My We bought a zoo experience

Tonight my mother,my brother,my brothers friend, my brothers girlfriend, and I went to see the new movie "we bought a zoo". I was expecting to love it because I have such a love for animals and I was very excited. Little did I know it would change my thoughts completely and add a whole new perspective on my life. In the movie there is a son and his father. I realized that I am a lot like that boy, he draws his feelings. He has been through a lot in his life and he uses his passion for art as a light to his life and a way to get those horrible feelings and memories out. His dad doesn't understand him at all and is a lot like my dad. They don't get along because they are so alike. I have a terrible relationship with my father but while I watched this movie I realized how much I care about him even if we live very separate lives. No one in my family gets a long with my dad and he is very hard to live with and be around. This is why I can understand or at least try to comprehend why my parents are going to live separate lives. One of the things I realized is a lot of people go in and out of your life. You have to cherish the moments you have with the people you care about the most because the next time you blink they may not be there. The reason why things don't go as you had planned is because your not the one planning your life, God is. He has better plans for you than you made for yourself that is why they change. Im thankful that we have a heavenly Father who will love us more than anyone else will.
I encourage anyone who reads this to watch we bought a zoo, its a very inspiring movie.

Lake Tahoe, California

I love this picture. I traveled here two years ago and it really made me realized that life should be cherished not taken for granted. You only live once.

My take on LIFE

Ive been on this crazy earth for about seventeen years. Seventeen years is how long it took me to actually take this thing called life seriously. Growing up has been hard, lately im finishing my last few years of highschool, taking the ACT and SAT, looking at college applications and places to stay, figuring out what major i would like to study for the rest of my life, looking at scholarship opportunities, and lets not forget learning how to drive. Both my parents are always working so im really learning how to raise myself. Ive got to say i do have more freedom and its pretty nice to be able to just go to starbucks and relax with a friend or two. Recently i learned its better to love and to have lost than to never have loved at all. Theres reason why people go in and out of your life. Trusting in GOD rather than holding it all in has been one of the best decisions of my life. I know everything will work out, even though it might feel like the world is crashing down all around me. I'm excited for the next few months with thanksgiving and the holidays coming up. The family comes together, all the leaves on the trees are changing colors, and an aroma of burning firewood is filling the air. Life can be anything you make of it, so why not make it worth living?