Yesterday was amazing. It truly meant a lot to me to be able to go downtown and share part of the day with people who either have had somebody who has had a transplant, or is waiting, or even people who have had one themselves. It was so cool. Nicks mom spoke, I cried. I was so thankful for her son, he has shown many others how to be not selfish and give their organs at the time of death. I also got new awareness bracelets. I was happy. I went to subway with Patience and Chrissy and Mrs. B when we got back to good old Carmel. Then I went back to my house so I didn’t have to go to school dressed as a pirate. We went to the Boesen to take a like 20 minute nap, and then we went to Nana’s to drop off some balloons that I need for the carnival that night. We talked to my mom for a while and then headed to school for my 4th period math test, but of course we stopped for a little treat at DQ. I went to Math, took my test, slept, and then went home. I was home for 15 minutes, and then I picked up Lauren and Megan and we headed to Prairie Trace for their carnival because I was doing a booth on organ awareness. So we set-up. It was so amazing to see so many adults be interested in Organ Donation. I talked to a lot of people. One couple was just amazing. I was so glad I talked to them. I am so glad to be alive. I am so glad for my donor. Why would anyone want to harm or end their life? God has blessed each of us with the most beautiful thing in the world, life. I love when I feel this way. I feel like I have so much to be happy for, and I do. Mostly, Being alive today. I got a new shirt today. On the back one states, “We the united sheep of America. We will do anything to feel accepted. We follow the crowd, even when the crowd is going nowhere. We embrace its values as our own, even when it has none. We intoxicate ourselves to the point of mindlessness, and give our bodies over to someone else’s pleasure. We spend our lives trying to pursue that which some call success. Or we try to follow endless religious traditions that lead us nowhere. We are continually filling ourselves yet we still feel empty because we forgot: long ago a man died on a wooden cross, nails through his hands and feet, blood dripping onto the ground in order to release us from the sheep mentality. Love held him on that cross and cries out to us now. The choice is ours: we accept truth or deny Christ. His truth changes conformity to courage- feat to hope- apathy to love- death to life. Now is the time surrender your life to the one truth. “I have come to give life, and give it more abundantly” (John 10:10) Its pretty amazing. I feel like I am on my retreat high, even though I know that was worn out a long time ago. But I’m gonna go, Muah! Kate Oh, no good night kiss last night, thank goodness. I had this awesome picture that i wanted to post, but laura never called me ba ck to tell me how to do it.