never knew i could feel like this
haha, shauna: that was just for you! =] mmk, so awareness day was today, and it was kick ass! it was mostly about predjudicism and we did a lot of "activities" and talked in groups and stuff. i was in a group with chantz, which was awekward, but whatever. amanda and shauna are pretty much amazing people, and i'm really glad we all did this together! shauna and i usually don't have a lot of opportunities to talk, so i was glad we got to hang out and i had a lot of fun with her! oh yeah, and amanda gives good hugs and i love her <3 haha, there was this one "activity" where everyone had to have a disability and amanda was blind, shauna had no legs, and i had no arm! this was during lunch, so imagine us all trying to eat pizza through all of that! it was hilarious! but it did make me realize how fortunate i really am.
the entire day made me feel fortunate. especially when we did the forward backwards walk. you might've heard about it, but the forward backwards walk is where they ask different questions and you to step forwards or backwards depending upon how the question applies to you. (ex: take one step forwards if your parents have ever told you that they loved you. take one step back if you've ever been sexually abused.) we did two different types of these, and both of them were really eye opening for me. i have a great life, and wonderful opportunities, and that walk made me very thankful for each and everyone one of them.
throughout the day i was really baffled by the fact that i heard of so many people crying at awareness days, when it wasn't sad at all! nobody was crying today, and i felt like we must've been a very hard-hearted bunch of kids because of it! lol, it was weirrdd.... but then it came to the final "activity" which was by far my favorite! everyone stood in a line, and for about 15 seconds you had to hold hands and look at the person across from you directly in the eyes, and then move on to the next person. it was reallllyy awekward for the first like 5 people, but then i started realizing (and becoming "aware" if you will) of so many things. i'm not going to explain it mostly because i can't. it was actually quite overwhelming for me. so of course... i cried. lol. then *someone special* held my hand and i just felt something and saw something in his eyes that made me feel so... calm. happy. special. sympethetic. englightened. overwhelmed. sad. understood. accepted. and more. and i loved it.
i loved the entire thing! the whole day was great! shauna is awesome. amanda is awesome. liz and sam are really cute and make me feel special. and matt is a cool kid. friends = love. =]
the entire day made me feel fortunate. especially when we did the forward backwards walk. you might've heard about it, but the forward backwards walk is where they ask different questions and you to step forwards or backwards depending upon how the question applies to you. (ex: take one step forwards if your parents have ever told you that they loved you. take one step back if you've ever been sexually abused.) we did two different types of these, and both of them were really eye opening for me. i have a great life, and wonderful opportunities, and that walk made me very thankful for each and everyone one of them.
throughout the day i was really baffled by the fact that i heard of so many people crying at awareness days, when it wasn't sad at all! nobody was crying today, and i felt like we must've been a very hard-hearted bunch of kids because of it! lol, it was weirrdd.... but then it came to the final "activity" which was by far my favorite! everyone stood in a line, and for about 15 seconds you had to hold hands and look at the person across from you directly in the eyes, and then move on to the next person. it was reallllyy awekward for the first like 5 people, but then i started realizing (and becoming "aware" if you will) of so many things. i'm not going to explain it mostly because i can't. it was actually quite overwhelming for me. so of course... i cried. lol. then *someone special* held my hand and i just felt something and saw something in his eyes that made me feel so... calm. happy. special. sympethetic. englightened. overwhelmed. sad. understood. accepted. and more. and i loved it.
i loved the entire thing! the whole day was great! shauna is awesome. amanda is awesome. liz and sam are really cute and make me feel special. and matt is a cool kid. friends = love. =]