Dogs

Who has ever had a bad day at school or work, better yet, who hasn't had a bad day. When you get home who is there. Your parents, kids, or partner, but someone you don't really notice is your dog. They are one of the only things that love you so much without asking much in return. All they want from you is to be fed, and be loved a little bit everyday, they don't really need to be taken for walks but many people prefer they use the washroom outside. There is so little they get from us but they give us so much in return.





Think about how every day when you get home your dog is always there waiting for you to be there and when you walk in they are so happy to see you again, like it has been a year since they saw you last. It kind of just washes everything bad that happened that day away. When you see your dog it just makes you so happy that someone seems to love you so much. Imagine if everyone in the world had a dog. Everyone would be so much happier and in such a better mood. If everyone were in a better mood hen the world would be such a better place, just because a little animal showed you that they love you.





Life Lesson: Ask for less, give more.

Canada

Some people take for granted the fact that they have a roof over their head, clean water to drink, food to fill their stomachs, and a bed to lay down in. Not everybody has this ability to be able to have a safe place to call home. I think of myself as one of the luckier ones who knows what its like to be able to walk into a house and call it home. Canada is a rich country, but not everyone has somewhere that they call home. I don't know what I would do if the place I call home was taken away from me. I love my home for many reasons, and it would be hard for me to have to move to another house, or not have one for that matter.



I find my home in Canada, and I am very happy to live in such an awesome country. There are so many different things to see and do in Canada. There is the former tallest building in the world, beautiful mountain ranges, waterfalls, and huge forests. Although there are all these great things, I think my favourite part of all of Canada is my home. I spend a lot of my time in my home. I think it is one of the few things I love so much. When I walk into my home its like I can just let everything that's going on in the outside world go, and just have somewhere I can relax, and honestly be myself. In my home there is this feeling that floats around in the air that makes me feel as if I am surrounded by...I don't really know what you call it I just know that it makes you feel good. Homes are great things to be able to have. They let you just sit back, relax, and be able to take a step back from life for a while.

Life Lesson: There is such a thing as a home sweet home.

Books

Books are one of the most versatile things. There are just so many things that you can read about. There's Fantasy, Mystery, Adventure, Picture books, and romance. I think books are one of the greatest things ever invented. They can make you so involved that you actually feel like you are in the story with the characters. You can read abook any day, and at any time. It's not like playing Basket ball where you have to have space to play. All you need to read a book is a little bit of light(or awesome night vision). I used to hate reading books, and I thought they were the most stupid thing in the world. Now though, I only hate to write books, or stories.



I started to like reading books when my friend lent my mom her Twilight series. My mom said that I should at least read Twilight, so I did and I couldn't put it down. I ended up fishing Twilight in three days. It was during March break that I was reading Twilight so when my family and I left for Florida I brought the other three books with me. The weather wasn't that great so I stayed inside and read the books for most of the time. I ended up finishing the four books in a week. I loved that series so much that I decided to read other books too to see if I would like them too. I now love reading books, and if I'm reading a good one it's hard for me to put it down.

Life Lesson: Read! It's not as stupid as you may think.

An Apple A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. I used to take this well known saying seriously, if I eat well and stay active then why would i get sick? But then again I don't think most grade twos are worried about their health. I was just the average grade two student in 2004. I would play with the other kids, eat with the other kids, and everything was just great. All that was about to change though. March would be my last full month of being a kid and not having any worries. In mid-April I was going to get a disease that would change my life forever.



I remember March- break of that year clearly. It was the first time I was ever on a cruise, and it was awesome. Well, if you ignore the fact that I was constantly drinking and constantly needing to use the bathroom. No matter how much I drank I was always thirsty, and no matter what, I couldn't control when I went to the bathroom. My Mom, with her mother instincts, knew something wasn't right. When we got back from our cruise, she took me to the blood clinic to get a blood sample. The results were to come back several days later while my mom and I were at Wal-Mart buying Lizzie McGuire flip-flops. I had a feeling in my gut that the phone call wasn't going to be good. They called my mom's cell and said that I needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible because I had diabetes.



It's six years later and that one phone call has left me with diabetes and it hasn't changed. It never will change though. I thought that I would just get better or grow out of this disease, but the doctors said no. It will always be a part of me because my body thought there was something wrong with my pancreas (an organ in your body that helps with the absorption of energy from your food) so it killed it. Because of my body's stupidity, I will be constantly be stuck in the routine of testing my blood sugar levels about six times a day, and giving myself needles at least five times a day, sometimes more, or using the insulin pump 24/7. My mom always says that things happen for a reason, and you can't change them. I think this is a good thing to go by, so I try to just take things as they come, and be happy with what I have been given because it could always be a lot worse.

Life Lesson: Things always happen for a reason.