Bullying; we need to stop it.

Alright guys, an important topic came to mind a few minutes ago. It's a topic God has really laid on my heart right now.
Bullying
Bullying is probably one of the worst things going on right now. I mean, bullying is what causes most school shootings! The columbine shooting was on of the worst school shootings in America! And it was caused by bullying! Can you imagine how many lies could've been saved if people never bullied those two guys?
I've experienced bullying first hand, as have millions of others. It's a horrible thing. Let me tell you my story before I get any further into the topic here.
I was bullied at every school I went to except for preschool (as far as I remember) in elementary school (the first one I went to) I was bullied by the same two girls constantly. The reason? Because I have CURLY HAIR!! And did I mention that this was at a Christian school?
Then we moved and my brother and I started going to a new school. It was a public school and the bullying was much much worse. It was so bad that not only did I come home crying everyday, but we ended up going back to the Christian school five weeks later.
At the end of the year, we moved again (we've moved like, 7 times) and we went to a new public schooled. I was afraid because of how bad the bullying had been the last time I was at a public school. But I made amazing friends and I thought the bullying was over. But my dad had been deployed to Iraq and my friends were always there for me. But on valentines day 3rd grade, one kid who sat near me was really taunting me. He kept saying "your dads gonna die. He's not coming home" I actually started crying before one of my friends came over and yelled at him. They went "Shut up! Don't make her feel so bad." it was horrible! but luckily, my friends helped me through it and the kid didnt bother me again.
In 5th grade, i developed a small crush on a guy who was really nice and i liked him. I told my best friend and my 3 most trusted friends. My best friend (at the time) went up to him and asked me if he liked me. but he didnt hear. but, another girl did. and she told two boys who didnt like me for some reason. and they told the entire grade!  everyone was talking about it. i was so embarrassed! my 3 most trusted friends, all helped me out. when i told them that the 'rumor' was spreading they first helped me by making me smile. the went "alright, first put up your hood and take off your glasses" so i did that. my friend made me laugh me grabbing me by the shoulders and yell "WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY BEST FRIEND?!?!?!?!?!" one of my friends, went over to the boy i liked and said it was just a nasty rumor. which, technically it was. after a few weeks, the rumors died down. only to be picked up near the end of the year! a new girl  found out that i used to like this boy and she started up the rumors again. but this time she told the kid that sat next to me at our table in class. and my crush sat right across from me. and (very loudly) he went "You like (so and so)?!?!" and my crush looked at me like, "WHAT?!??!?!" and goes "(so and so) said that was just a nasty rumor!" and i just went "it was!" and not knowing what else to do, i did the first thing that popped into mind......i went to the clinic faking an upset stomach. (i got in trouble when i got home.)
that same year, my friend who had been my best friend during 4th grade, all of a sudden became a jerk! and she kept ignoring me! so  i asked one of our mutual friends if i did something that upset her, cuz i really had no clue! the next day at recess, she stomps over to me and just yells "I want you to stop bugging my friends about me! Oh, poor me, my former friend does like me anymore! what did i do?! JUST STOP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" and i screamed back "Maybe i would stop bothering OUR friends if i knew what the heck i did!!!!" that day after school i went home sobbing.
Then i got to middle school and you all know what that means: DRAMA! one guy who i barely knew, was spreading a rumor and kept calling me a b**ch. in gym class, i told my friend i never had a boyfriend so he just said, "So you're gay?" i almost punched him. i WOULD HAVE if our teacher hadnt been standing right there! that was just the emotional bullying tho. in 6th grade, we were at the library and some jerk behind went "I WANT MY BEAN BAG CHAIR!", and SHOVED me out of the way just to get to a stupid bean bag chair. but that wasnt really an issue, considering a told my brother who found the kid and basically threatened to break his arm if he hit/hurt me again. but, thats older brothers for ya. gotta love them :) my brother is very protective of me :)
and high school, talk talk talk, rumors rumors rumors, you can probably understand that.

my point is, i was bullied a lot. and people have gone through WAY more bullying then i have.  Some are labled as gay by everyone just because of their voices (celeb examples, Justin Bieber, Jesse McCartney, Nick Jonas, need i go on?) some kids dont really even talk to people. yesterday, on the news there was a story about two girls who committed suicide at a sleepover because they were bullied. one of the girls were actually expelled from school because she stood up for her friend who was being bullied! can you believe that?! there are so many stories about teens who cut, or even end their own lives because they're bullied so much. its a horrible thing. my own cousin bullied me because i want to become a singer. and one day while i was outside with her and it was really hot i went "im so hot!" and she went "no your not." basically saying, your ugly. imagine how i felt. and that was my own cousin! so imagine if someone who you dont even know said that to you! rumors spread about kids being fat, gay, stupid or retarded, etc. sometimes its true, but thats no reason to make fun of them! we arent alone tho. everyone one has been bullied at one point or another. listen to this list of celebraties! Rebecca Black, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Ellen, Jaden and Willow Smith, Anna Kendrick, and theres more. thats just the people i reconized. heres a video of some celebs standing up against it
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/videos/?autoplay=true&mediaKey=8fd25263-1a93-44e8-9994-82896c382606

Look at Demi Lovato! She went into rehab because of something bullies caused. they called her fat, which caused her to become anorexic and bulimic. she also cut. and she ended up in rehab. look, the point is, bullying needs to stop. we all need to help stop it. here is the link to a website that is trying to help stop bullying. i really encourage you to look at it.

http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/#/home

im also gonna leave links to videos on bullying that my school did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7SyJyBF39E&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZLI27kYZVc&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZEBnspND4&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAPDVfwT5o&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgo-feQPvDg&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erBnLk0wAxo&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgFAUgZDM3E&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpWxRw9tfDc&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX7YxbBtvrQ&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77p4mpnIsoU&feature=relmfu

(Yeah, theres a lot. but they're worth watching. trust me.)

Happy Easter!! :)

Happy Easter everyone!!! :) this is gonna be pretty short. Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter and remind you all the reason for Easter; The resurrection of Jesus Christ. Had he not died on that cross for our sins, we wouldnt have the chance to go to heaven and be with him. Thank you Jesus!

my ipod has seen its final days..........

Sooooooooooooooooo, last night my cousin was over and we were watching stuff on youtube on my ipod. It was working perfectly fine! then she left and i turned it back on and it was working kinda slow. I tried to get onto one of my celebraty apps and all of a sudden the screen went white and i couldn't do anything! well, i mean, i could still play around with it and heard music but i just couldnt see anything! so i go downstairs and tell my dad and he plays around with it to try and fix it. and it still didnt work! suddenly i couldnt hear music, couldnt log into itunes with it plugged in cuz i was stupid and added a passcode, and  i couldnt even get the ipoid to turn off! like, go to the black screen. so dad gets on his laptop and looks up how to restore an ipod and that didnt work. Then i remembered how i had been able to push down on the glass in the bottem right hand corner so dad said something was loose. so he takes the glass off and he looks at everything and he realizes its broken and we cant fix it. the screen it like, broken! it can turn on now, but the touch screen just wont work. i cant unlock it or anything!! so we gave up on it and i went back upstairs. my birthday is in two weeks (as of yesterday) so dad asked me if i wanted a new ipod in stead of a guitar, but i said no because i really really want a guitar! hahahah. so he let me use his ipod (even tho i kept saying no) and i went upstairs, got on facebook and my status was :

Crap!!! Now my laptop AND my IPOD are both BROKEN!!!!!!!! I'm actually crying! :'( wow I'm pathetic. Crying over my laptop and iPod cuz my books are on there!!! So now dads letting me use his ipod 

and then like, five minutes later my brother comes in, takes dad's ipod and gives me his! he just says "Dad needs this for the VA (veterans association) use mine. i havent used it in a month!" so he goes downstairs, gives dad his ipod and now i have my brother's. my friend's dad might be able to transfer the memory from my old ipod to my brother's so i dont have to rebuy everything! haha. and about my status, i was only crying for like, five minutes. hahaha. and it was only because i write books and some parts of my books were on there!!! plus pics and music. well, hopefully my friend's dad can transfer the memory!!! fingers crossed!

Justin Bieber: Secular songs means not a Christian?!? Whatttt??!?!?!!?

I asked my friend to blog about this, which she did but cause I finally have my own blog, I'm gonna write about it. I'll leave a link to her site later cause I'm on my iPod and can't yet. Lol.

Alright, most of my friends are Bieber haters. Whenever I talk about him, they say "oh my gosh, he's so gay! Why do you like him???" my answer is always the same. "I like him because he has good music, he gives tons to charity and He's a Christian! Why do you hate him?" and they go back to the whole "he's gay" thing. So I was talking to some of my Christian friends who do like Justin. Some asked me the biggest thing I liked about him and my favorite song of his. I said "I love that he's a Born Again Christian and my favorite song is pray and born to be somebody." someone replied to me (this was on a website) and said "if he's a Christian then why is he singing secular songs?" and another said "I agree with (so and so) why is he singing secular music if he's a Christian? If he really is a Christian he should sing music that glorifies the Lord!" another said "I agree with both of them! He should sing Christian music if he is a Christian! I'm not saying he isn't a Christian just cuz he sings secular music." and so many people were saying the same thing!!!

Look, just because he sings secular music doesn't mean a thing!! In an interview, his mom said, she prayed for a long time about Justin becoming a singer after talking to Scooter. She said after praying for weeks and speaking with people from her church, she prayed again. She says, quote "God, surly this can't be your plan for him.' and she said he helped her realize that they were put on this earth for a reason and the. She understood. She asked if they needed to go into the Christian music industry and God helped her understand that this was meant to be and evangelistic thing. If he was went into the Christian music industry, he wouldn't be a light in the world like God wanted. So by going into the pop music industry, he can share his testimony and share his love for the Lord. He's human so he's obviously not perfect. But no one is! He's at least trying. He talks about his faith so much in his book, if you saw his movie, you'll see him pray a lot with his family and friends.

My point here is, just because he sings pop music, doesn't mean he can't be a Christian. He has a reason for singing the music he sings. He really loves the Lord. You can tell! We all need to stop judging people. Especially people we haven't met! It's not our place to judge, it's God's. So lets stop judging Justin and others, and leave the judging up to God.

(i'm on the laptop now so here's the link to my friend's blog.) http://tangledinlife.blogspot.com/

Spring Break!! :D

Okay, I realize tons of people are already on spring break, but my school doesnt start spring break until Friday. I'm So excited!!! How's has your guy's spring break gone?(if you have already had it) for those of you who haven't had it yet, what are you planning to do for break? I'm hopefully hanging out with my cousin, watching Harry Potter 7 with my friends and seeing Soul Surfer again :D hope you all have a great spring break! And happy early Easter! :)

Carrie underwood! :)

Carrie Underwood is so awesome! I saw her in Soul Surfer and for her first film, she did absolutely amazing! She is very talented. her song "mama's song" is sooooo sweet! i'm going to hopefully sing that to my mom (or have someone sing it) at my wedding whenever i get married a longggggggggggg time from now! hahaah.

her song "Temporary Home" has a hidden message that only a few people can catch. "This is my temporary home. it's not where i belong.//this is just a stop on the way to where im going. im not afraid because i know, this is my Temporary home." there is a message in there. Earth is not our home. Heaven is. Earth is merely a temporary place for us. weather we're going to heaven or Hell, earth isnt our true home. Heaven is my true home. i know that for a fact. this song is a way to remind myself of that. i shouldn't get too comfortable here, because i wont be here foever. God will take  me home. My true home, when he's ready for me.

I truly believe that Carrie Underwood is a born again Christian. the way she talks and some of the messages in her songs have so many Christian meaning. i love her songs and she's a huge role model of mine.

It's amazing how she grew up singing in churches then got on American Idol. Now look at where she is! She is an amazing inspiration!

you don't have to like her music. im just stating my opinion. :)

Jeremiah 29:11

"'For I know the plans i have for you' Declares the Lord. "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"

this verse has a lot of meaning. We don't know what God's plan for our life is. but, if we give our lives to God, he will lead us to what he wants us to do. I put my entire life into God's hand a few months ago. I became saved when i was four but i just now put God in charge of my whole life. im praying for what God wants me to do. its insane the ways he works. When i was little, i wanted to be so many things. A singer, and Actress, a teacher, and Artist, a nurse, a nurse in the airforce etc. Never in my life did i think the Lord would give me a huge passion for writing. And ever since i started praying about what God wanted for me, I've been singing every chance i got and i have a huge desire to learn to play the guitar, the drums and piano. Coincidence? maybe. but i doubt it. God has a plan for every single one of us. we have to trust him with our lives. Let him in! Give him TOTAL control over your life! believe me, he will work wonders in your life!!! i can't even tell you how many times God has answered my prayers or done something amazing for me. if you are doing something that you don't think the Lord wants you to do, get a new perspective! God will help you! We may want to do something, but God may have an entirely different plan for us! we don't know his plan, only he does. and we can only find out that plan by letting him in. just a little something to think about

Paparazzi is another word for stalker!!

Am I the only who feels this way?!? Paparazzi's are stalkers with camera's and badges!!!! I mean, it's illegal to follow someone all the time but it's okay if you have a badge and camera?! That messed up! What's wrong with people! Celebs are just like us! Just very well known. That's the only difference! They have lives too but it's hard for them to live their lives because of paps! Here are some examples:

Miley Cyrus---recently was out with her mom and a pap tried to get her picture and rushed past her mom and almost hit her! Miley FREAKED OUT! I don't like Miley personally but she had the right to be angry! Another case for Miley, she was with her little Sis for lunch and a paparazzi was recording them! Finally Miley went over and threatened to call the cops on her if she didn't knock it off and let them eat in peace. Miley's called the cops on paps before, tons of times! Paps follow her while she's driving! Can you say "instant car accident!" they cut people off just to follow her!Once she actually pulled over just to apologize to a guy that the paparazzi's cut off, then she went over to the paparazzi's car and said "Alright you got your pictures of me, now leave me alone." and they kept trying to interrupt her! Finally she just went "no, you guys keep following me, your driving dangerously, you cut a guy off and now he's calling the cops on you. your always following me so no more! you got your pictures, the guy's is calling the cops on you so leave me alone. " and she walked away!(this is a youtube video! look it up!)  And with her parents almost divorcing, the paps were following her every chance she was outside!

Justin Bieber-on his 17th bday, paps surrounded his car snapping pics and he couldn't even move his car! so he kept beeping the horn and they wouldn't move! well, some did but only like, 3 out of 30. Really?!?! so he started driving very slowly and almost ran over a paparazzi's foot. (i talked to my dad about that and the paparazzi was at fault.) and just today, he's  is in Israel right now with his family. He wanted to meet the prime minister while he was in Israel.the prime minister agreed but then canceled cuz Bieber wouldn't visit children affected by disaster. He wanted too but the paps were literally keeping him trapped at his hotel! All he wanted was to have a great experience in the Holy Land! But now he can't enjoy his week in Israel with his family because of the paparazzi! look at these tweets from today!

(this was from yesterday) justinbieber: im in the holy land and i am grateful for that. I just want to have the same personal experience that others have here. 


(then it all went down hill from there.)

 justinbieber:You would think paparazzi would have some respect in holy places. All I wanted was the chance to walk where Jesus did here in isreal.

justinbieber:They should be ashamed of themselves. Take pictures of me eating but not in a place of prayer, ridiculous      
(this one amazes me ^ seriously, have some respect paparazzi!!!)

justinbieber:Staying in the hotel for the rest of the week u happy?


justinbieber:It's not the fans, and some of the paps were nice enough to leave. But some people just don't have respect


justinbieber:i want to see this country and all the places ive dreamed of and whether its the paps or being pulled into politics its been frustrating


there are MUCH MORE examples but these are the most recent that i can find. what do you think about paparazzi's? am i alone here?? i hope not.   

Bethany Hamilton!

Alright, this is my first blog and right now i've been thinking a lot about Bethany Hamilton's amazing story! She is incredible for getting back on her board 3 weeks after having her arm taken by a 14ft long tiger shark. Her faith played a huge part and still does. She always puts God first and i admire that! she is my # one inspiration, and my role model. personally, im terrified of sharks, and if i was surfing one day and got attacked by one, i know, i wouldnt get back in the water to surf for AT LEAST two years. i would just swim at pools and i would probably never set foot in the ocean for a VERY long time. So how she was able to get back on her board 3 weeks after the attack, its just amazing. And the fact that she won the NSSA championships a year later is even more incredible! Bethany Hamilton is such an inspiration to so many people. She's an inspiration to me and so many of my friends and i would very much like to meet her one day!