Revision

My favorite writing was on "Physical and Personality Traits", because it was challenging to write and really fun as well! I really enjoyed how I had to put all these into one fictional person and loved the funny outcome of the story in the end.

My least favorite would be "This I believe" because it was hard for me to open up myself to others and share my past life and my beliefs, but it also helped me to over come that fear, so I am glad that I did it.

The three observations that I see are my page breaks, learning to not use the same words, and learning to use different words more freely.

The most profound I would say is learning to use more page breaks in a story, "more paragraphs". I see this is very obvious in my blog, and very important because it lets the reader know when one subject ends and a new one begins in a essay.

I would probably change my grammar and editing, I feel I still need to learn this.

What I liked best about this course is how it taught me not to be afraid to write even if I am not a good writer. It also helped me to write my thoughts when it is hard to talk about them, it was easier to write about them.

What I liked least I would say is probably not having a lot of group help with-in my group. I liked all the people in my group they were really nice, but I just feel that some of them were hardly here.

If I could have a do-over I would have wrote more on my blog.

What I learned about myself as a thinker and a writer is that even if my grammar is not right and I do not know how to start a introduction to a story or a ending, I should still write and not be afraid to. I also learned how to let myself be more open and share my opinions and thoughts. I really enjoyed it.

I feel like you did great Mrs, A. I really think the only thing you could have done for me to improve this course would probably have been to even out the groups when we had group projects to do. I know sometimes there were only me and Charles in my group or just me and two others.

For my participation score of this course I would say," I have not been in school in twenty years this is my first semester so it is hard for me to evaluate myself." I was here every class and did participate and engage. I really enjoyed this class and I am going to miss everyone, hmmm? I don't know I would say probably an A for all that but I am not the expert or Instructor.

Fiery Red Is The Color I Would Be

Fiery Red is the color I would be. The reason I would be this color is because I am a passionate, outspoken person! I have my own views and I don’t care what others would think or say! I can be strong and bright, but also sad and angry. I am very human and speak my own mind. I am very passionate in what I believe in even if others don’t believe the same. I am also caring but I have all the emotions so I just believe this color would be me. Bold, striking, loving, dangerous, and fun all wrapped in one color! The bold side of me would mean that I am brave and say what I feel I do not hide who I am! Also I would be the one if someone was to dare to do something that would be me. The loving side means just what it says, I am a very compassionate loving person and care for others feelings. The striking side means that I have my own style I do not follow trends. The dangerous side I would say is not dangerous really just brave and not afraid of much, so yes I would sky dive or climb the highest mountain if I could! The fun side means just what it says I am very fun no Debbie downer here.

Slogan

You only live once so do what makes you happy, that is my slogan. I really believe that you should do what makes you happy and not worry about others. I know easier said then done, but ever since I had a wake up call in 2006 when I was diagnosed with cancer it really made me think about my whole life in a different way. We only get one life it is not like we have another. So we should not take it for granted. I feel as though I did before the Cancer, I always did what others wanted just to please others. Now I do what I want to do. It really makes you a better person in the end anyhow, you are much happier if you are doing what makes you happy. My goals are much wider then I have ever imagined they would be and I am a much happier person today then I was when I was always doing things for others to please them. I try to smile every day. I am much wiser now that I am older as well and know what I want to do and what would make me a happier person. So I say “ you only live once do what makes you happy” if that means to run a marathon do it, or to travel abroad find a way to make it happen even if it takes you until you are sixty still do it! Every one person has a passion for something that they love even if they are bad at it, I say never give up try try and try again and do it if that is what makes you happy. Find the time. I am finally doing what I always wanted to do yes I am 41 but I don’t care I am still breathing, kicking, and able so I am doing what makes me happy. To me this is the most important thing you can do for yourself and others. It will not only make you a much happier person but you will also be a much happier person to be around!

What if I woke up in another Country

What if I woke up in another country and no one understood me, I think my first reaction would be that I would be scared. First I would try to give myself a few minutes to calm myself then I would try to use as many friendly facial expressions as I possibly could to express what I was saying to the foreign people. I would probably do a lot of praying to God to ask him to help keep me safe and to give me strength to get through it. I know IO would be freaking out on the inside scared out of my mind, but I do know myself as a person and I know I would try everything in my power to express my self as friendly as possible. If that did not work ands the people were violent I would do my best to escape somehow and still pray to God that he would get me out of it. If I woke up and there were no people around and I was in a forest or something of that nature I would probably hide out there until I could find a phone somehow and call my family, husband so that they might get our Country to help get me home. If I got put into like a prison or something I would probably be crying but I would still not let go of my faith in God to get me back home, I would pray daily and still express my friendliest expressions to people. How I would express myself would be through facial expressions and hand gestures. I would surly hope that would work. I know if I did wake up in a different country that would be a very traumatic experience for me because I have never even been out of the country, the thought is scary for sure! All I know is that I would be as friendly as I possibly could if I cane across people and would hope that the people were friendly and helpful to feed me take care of me until they could help me get a hold of my family to get me back home. Also it would be great if I came across another American if I woke up in another country then I know I would have a better chance to at least make it out. If the people were friendly I would learn their cultures and explore their country.

If there was never any illnesses

If there was never any illnesses again how great would that be? I think it would be fantastic because it would mean that people could do more with their lives and also spend their lives with their loved ones happily. Also it would save the world so much money and time. Although there would be a bad side to this I think because as humans we are born to have feelings. So that would mean we would never have pain or feel pain and only pleasant things. I suppose there are reasons then that we do not understand to why we have illnesses, it is like that saying that there is a reason for everything. I just know personally for me that not ever having any illnesses again would be great, It would mean so much to me. I could do the things I have always wanted to do without it affecting my body. I could spend more time with my family and friends because I would not have illnesses to keep me from that. I would enjoy my life more fully not worrying what tomorrow would bring. I could do so many things I have always wanted to do like a bike marathon! Sadly this is all fantasy and not reality. My kids I know would love it to have their mother not ever become sick again and not having to worry for me. Also I would never have to worry about my loved ones becoming ill. The country and community would be a much better place because we would have more money and more people out in the community contributing. We would have no more wars over sickness like we do now. This is something I would love but it is also something that would cause worry as well because if there were no more illnesses then that would mean we would no longer need no more doctors to care for us, so the people who are doctors now would have to find different professions. Also I think that we would still find wars to fight.

What If

What if, we could be young forever, how great would that be. To just pick an age you would love to be and stay that way for as long as you liked! If we could do that then I would pick age 25 the perfect age for me to be. I had more energy then, I had no illnesses and I felt oh top of the world! I know I could do a lot more things I have always wanted to do that my body just will not let me do. I would hike to the tallest mountain, and travel the world on foot. I would join a bike marathon and just do everything I could possibly do that I no longer can not do. I would be much wiser to knowing the things I know now and would go to school longer for the dream occupation I have always wanted. I would be able to spend a lot more time as well with my children and family! I would feel absolutely great as well. I would probably love to go explore other countries.

Ice Storm Of 2007

It was 2007 and me and my family lived in Republic, Mo. We heard about a ice storm headed our way and was preparing the best we could for it. Little as we knew it was far worse then we believed It would be. Late that night around 9n pm when it started it started out as ice droplets falling from the sky we could hear it outside hitting the roof, the car, and the wind beating u[p against the house. Around 10pm we lost power. We all got candles and flashlights out and tried to make the best of the night. I told the kids stories while we sat there waiting for the power to be back on but an hour had passed and still no power. So I finally tucked all the kids in their beds and me and my husband went it be that night, but we could not sleep. All night there were sounds coming from outside, crackling noises, popping sounds from the elected boxes and eerie sounds all not it was dark no street lights and just wind and crackling from trees breaking outside. It was a long cold and scary night. That morning we woke up to see the damage and it was terrifying I had never seen anything so devastating in my life. I had always seen things on the news but in real life when it happens to you it is a very different experience all together. That morning since the only thing that was working was our cell phone's I got on the phone and called the electric company, the school, and found out school was cancelled and that our power would be out fro a week. Apparently the whole south of Missouri got hit bad from this storm and even the power companies had to get help from other cities and states.

crackling noises, popping sounds. The noise of the storm outside was horrible to listen to, I can still remember what the eerie sounds of that night were like. The trees breaking in half crackling, snapping, the electric boxes outside popping and the only light was sparks from the electric boxes cracking and popping. The sounds of that will be forever embedded in my mind. Now I try and prepare for storm more better and I am more aware of things. That morning I decided to call around to see if I could find somewhere we could all stay with warmth and electricity. My other family members live in Oklahoma so we could not go there since the highway was iced over. Finally I found a hotel in Springfield the only one that was opened to stay, got there in time to pay for it, I was so relieved. I will never forget that winter of 2007 it was truly a life experience I will never forget. And the sounds of that ice storm was very scary to hear. Well the crackling, popping, and snapping I would remember if I heard it again and know what was happening but at that time I did not know I just thought it was ice falling from the skies making that sound, not until I looked. My children went through the whole ordeal well. I think better then me.It brought us some family quality time together but I would have rather had that time on something good still it is something we will All remember.There have been more ice storms since the one of 2007 but none like that one, the crackling, popping, and snapping and the devastation it did to homes, businesses and schools was horrible.

Blue

For as long as I can remember I have loved the blue ocean and all the creatures within but my most favorite mammal of all is the beautiful blue dolphins and the wide blue vast sea that they live in. There is so much beauty when your out on that beautiful blue water, you can lie back on your boat and look up at the beautiful blue sky or stand up and look over the many different shades of blue water as the waves slowly roll in around the boat. You can see the many beautiful blue fish in the sea the beautiful different shades of blue, there are the very deep dark blue that almost looks black, there are the transparent blue color that when you look at it, it shines and you can almost see through its light blue sheer, there is the aquamarine beautiful blue.

The Purpose Of The Text And The Purpose Of The Audience

The purpose of the text is from my point of view the story of Eric Greiten’s life and how he wanted to help people, make a difference in the world, to make a the world a better place. The purpose of the audience is to give them a look into Eric Grieten’s life and what he went through to get to the place he is at. It is to give the audience something they can believe in, look up to, a fellow American, an American soilder, a hero. Eric wanted to help humanity, to make a difference, to make a change for the common good. As it turns out it also helped Eric in a lot of ways, it taught him about human compassion, about human suffering, and it also taught him about appreciation for life. I know that it shows the audience this as well. It also shows the audience that Eric is just a person like us that had a dream, interest in the common good, in making a change for the world, for a better world, a world that we could all share in and have peace and a good decent life. The whole purpose of the text is to let us in on making a better place for our world, showing compassion, showing a purpose for what we all believe in, showing human decency. It also tells us not to give up on our dreams!

Conflict

                                                   


I have a conflict right now with my own body. I have lots of health problems and have had some health issues for awhile now but at the moment I have a major conflict with my hypothyroidism. You see my doctor keeps check on my levels every six months because I have no thyroid no more due to hypothyroidism and a goiter with cancer found in it in 2006. Ever since then I have had to be on thyroid medicine and will have to the rest of my life. For the past 6 months my thyroid levels have been really low and not functioning. I really never gave it much thought before I had problems with my thyroid. When I found out that my thyroid was full of cancer and had to be removed, I started to do research for myself to learn more about the thyroid and what its purpose was for the body. To my amazement I found out that the thyroid actually is very important to our bodies. It basically runs everything in our bodies. It helps our heart, metabolism, our skin, hair, lungs, digestive system, etc..all kinds of things. Researching this helped me to understand what my body had been going through when it was not working properly anymore. Well fast forward to August of 2014 when I had my thyroid checked because I had been feeling extremely tired and irritable. I found out that my levels were really low and also had another Cancer scare which can put you on edge. Well this is my conflict.



My point of view about my conflict is that I feel extremely tired, the tired you feel when you try so hard to keep your eyes open but they shut. My body feels extremely hot for awhile and then extremely cold, my lungs feel like I ran the marathon and I am out of breath easily. My hair falls out at times in clumps, thankfully I have thick hair. I have vision problems at times. I get heart palpation's often. I feel depressed at times from all this and just want to sleep. I have insomnia at times. I have stomach issues at time.




My Mother looking at my conflict would say to have faith and never give up. She would encourage me to keep my mind strong and focused on all the good things in my life, like my children and how many people love me. She would tell me to pray for healing and for me to believe that I am healed. She would encourage me to seek help from my doctor and to not be discouraged. She would make me feel better because she would lift me up emotionally. She would say and has said that I was put here for a reason and that we all are put here for a purpose. She would tell me that it will get better.

Ted Talk

This was very interesting to me personally to know about stress and how your way of dealing with it can actually benefit your health. I have lots of stress in my life at times and when I do I usually do not cope well with it. I loved hearing how thinking in a postive way when you are stressed can help you. I liked how she said when you start to have stress to tell yourself this is my body and start to talk to people who can support you when your stressed can actually help build a resistance and help make your heart stronger. I also loved learning that caring for others when they are stressed can actually help you build a resistance recptor to your heart. I never knew stress could be looked at in a positive way. I have always been told from my doctors that stress can cause lots of health problems.

There was a secret agent that had a very important mission he was on for the secret service and he was on the way to the pentagon when he was waiting on a bench at the bus stop eating a donut when all of a sudden a pigeon came along looking for something to eat the pigeon looked at the man then at the donut giving the man very significant impressions that it wanted the donut, but the secret agent man had been in the business long enough to stare down the best and he was not giving up his breakfast to this hungry pigeon. Well the pigeon seemed very persistent and knew the secret agent was not going to share his donut so the pigeon decided to take it away but the donut flew up in the air and into the special briefcase the agent was carrying with him. The pigeon was a smart one by the eye impressions it was making at the agent, it was looking at him as if to say; "I can't believe you would not share the donut", and all of a sudden went at the agent trying to peck at him for dropping the most prized possession "the donut" when all of the sudden the pigeon landed in the special briefcase. The pigeon stared at all the shiny big colored buttons thinking that it was food and started to peck at it to eat, when all of a sudden the pigeon realized it was not food but a weapon and he could see the outside from inside the magical briefcase. The agent had noticed the pigeon was locked inside his special briefcase and was trying to get it when all of a sudden it caught him by surprise that the pigeon inside was firing at him from the secret special briefcase.

Lesson's I Have Learned

Lessons I have learned in my life is that two wrongs never make a right, meaning; when someone treats you badly talks badly about you or curses at you, you should just walk away and let it roll of your back because most likely they have some major problems going on in their life and they are taking their misery out on you and everyone else. This lesson I have learned because when I was young I used to get offended and hurt by these types of people and I wanted to get even or get them back some way for hurting me, but I learned that is not right and it usually results in a worse outcome then just ignoring it and letting it go. I do believe that you should never put up with this type of mental abuse if the same person keeps doing this well then you should cut them out of your life because then that means that their is something this person has happen to them and their life or been taught this and think this is normal when it is not!

Another lesson I have learned in my life is that you should not depend on others for handouts because then you never really learn to take care of yourself and it is not good to be dependent on others always. We all need to be self efficient to learn how to care for ourselves is very healthy and good for us. I have learned this personally in my life with my husband. Me and my husband were together when I was really young and I did not finish school because I had kids to raise and so I could not get a good paying job so I was so dependent on him financially, and eventually when your like this you become dependent on someone emotionally, and mentally and you put all your trust in this person to take care of all those needs and not all people who 

Physical and Personality Traits

There’s an inactive, melancholy, pumped up, bareheaded guy with inked skin that looks pretty horrifying. He seems to be somewhat of a free spirit that’s very determined about something he’s working on. He’s occupied and very chatty, boisterous, and blunt! His face shows a furry, kinky haired lip rug. He seems classy the way he’s sitting there, kind of slender and competent too in a rugged looking kind of way. He’s talking to someone and I could tell he’s very head strong and apprehensive. I sat there observing the random fellow and by his bodily composure he looks drained and drowsy

Me and my Fam-Bam believe that the flakey, grotesque, thingamajig that lives in our basement can levitate it is so Cosmic. So I was discussing the whatchamacallit to a friend and her reaction was justified for this situation, she said, “excellent”! She began to act like a Queenie about it! After I told her about it she began throwing words out, saying, what, and really in a non believing way. Finally I told her to come check it out for herself. She was like, dang, this is beautiful, awesome, and extra ordinary! “You guys should go home,” she said. She told me this was a Biggie, and this was vital.  Me, My Friend, and the Fam-Bam all had a nice dinner together we were all talking about the thingamajig and how it made us feel. You see it was not scary at all, it looked scary but it did not act scary.  I started to talk to everyone, I said, You guys, this thing this whatchamacallit has protected us many times. Just the other day when I was in the basement to do some laundry I tripped and fell over something and almost landed on my head when all of a sudden the thingamajig caught me in mid air it was very warming the way it looked at me, and then it spoke and said, Tadaa . I felt that it loved us. I can tell that it is content being here with us, all of a sudden I was cut off from the conversation because someone in my Fam-Bam interrupted and stated, Mom.  Our Mom replied by looking very confused and said, what? It was my brother who interrupted me while I was talking and he started to give my Mom a tall tale of a story about the whatchamacallit and his implication was not good at all, but before I knew it our Mom had stopped him and agreed with everyone else that the thingamajig was actually a very good natured beast. We all then agreed to keep the whatchamacallit as a pet. Our Fam-Bam talk was a success.

Happiness

Happiness to me is learning to let go at times. What I mean by that is to not worry about what others think all the time. When you do this you feel a since of freedom and you start to feel really good about yourself. Another meaning of happiness to me is my children. When I look at them and see how great they have become since they are adults now I feel a great since of pride and happiness. I know I did a great job the best a mother could do. Happiness is a freeing feeling, it is all the colors of the rainbow, it is like having your first ice cream cone on a hot day. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers in the spring, it is like feeling the warm sun on your skin, like feeling the wind through your hair, and like smelling the crisp air after a good rain storm. This is what happiness feels like to me. It is a deep overwhelming feeling that makes your heart glow bright. That makes your day feel like the best day you've ever had. I have felt happiness in my life, the first time I seen my children, their first words they spoke, and throughout their growing up.

This I Believe

I was brought up in a very religious family. My father is a preacher. My Mother, Aunts, Uncle's, Cousin's and Grandparent's all believe and participate in our religion. The religion I was brought up in is called Pentecostal Evangel. I was going to church from the time I could walk until about age thirteen. My teenage years were tough growing up without a Father around that time. My parents got divorced when I was seven years old. I still continued to go to church until I reached thirteen. I remember my Grandparents coming to take me and my siblings every Sunday after my parents divorced. I have very fond memories of going to church when I was young. I would go to Sunday school and listen to a very colorful bible story, sing songs, color, and just have a lot of fun. When I was young I did not really understand our religion, to me it was just a fun thing for a kid to do and so as I grew up it became more of something people do out of habit, a repetitive thing and so at the age of thirteen I decided not to go anymore. I got married young and had children and had not gone to church in some time on and off from the age of thirteen and up. I still believed in God but just not the way the churches had taught me.

Now at the age of forty one I am much wiser and fully mature to understand it more then when I was young. I do believe in God because of a personal experience I have had, but not because of my upbringing.   I believe in God in a different way then my family believes because of research I have done on my own.  I started to research other religions such as, Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism. What I found interesting was that in some areas they were almost all the same in their beliefs and in other areas they were not. For instance all these religions including the one I believe in all believe in one God one higher being over all creation.  Another interesting fact is that the God we all believe in died on the same date, I personally found this quite interesting! Another fact is that all these religions believe that the world will come to an end. These are just some of the things I learned from researching. This gave me a new outlook on my beliefs.

My Favorite Artist Rose O'neill

This one is called "ImplacableWill"

This one is called "Progress"

 This is a picture of Rose O'neill at her home in front of her sculpture called " Embrace Of The Tree".

Here is a picture of Rose O'neill and a little more about her. I really admire her!

Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American illustrator, artist, and writer who created the popular comic characters, Kewpies. After the growing popularity of O'Neill's Kewpie cartoons upon their publication in 1909, the characters were made into bisque dolls in 1912 by a German toy company, and later incomposition material and celluloid. They were wildly popular in the early twentieth century, and are considered to be one of the first mass-marketed toys in America.^[1]

O'Neill also wrote several novels and books of poetry, and was active in the women's suffrage movement.^[2][3] She at one point became the highest-paid female illustrator in the world upon the success of the Kewpie dolls

Me and My Husband

Our Trip To North Carolina

My Beautiful Children

Me and My Beautiful Daughter Megan

We were both going to a concert, we had so much fun!!

Inspiring...

I decided to post this video called "My Dad Is A Liar" found it on facebook the other day and when I watched it I was so inspired by it. It really moved and touched me. I thought I would share this with everyone in case no one has seen this. It is a commercial, but what a GREAT ONE!! This I feel can inspire more people who are single parents trying to make it, also just so very inspiring. The way I interpreted this video was that, no matter how hard life can be or seem, you can always make someone else that you love or care about feel like your their hero just by your actions. The little girl knew how hard and how sad at times her Dad was, but to her he was her hero in every way, her superman as she put it :) what a beautiful story!!!

Heartfelt Commercial: My Dad's A Liar! (A Child's Future Is Worth Every ...