#EndItMovement

Today is February 27; The official End It Slavery day. There are over a million people held captive for slavery and today many MANY were encouraged to paint/draw a red X on their hand and take a picture and post it on social networks with the hashtag 'End It Movement'. Today I did paint a red X and took a picture to show support. Please do the same.

Lets End It.


Galatians 3:28       
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Skating - a sport not for me

Yesterday. WHEW.

I went skating with my sisters and had a blast. We were the only ones there (thankfully) and well, I'm not too good at skating. I love playing hockey but I CANT skate. Its depressing. I prefer large skating rinks when I do go skating so I have a long way before I have to turn... Lol. So this outdoor rink we went to was the size of two hockey rinks right beside each other and so they had four nets. Pretty much one big square. My mom allowed me to borrow her skates wish was an ok idea. The bad thing about them is that they have toe picks... Anyway, there I was, thinking how good I was at skating, and gliding around so gracefully. I felt like bird. I decided to stop at the hockey net and wait for my sister to catch up. Faster....Faster... I finally got to the hockey net but not in a friendly manner. About two feet away from it, I positioned my feet terribly and my right skate's pick went into the ice. I went flying into the net hitting my neck/throat against the back crossbar and hitting my left knee against the side bar. OUCH. That was just the beginning. After that I fell over and over and over again!! Smashing my knee, my shoulder, my bottom, and my hips. The best part was every time I fell, my sisters saw how I fell (the stupidest ways to fall) and they laughed their heads off, which obviously made me laugh. Here's the top five stupidest ways I fell on ice and made myself look like a fool:

#1 - Slip on pick. Knees go forward and you kneel on ice. Back of blade goes into your thigh. Sudden alarm of pain. You burst forward to get relieved of this pain and land on your face. Sisters laugh.

#2 - Making a beautiful drawing in the shallow layer of freshly fallen snow. Trip over your pick. Fall on your side. Ruin your drawing. Sisters laugh.

#3 - Swinging arms around franticly because you can't gracefully enough to put hands at side. Think you are a pro. Put your hands in pocket. Thinking you are cool. Gracefully skating. Realize you can't stop without franticly waving your hands around like an idiot. Decide your pride is more important then your safety. Then you realize: its not. Into a snow bank, face first. Sisters laugh.

#4 - You think you are a beautiful figure skater, around in a circle you go. Doing brilliant spins and twists. You place you left foot behind your right, your sisters already start laughing at you. You toss your head high. They watch as you swiftly mess up and you trip on the ice and swing your arms as if there will be some invisible person to grab them. No one. You fall on your back/bottom. Sisters laugh.

#5 - Skating gracefully and at a speedy pace. Look over at sisters who are talking to each other in middle of rink, not moving. You have an evil thought. You keep skating around the rink, faster and faster. Do an amazing sharp turn and skate straight on closer and closer to your sisters. Faster and WHAM. Skate into sisters and you all fall down...................... You laugh.

 Yea that's me.
:)

My good cousin Olivia...

I have this cousin who is like SUPER cool. She has tagged me on her blog with some questions. I thought I should answer the best I could so here they are!! Oh and be sure to check out Olivia when you can. :)

1. tell me about someone you love, and why.
*oh man...too many!*
My cousin(s). Totally. One of my cousin turns out to be my best friend and she is amazing. One of them is a beautiful girl who has a way with people. Another cousin just turned 5 years old and he's so cute and loves to give hugs. One of them is a curious girl who loves to read and will be your best friend if you let her do your hair. One cousin is a sport nut who has a way with a soccer ball that I have never seen anyone have. Another loves hockey and he is super friendly and has a competitive spirit. One ALWAYS has a smile on his face and just wants you to be his best friend. I could go on about them but I think you get the point. ;) My cousins have impacted my life even if they don't realize it. LOVE YOU GUYS

2. what is one thing you do that makes you feel all like "man, I could do this forever" when you do it?
Call up Fernando Torres or Eden Hazard, pass me a soccer ball and you'll see. I could kick the ball with my favourite soccer players forever. Have I ever done it? No... Will I? Probably not, but hey, if that were to happen, I would have the biggest smile on my face ever.

3. what do you love about yourself?
I'm gonna try to not get arrogant... I usually let others decide this about me but if I had to answer, I love my hobbies. I love how I have an amazing interest in photography and am always advancing and able to get better. I have a huge passion for archeology/paleontology and meteorology. So much science. I really enjoy most science and have always had good grades on them.

4. what advice would you give to someone who doesn't believe she/he is beautiful?

Everyone was made from and by God. God is perfect. Why would he make something ugly and out of order if he is a God of good works? He made you in his likeness. I would totally tell em that they are special and talented. Beauty is giving to all and someday someone will realize that. Most people who bully someone to claim their 'ugliness' is usually just jealous for the obvious.  It says in Ecclesiastes 3:11 "He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end."

5. what is the best piece of advice you've ever gotten about confidence?

I've never really been given advice for my confidence really. I have always needed confidence for not failing and how I have always been calmed with it in the end is telling myself quotes or Bible verses. Over and over and over again. I have always struggled with possible failure of others because of something I did. Its been hard to overcome this 'fear'.

 

6. If you were your own daughter, what advice would you give yourself? 

Don't feel hopeless or a failure. Don't stay awake hours because you have failed. You are not a failure. I would tell her never to give up and that someone will always be there for you when you fall. When the whole world has walked out on you, God will be there for you. ALWAYS. Don't trust the branch you sit on not to break, trust God's power to keep it from breaking. He will never let you fall.

 

7. a verse, poem, sonnet, ancient-old proverb that inspires you to love yourself and others?

YES! I love quotes. I have always made some up or hunted them down on the internet. Here's my top favourites as of now:

 

'Everyone says the first step to success is failure. But really the first step to success is correction to failure.

'Don't cheat on people. Because the rest of their lives they will wonder why they weren't good enough and it will tear them apart.'

'F.E.A.R. has to meanings: Forget Everything And Run, OR Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.'

'There's no better feeling than stepping out on that pitch and impressing them all by showing them something they all thought you couldn't.'

'You've got what it takes but it will need everything you've got.'

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Anyway, thanks Olivia for the questions!

Cya around guys