"How to Save a Life" The Fray

Alright, so the first time I heard this song, I was at work. I liked the song enough to go home and download it. It was then that I actually listened to the words and started to think of what the song means. The whole song is about how someone is breaking up with a friend, or a boyfriend. In the song it's starts out with the girl telling the boy that they need to talk. There's a phrase in the first verse that says, "Some sort of window to your right, as he goes left and you stay right." The girl realizes there is another way she needs to be living or acting towards this boyfriend of hers. The boy doesn't think there is anything to be changed though. In the chorus it says, "where did I go wrong, I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness" The girl may have known she needed to change things with her boyfriend, but is sad that she had to lose a friend because of it. She realizes that the reason things didn't work out was bitterness. After the girl tells him how she feels it says, "drive until you lose the road or break with the ones you've followed" She is saying she needs to drive until she gets her mind off the situation. She needs to drive until her anger is gone and until she realizes she can't stay on that road. She has to stop following old habits of being with her boyfriend and she must choose a new road to start a new life on.

my family

This weekend I got the best of both worlds. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I got to spend time with the family on my mom's side. Sunday I got to spend time with family on my dad's side. It was on our trek home from Heber in the slick freezing snow that I started to ask myself... what makes family reunions so fantastic! What is it that makes us not only stand, but enjoy waking up to a freezing inch of snow... and then play in it?! Well most of my cousins live in Idaho, so I rarely get to see them, so when they come up for the weekend we love every second of it!! Even when my uncle is freaking out at us for watching a movie in the cabin instead of enjoying the great outdoors, we don't mind!! We just love being together! (AND we are able to stand that uncle!)Even my cousins that live near me, it's nice to not have to compete with dance and other school activities, you are all there just to be together! Today with the family on my dad's side, I concluded the same thing. I rarely get to see those cousins, but for the day it felt as if we were all next door neighbors! It's amazing how much love you can feel for family you haven't seen for years, and even family you have just met. Everyone knows that we will have a limited time together so everyone is as nice as possible! This is what makes family reunions so great!!

Competition

With all the excitement of the pep ralley on friday, teachers in cheerleading outfits, mothers kissing their sons, who wouldn't be excited for the football game!! We were all so pumped to win! My questions for this blog started to form when I got home from school and my mom told me that unfortunatley there was a family get together that night in Salt Lake and my Dad really wanted all of us to go. Why did the game seem so important to me that I wanted to cry when I realized I had to go spend time with my family instead of watching a football game!? Why do games get so competitive that players and fans will beat up the mascot from the other team, beat up cars with the other teams name on it, burn our team symbol into the other teams field? Why do we paint our faces and dress up in ridiculous outfits supporting our school with its colors? I personally LOVE to go to games! They are always SO exciting, and even for spectators we can feel like we are part of the team during the game! That's when I realized the answer to all my questions. When we go to games, it gives us something to have faith in, we can forget about who we are as we dress up as a mascot for the team we love! We have so much pride in our school that sometimes we feel like we have to stand up for it! We are willing to fight (literally) for our team. The thing I learned on Friday, and that everyone has to realize for themselves is that we have to decide where to draw the line. When are we having fun supporting our team, and when are we trying to protect the pride of our school like we would protect our lives?

This is a test.

I'm crazy!