Love Response

While reading other people's blogs it seems that love is just a game of luck. It is just a matter of clicking with the person or not. And it is a matter of finding the right person, because there is a person for everyone, its just whether or not you find them. I realized from Katie's blog that you need to be proactive about love and that you can't just wait for it to come to you because if you do, you'll never find love. Also love sometimes can be a bad thing to immediately jump into because you may not know the person well enough to commit yourself like that, because love is a very dangerous game.

To Love or Not to Love?

Love is a very strong emotion that people feel when they have a strong connection to one another. But is it even an option at all? I believe that people can not control if they love someone or not. It is just an emotion. For example people can't control what makes them happy,  certain things just make some people happy. And love works the same way. Some people fall in love with people when they aren't supposed to. Like when people have an affair, those people might not want to have an affair with that person, but they can't help it because it is an emotion and they have no control over it. Also, back when African Americans were seen as inferior, white people would still fall in love with the blacks even though it was socially unacceptable. They may not have wanted to but because you have no control over it, those people that fell in love couldn't help it. People cannot help but to fall in love with some people. It is a function of your brain and if someone meets all of your criteria of a match made in heaven, then you will fall in love with that person whether you like it or not.

Being Childless

Even though a lot of people feel that having children when you get older is a burden, I can not picture  my future life without being the father of at least one kid. Yes, you need to spend a lot of money on a child, but seeing their smiling growing faces is what parenthood is all about. Having children enables you to raise a little version of yourself in the world, and hopefully you can mold that child into a better form of yourself. Also if you never have a child, who knows what your potential kid could have done. They may find some sort of cure for cancer, or own a successful business, you would just never know.
People claim that there is a pressure to produce a child, but there really isn't. It is all up to the adult to decide. The general public would clearly understand if you said that you did not want a kid because you wanted to pursue your career, or you felt like you could not be a good parent. Personally I would respect someone that did that because in order for you to successfully raise a child, you need to want to have the kid and be fully committed. Even though I do not feel like society pressures people into having kids, I feel like people are responsible to have a child, whether you have it yourself, or adopt it. I feel this way because adults should try to raise kids in order to solidify and help our futures.
If someone does choose to become a parent they need to make sure that they are one hundred percent sure that that is what they want. The last thing that a child would  need is parents that neglect him, or do not take care of him.
Even though bearing child is not necessary, helping in the upbringing of a child is, whether it is yours or not because the more support and fostering a child receives, the happier the child will be.

Parent/Child Relationship

Me- Hey since you have been a parent for over 17 years can I ask you a few questions to help me understand the parent, child relationship?
Dad- Sure
Me- Why did you chose to raise me in Mansfield
Dad- It was a growing community, the houses were nice and very affordable, and there was a great school system. We wanted to make sure we sent you to a good school.
Me- What is the craziest thing you have ever done for me?
Dad- I went to ten toy stores in order to buy you a dump truck right after I got off the plane from a business trip from California. I also looked for the dump truck while I was on my business trip.
Me- Why did  you do that?
Dad- I didn't want to disappoint you. I told you that I was going to buy one, thinking it would be easy to find. Little did I know it would take hours to find it.
Me- Well thank you for doing that for me. How did you snap my neck when I jumped on your stomach that one day?
Dad- I knew that you didn't mean it. You were just being a kid so I couldn't do anything to you even though I was mad that you did it. 
Me- Did you enjoy helping me practice sports when I was younger or was I a pain?
Dad- No you were easy. You would always want to go out there and play. I enjoyed it so much. We would go out there for hours and just throw and hit a ball. It actually was very fun.
Me- Even though I have played sports all of my life, were you upset when I stopped playing hockey?
Dad- Absolutely, I went down once a week for months and months when you were learning to skate and once you got the hang of it you told me that you didn't want to play anymore. You told me right before signups while we were parked outside the rink. I was crushed.
Me- What would you have changed about the way you brought me up.
Dad- I wouldn't be such an enabler. I do everything for you and you don't do a single thing. Your wife is going to hate me when you get over.
Me- What were your goals for raising me?
Dad- That you would be very respectful to everyone especially adults, always try your best when it comes to school, and to be a good catholic.
Me- Do you feel like you have achieved these goals?
Dad- Yes I do.
Me- What are some things you worry about with raising kids?
Dad- Keeping them in control, having them deal with peer pressure, getting sick or injured, getting picked on or bullied.
Me- Have you ever been disappointed in me?
Dad- No for the most part you have been easy to raise because the rules were always laid out in front of you and you always followed  the rules.
Me- Thank you for your time dad.

Love

I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing-Aerosmith

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

I don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time Yeah yeah yeah

I don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing

I Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
And I don't want to miss a thing

Daily Exposure

The daily exposures everyday in class have begun to open my mind and expand my thoughts. Originally I would just write about what the author or artist was saying but now I am beginning to find myself connect with the piece. I can now see that even though some pieces seem positive, they can be pointing out some glaring issue. For example the "Jolly Postman" painting by Norman Rockwell shows a happy mailman surrounded by adoring children, but upon further examination it shows the decline of the relationship between postmen and the community. The daily exposures have also prompted me to think of what the lyrics of a song mean, instead of just listening to them. Also the daily exposures have made me appreciate the hard work that goes into poems and paintings and other forms of art.

Flifferhuzza

One day  I was walking through the woods and I saw a strange animal that I had never seen before. It was the size of a bear. It had grey fur and spikes on its back. It was eating leaves and hitting a popped football around when I saw it. It was very friendly because it came up to me and licked me like a dog would. It also let me pet it for awhile. It followed right behind me as I continued down the path in the woods and it made me wonder what type of animal it was. I went home and sure enough the friendly animal followed right behind me. When I got home I looked it up online and I found out that the animal was a flifferhuzza. It was a strange name but the animal was very friendly, so I decided to keep him. I named him Toby and he has lived with me ever since.