Happy Newyear Everybody! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! I sure did! My family came on December 23rd and they didn't leave until this morning. It was sad to see them go but we had a great holiday with lots of love, laughter snd... PRESENztS! Ha ha I got a lot of stuff for college, a whole basket ful. I got a whiteboard to keep myself organized. I was ver excited about that;). I got a book called The Naked Room Mate and 107 Other Issues You Could Run Into in College. I read up on that and I will be all set. I also got College of the Rockiesvsweatshirt, so I basically have to go now, and a lot of other really things. It was wonderful. I had withdrawals for about a week,starting Boxing,especially about not being able to listen to Christmas music. Sigh.... However, it all went by in a flash and before we knew it 2014 has arrived. I am so excited for this year, with college and starting to venture out on my own! I can't wait to start. As my annual tradition here are 8 of my Newyears resolutions that I hope to achieve to make 2014 all I want it to be!
1. Work hard in highschool next year and get good grades in history and biology for College.. it going to be a lot of work, but I will get it done
2. Get ready for College!- Yah!!! iIt's true. I am so excited for college. I just feel like this my big stepping stone, and my next chapter in life. I'm excited for my course that I'll be taking and for the independence, and to kind of find myself a little bit. My whole my family and friends have always been there for me to lean on. I still will have all that support, but I also will have to fend for myself a little, make my own choices, fend for myself a liitle bit. I have a lot of growing up to do, and sometimesI think this is the only way for me to do it. It's a whole chapter, an .i am ready and willing to dive into it.
3. Make a diffrence- I've always been aware of how much I've been given throughout the years and I am very grateful for that. I always love to to give back whenever I can. I want to do BIG things for others.. I'm looking forward to the course I will take in college, Human Service Wok. I've always wanted to learn more about diffrent diverseabilities at a greater depth whitch is what this course is about . It is everything I am intrestested in whitch is great. Eventually,I want to be a mentor for children with diverseabilities. I just want to help them feel good about themselves right from the start, when they are very little. I don't want kids to feel bad about their challenenges like I did in primary school. I want them to believe they are special, that they can anything, and help them realize that sometimes our greatest challenges are our greatest gifts. I also want to do some advocating for the families, to help them get the right equipment or people they need or to help them stand up for their rights. I will definetly need practise on being an advocate, but I figure that what college will be for. I know it may sound naive, but I just want to do whatever I can to make the world a better place.
4. Make some new friends- I'm nervous about making friends at College because of how quiet I am with my peers in highschool, but mom says College will be diffrent. I hope I meet some girls my age and kind of get out there a little bit. . Mom says sometimes the friends you meet in collage are sometimes your friends for life. I won't just meet other people my age,I will meet all sorts of people. My circle of friends just seems to get bigger every year and I'm excited to watch it grow even more!
5. Express myself- Writing this blog has been a great way for me to state my opinions and say how I feel about things, but unfortunately this is the only place where I do that. I have a lot of thought and ideas in my head that I wish I could say out loud to reach out to others and help then. Well, I don't know if expressing them will exactly help others, but they will help me, thats for sue. I just hope I discover my voice, and use it to empower others.
6.Stay strong-This is important for me! When I leave high school, I won't have an aide to help me stretch. I will have to find my own physio in Cranbrook and do my own stretches on my own. When People with Cerebral Palsy don't stretch, their muscles get very tight, like everyone's does, and it makes it harder and harder for them to walk. I hear stories about that happening, and I get afraid. I do not want to lose the strength I have now. I actually gotten kind of proud of it, so when I get to Cranbrook, I want to keep it up. I guess that this will just be one of the many things I will just have to learn to advocate for myself and get done independently. Muscles: use them, or lose, that's what they say.
7. Gratitude Project- Lately, I have been working on a gratitude power point project to show people at the end of this year. I have always said I have had a lot of things to be grateful for and a lot of people who have been their for me over the years, and so I just want to say thank you to everyone in my life. I hope I finish if. I think it will be a great way to say thank you and good bye.
8. Be happy- I may not be smily and giggly and thankful as I'd like to be all the time, but I do like to try. I trust that every year will continue to get better and better for me. I hope to just smile and laugh a little more every day,and let things go a little more each year. .i just want to be happy:)
I wish everyone all the best in the new year. I have a feeling that 2014 will be the year of many great things for a lot of people. Follow you dreams this year and do your absolute best to make them come true! All the best everyone!
