Fall Break

I did not know how boring the campus gets over fall break. The only people i knew on campus were the football team, so it reminded me of football camp because we were the only people on campus. The dorms were quiet no RAs on duty but they weren't needed because there was no one here. This also happened to be the coldest week i have had here at wartburg causing me to get sick because of practicing out in the cold. We always have to go hard in practice but this week was even harder because it was Luther week our rival game. I really wanted to go home and get a chance to enjoy my break but beating luther is was alot more important. Although the fall break was not very fun and not really a break everything was better after we came away with the win to beat Luther on Saturday.

Social change Wheel

When we went over the social change wheel in class i only raised my hand for direct service because i work with kids my senior year in high school. I went to their class every other day to work in the classroom the kids and i formed a close bond and once my time in their class was done i actually felt said because it felt as if those were my kids.Spcially responsible daily behavior because that is what you do in your daily life.  After reviewing the social change wheel i realized that i also participated in community building because i work in the clean up commity when the horrible tornado hit aplington parkersburg. Also in voting/ formal political activities only beccause i have voted in a few elections. I want to maybe somehow participate in direct action strategies because sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in.

Think

Some times you just have to take time to sit and think. College life goes so fast that you dont relize all the things that are happening. Yesterday as i sat to think i heard new after talking to my mom that one of her old friends had died and i was not aware until she told me. After hearing this i thought about my mom, i had to thank god for giving me such a strong wonderful mother. She has been through so much she has lost her mom,dad, brother,  two sisters, mother in law and father in law and now a close friend. Despite all these loses my mom still finds time to smile, she never complains even when i belive she has every right to. I am physically strong but i can not say i am mentally strong as my mother because she has lost so many people in life but she is always positive and always right there when i need her. Dealing with 4 kids and a husband i do not how she does it but i can truely say she is the strongest women i know