This weekend is going to be very exciting! My family is going to the the apple orchard!! I am so beyond excited! We are taking a long a few friends, Kathryn, Austin, and Gera. We went last year to Uncle John's and since we know the owners we are spending the night there, it is going to be a blast. One of the many things I love about fall is definitely going to the apple orchard/cider mill. Fall is also just a very beautiful season. All the colors and food and bonfires and food, lets just say I am a huge fan of the food. Pumpkin pie,corn chowder, turkey, apple pie, and caramel apples. One word, yum! Fall is my favorite season, what is yours?

Well right now as I am typing this I am coughing up a lung. I am sick and can barely talk, I kind of sound like a 12 year old boy going through puberty. Its very unfortunate. Anyways I have had a lot on my mind lately, and one of the things that has been on my mind is who my real friends are. I've been observing my friends a lot and the way they make me feel, the way they treat me, and how I am acting in result of hanging out with them. In this observation I realized that the people I call my bestfriends really are not anywhere near being my bestfriend. Yes, we laugh a lot together but no, you do not treat me right you actually treat me like dirt. Yes, I am always there for you and always have been since day one ,but no you have not been there for me. People I just met like 2 months ago are there for me more than you are. Like what is this? I have also realized how much lying my "best friends" do towards me. Uh, last time I checked best friends do not lie to each other no matter the circumstance. I don't care how you think I am going to react to the truth, tell me the truth no matter what. Lying is and never was cool, I am terribly sorry to tell you this, but just because you lie to someone about something that happened you are not all of the sudden so very cool. True friends do not lie to one another and they do not treat each other like dirt. Sorry, just had to vent about this, it has been on my mind for a while now. What is true friendship to you?

So I have been thinking quite a bit about a lot of things. One of the things I have been thinking about actually came from my fortune cookie. That probably sounds really stupid, but its true. I was eating Chinese food with my family and opened up my fortune cookie. Inside my fortune read something not really profound, but just true. It said "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity". You are probably thinking "Really? That's it?" Well to me this meant a lot. I have gone and been through a lot in my short little life, and this is one thing that I have found to be true. There are so many opportunities I wouldn't have even come across if my mom didn't have cancer last year. Opportunities like helping out at the campgrounds all summer to make it a better place to be, meeting people who had gone or who were going through the same thing, and so much more. I have made several friends that had gone through the same thing and were there to hug me and tell me it was going to be okay. I also had opportunities like helping other kids my age with the same situation because I know what is like. My Aunt was recently diagnosed with cancer and I have been able to help my cousin get through it. Opportunities like these don't just come out of nowhere, these opportunities were within my difficulties. In these difficulties I have been able to challenge myself and really look at my life and examine it and really prioritize my life. For example I try my best to put God as my main priority, second is my family, then my friends, and so on and so forth. When I did challenge myself during these difficult times I challenged myself to become a better person in every way I possibly could. Although I am still working on becoming the best person I can be, these difficulties really sparked the interest for me. I honestly don't think people even realize the opportunities that are within a difficulty or a struggle. A lot of people focus on the negatives of a difficulty. Which this is completely understandable, it is hard for people to look at the positives of a hard time. I wish that people could experience the opportunities that come a long with these difficulties, they would have an easier time accepting it. Looking back on this past year I wouldn't have changed anything. I know that God wouldn't put anything on me that He knew I couldn't handle.

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity" I have told you what this means to me, what does it mean to you?

This is my third and final blog! I am kind of frustrated because my blogs keep getting "lost" according to Google...I hate the internet... So I am going to be using this blog from here on out.