salty water and gusts of wind.<br />
But I have loved this weekend. I know that I have gone to the Lake house for the last 7 years but we tried something new this year. I'm seeing my family and have a blast. I love the ocean and I love the water, sand and sun.Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-45299772191698972292012-08-22T07:27:00.002-07:002012-08-22T07:27:14.036-07:00Warm embrace<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">When the rain</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Is blowing in your face</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">And the whole world</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Is on your case</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">I could offer you</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">A warm embrace</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">To make you feel my love*</span><div>
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You are you and that is wonderful. Do things that make you feel proud. Don't wallow in candy but strive for the light. Striving is hard but no-one said it was impossible. </div>
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Courage is a great motivator because if pushes you to your limits. If makes you think of new ways to approach things.</div>
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Courage is small at the beginning. But you can feel it. It's like a heavy weight and you know when you can use it when your heart is pounding but stand up straight and feel the courage lift off your chest and float in to the air. </div>
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Confronting a friend or a family member about an issue is hard. But standing straight, even if your hands are shaking, do it with a heart wide open because what ever you lose, you can gain back. </div>
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It takes courage to stand up for what you believe in. If you had no courage, you would live alone, or with some one with enough courage to boss you around with out thinking. </div>
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Life is a beautiful thing so don't waste. Don't let the whole world be on your case, set boundaries. </div>
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Be strong, be careful and love yourself. Believe in your self and take courage. Stand and sing, dance, paint, write, what you believe. </div>
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Have fun too. Don't be afraid. </div>
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I know that I have posted this song before but...</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQtGqmi2O2U">John Mayer -- Say</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">*More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/adele/#share</span></div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-17622478734030730602012-08-17T08:05:00.002-07:002012-08-17T08:05:56.652-07:00New Blog IdeaSo I was thinking about my blog and yes, I love it but I want to change it up slightly. Actually a lot because my new blog is going to be about empowering girls and young women every where.<br />
We all need a little change and I have a lot of stories to tell. So, I will them them. Some of them might not be as clear but you know, life isn't always clear.<br />
Girls, you are amazing. I know that because what would be with out us? There would be no more kids, no more babies that would grow up to be the next president.<br />
You are just as important as the guys. Who has to be pregnant? You. Girls get to wear the pretty dresses or wear gym shorts and look just as pretty. You have a million different hair lengths, styles and cuts.<br />
You are wonderful because there is no one like you, there was no one like you and there will be no one like you.<br />
Girls are amazing and we don't need to hide in the shadows. You might be bullied, I was.<br />
I hated myself. Everyone hates themselves at one point. But you get over that. You get older. I really like myself now but sometimes, I do go back to that place. There are bad days but there are other great, wonderful days. Go to bed and sleep on your hate and try to wake up to a new song, a new light that will get you through the day. Because each day you are growing older.<br />
You are you and no one can change that because they are not you and they don't know what you might be going through.<br />
Hold on because things will change for the better because once you are 18 -- at least in America -- you are legally an adult and you can move out, start anew.<br />
You can change your life in a heartbeat. But it will take courage. Try it out. Things will get better.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U">Beyonce -- Run The World</a>Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-19438085693370548252012-08-11T11:41:00.002-07:002012-08-11T11:41:53.619-07:00The jumpJump. Just jump. You can jump for joy or jump for pride. You can jump over the creek, to new land.<br />
You can do anything because you are willing to risk something to jump.<br />
Sometimes, you are forced to jump and step over rocky waters to find new land to stand on.<br />
High school might be big and scary but you can't hide from it and sneak back in to the game of your childhood because you have to pick up the next card in your deck and jump.<br />
You can take risks and try out new clubs and team sports or you could not. You could sit in the corner and do the things that are expected of you but I think that trying something new is the best thing that can ever happen to you because it teaches you what you can do and not do.<br />
I made the JV field hockey team, but I went in to on Monday not know if I was going to make it because there was a butt load of sophomores. But as the week went on, I got better and I think that it showed. The coach said that there were enough girls that no one was going to get cut and the worst that could happen was that I was going to be an alternate, meaning that I can go to practices and play, juts not at away games. I couldn't play at home games but I could go and be apart of the team.<br />
I risked it and jumped in to something that was fun, scary and hard but I tried. And I did it.<br />
Try out for a team because you can still practice with them and this is freshman year, you have three more years to get even better so it's not the end of the world.<br />
Jumping is difficult and it takes courage to do anything.<br />
But think of other people. Do you think that Kate Middleton has it easy? Sure, she is a princess but there is paparazzi everywhere.<br />
The Olympians are trying for gold and I'm sure your thinking, 'But they have been training for ever!!'<br />
Yeah, they have and there will be people that are better than them and they no that.<br />
Jumping is hard but you have to do that.<br />
Here are two very inspiring videos. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZlXWp6vFdE">Powerful Inspiration of a True Story</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsOBaV_93yQ&feature=related">Get Back Up</a><br />
Think. Reflect. Jump. Because you need to jump in order to succeed.Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224982878918902606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875898613826518863.post-45636366631167573272012-07-30T09:03:00.002-07:002012-07-30T09:03:42.239-07:00FroYoThere was a Frozen Yogurt food truck. I saw it. I loved it. I thought of home. Sadly, I did not get any. Poor me. But seeing it made my day so much better.<br />
And then I got a red Adidas message bag. It is sooo cute and I love it. It makes me really happy.<br />
I got a Swiss Army knife too.<br />
I was a very happy camper today.<br />
Now I have to pack and that kinda sucks. No, it really sucks because I'm leaving and I really want to stay but I want to go back to the States as well.<br />
I want a bagel so bad.<br />
I love bagels. I don't think that you will ever find someone who loves bagels more.<br />
happiness strikes again because there are these really good chocolate bars in Switzerland and I got 50 of them for 12 Francs. They were for 20 but they were on sale.<br />
Very happy Sophie because I mean come on, 50 bars of great chocolate on SALE?!?!<br />
That's really all that happened today because I spent the day with my very chilled grandparents and had a great day.<br />
I'll see you on the other side!! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1wjGKHjBI">Tongue Tied -- Grouplove</a><br />
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