Monday, August 31, 2015

Hydrocephalus Awareness Month

It's almost September 1st, which means that tomorrow it will be the first day of Hydrocephalus Awareness Month. Hydrocephalus Awareness Month Matters. A lot of people don't know what Hydrocephalus is, and it's our job to help those people understand and learn what thousands of people like me are living with everyday. Hydrocephalus doesn't have a cure. The only that helps people living with Hydrocephalus is a shunt. I was born with it, just like those thousands of people who were born with it. I also have a learning disability, but most people don't know it. There are a lot of people that have no idea what I have been through, and I am hoping that this video that I post, will help people understand, and learn more about me and what I had to go through when I was little, and growing up. This is a video I made for senior project for my school. I decided to make a video documentary with my siblings. So that people would understand, not only what I had to go through but so others like me, would know they were not alone. It's also very hard for me to make friends.

My thoughts about God and the book War Room

I finally finished reading the book War Room Prayer Is A Powerful Weapon and it was worth the wait to finish it, because it was such an amazing book that I can't wait to go and see the movie. I think I am going to like the movie a lot, just I did the book. We need to have great Christian Films like War Room and we need to have great Christian books that are based on a Christian Film. I wasn't disappointed with the book and I don't think that I will be disappointed with the movie either. I answered silently in my head to the questions in the back of the book and I still think the quote from the book, before you start to read it, is something we should all remember. Which is from Billy Graham, and the quote is this: To Get Nations Back On Their Feet, We Must First Get Down On Our Knees. I also think we should continue to pray to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because he will listen to us and answer our prayers. He listens to us and he hears us. He will never leave us or let us down. He helps those who need it the most and he helps us when we need help. He loves and cares for us always. He protects us, watches over us, and keeps us safe. He is merciful and almighty. He forgives us and those who have made mistakes. Our God is compassionate and kind. He is good.

Saturday, August 29, 2015

When I got a shout out from Matthew West

So a very cool thing happened to me today. Which was I was listening to a live Facebook Feed that Matthew West was doing, and I was asking him to sing one of my favorite songs by him called the Motions, but then I decided since he didn't see that, I decided to ask him what inspired him to write the motions and he answered me back by saying my name in the Live Facebook Feed that he did from an airplane. To me that is pretty cool because I have never had someone give me a shout out, like that. Every time I watch the video that is over now, I replay it and to me it makes me smile because I got a shout out from one of my favorite Christian Artists Matthew West. I am going to remember this for a long time and enjoy it because it made me happy.

A Dedication Post To My Aunt Irene

So yesterday, I found out my aunt Irene passed away at the St. Vincent Toledo Hospital. I know that she is in Heaven and I will see her again someday, but she was very special to me and I will miss her. I can remember going to her house and putting on puppet shows for her, and how she loved seeing me do it. I can remember she would give me some water, and a little snack. She was funny, kind, nice, sweet, special, loving, friendly, and caring. She smiled when you saw her, and that's one of the things I will remember about her. She was in a nursing home in Willard Ohio, and I went to visit her once and awhile. When I did go to visit her, she was happy to see me, and she told me I looked pretty, and I told her thank you. Then she would tell me the same thing, and I would say it again, but I didn't mind. Whenever I saw her there with a smile on my face, she would say, here comes smiley.'' ''I told her, I loved her and she told me the same thing. When she was in her room, she would let me sing, and she always enjoyed that, and wanted me to sing more. So I would, and she told me that I had a nice voice and I told her thank you. She always invited me to eat lunch or supper with her, but I always politely declined and told her I would eat when I got home. I can remember when one of the people that ate with her, asked if I was my aunt Irene's daughter, and then my aunt Irene would ask me if I was her daughter and I told her no. You could always have a nice or funny conversation with her, and that's another thing I will remember about her. My aunt Irene was special to all who knew her and she will be missed very much, but we'll see her again someday in Heaven. I know that she is in Heaven now without any pain or suffering. I wish I could have said goodbye to her one last time, but I don't think I would have been able to since she was in the ICU in Toledo. I'm writing this post today as sort of a dedication to my aunt Irene who I truly loved and I will miss very, very much. She was kind, caring, compassionate, loving, awesome, pretty, funny, nice, friendly, and  a very sweet person to everyone who knew her and to me. She has been a very great aunt to me and I know she is in Heaven with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, without anymore hurt, suffering, or anymore pain. She can now be in Heaven and be reunited with her sisters, brother, and she can be with her husband.

Friday, August 28, 2015

My thoughts on a book, on prayer, and on what God has done for us

I am reading a book called War Room Prayer Is A Powerful Weapon and it's based on the movie that just came out today in theaters. I can't explain what the book is like, but I can tell you that it is a truly amazing book that is worth reading. It's such a good book that you won't want to put it down. I decided that I won't see the movie until I finish the book. Then when I see the movie I will compare it to the book. I am definitely not disappointed with the book at all, and I don't think that I will be disappointed with the movie either. I wish I could tell you about what I have read so far, but then that would be giving it away, so I won't. I'm so glad that there is a new Christian film out, and I'm so glad to be reading an amazing Christian book. I have to agree with part of the book title because Prayer Is A Powerful Weapon. Prayer is an amazing thing that we should always do. We should pray for those who need Christ, those who are in the hospital, those who have lost a loved one or their home, those who are traveling, or traveling home, or maybe even just to pray for those who are struggling. Either way we should pray to God when we can't talk to anyone else about what we maybe going through. God will listen to our prayers and he hears us when we pray to him. God is truly amazing, he is powerful and almighty. He loves all of us as his children and because he loves us he will never leave us. He is with us always. You see God forgives us for the mistakes we have made and he forgives those who have made mistakes. God died on the cross for our sins, so that we could have eternal life. If we have a problem or something that we can not handle on our own, we need to let God take care of it. It's amazing what God can do in our lives and the book has inspired me in so many ways. There is a song called Pray by Sanctus Real and one of the very first lines in that song is: I bow my head to pray I don't know what to say, I'm not sure how to fix the things I'm dealing with. I'm in a desperate place, I need to share the weight, but I just don't know how to let it all pour out. That first part right there tells me that we should continue to pray to God because he will help us with whatever struggle we are going through. We need God in our lives and other people do too, so I think it is very important that we tell others about Him and His Word, and we should tell others about Prayer and how Prayer can be important too. I think praying is important because we can pray to God and tell him what we are thankful for, we can tell him about we are going through, and we can pray for others who need help the most. We can pray for a lot of things, but most importantly we can pray to God.