Dear Friend,
Have I ever told you how beautiful this girl I like is? It would be impossible to describe, but I’ll try. Every time I look at her it reminds me of fall when the leaves are changing and the world is absolutely perfect outside. The colors reflecting the sun just make everything amazing! Think about it as if the songwriter has his favorite note, the painter his favorite color, and the author his favorite word, this girl is comparable to my favorite color, not and word! She is absolutely wonderful through and through, and I strive to be like her more and more everyday.
Have you ever thought that older people look happier when they are younger? I notice this with people every now and then, but I love when I see someone who still hasn’t grown out of there ‘glory days’. I think we are in control of when our glory days start and stop, and as long as we are living everyday doing what we think is right and keeping our hearts and minds young, we will always be in our glory days. My biggest goal in life is to never fall into a rut of a same old same old routine everyday. You should keep this in mind for your life too!
I grew up away from all of my extended family, and Christmas time makes me happy because we get to see each other. I really do think that we all love each other, and as we have grown up, the love has grown stronger. My cousin David and I are the only two boy cousins out of 6! He is the oldest and I am the youngest which used to be really hard on me. He used to beat me up and tease me all the time because he is 7 years older than me! But a few years ago we actually started to get along and play video games together, now we go hiking and rock climbing and talk about technology a lot! I’m really glad I have my family and am soooo excited to see them over the holidays, sorry for rambling I’ll write you soon!
Sincerely,
Joey
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Letter #2
Dear Friend,
My family and I have had our ups and downs. The biggest turning point in my life with my family was. When I told my parents I wanted to run my first marathon. I wasn’t very active and I was a little bit overweight. My mom and dad both jumped at me and shot me down. My mom was worried for my health and my dad just didn’t think I’d have the motivation and determination to finish it. In some ways this just made me strive harder and harder to reach this goal. I really learned to turn everyone’s’ discouraging attitude towards me and use it towards reaching my goal. One of the hardest things in my life was trying to gain my parents support on the marathon. A huge turning point in my running career was when I came home from a 16-mile run, and told my parents I hadn’t stopped once. My mom couldn’t believe that I had actually done it and both of my parents started to support me, and believe in me.
Along with my parents discouraging words, two of my friends had led me to believe they were signing up for the marathon. When in all reality I was the only one who did sign up. As the marathon went on I began to believe that I was running it for myself but I was also running it to prove to everyone else I wasn’t going to give up like all my friends did.
When I finally made it all 26.2 miles and I had finally crossed my finish line, it was such and infinite feeling. I felt as if the world was before me and anything I put my mind to I could accomplish. If you ever want to feel accomplished spend 6 months training and run your first marathon, it was the best experience I have had in my life. And the only way I could ever describe the feeling of being infinite is at the finish line of me marathon.
Sincerely,
Joseph
My family and I have had our ups and downs. The biggest turning point in my life with my family was. When I told my parents I wanted to run my first marathon. I wasn’t very active and I was a little bit overweight. My mom and dad both jumped at me and shot me down. My mom was worried for my health and my dad just didn’t think I’d have the motivation and determination to finish it. In some ways this just made me strive harder and harder to reach this goal. I really learned to turn everyone’s’ discouraging attitude towards me and use it towards reaching my goal. One of the hardest things in my life was trying to gain my parents support on the marathon. A huge turning point in my running career was when I came home from a 16-mile run, and told my parents I hadn’t stopped once. My mom couldn’t believe that I had actually done it and both of my parents started to support me, and believe in me.
Along with my parents discouraging words, two of my friends had led me to believe they were signing up for the marathon. When in all reality I was the only one who did sign up. As the marathon went on I began to believe that I was running it for myself but I was also running it to prove to everyone else I wasn’t going to give up like all my friends did.
When I finally made it all 26.2 miles and I had finally crossed my finish line, it was such and infinite feeling. I felt as if the world was before me and anything I put my mind to I could accomplish. If you ever want to feel accomplished spend 6 months training and run your first marathon, it was the best experience I have had in my life. And the only way I could ever describe the feeling of being infinite is at the finish line of me marathon.
Sincerely,
Joseph
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