“We don’t like to believe miracles exist, but they do. Things happen; we can’t explain them; we can’t control them, but they do happen. Miracles do happen in medicine. They happen everyday; just not always when we need them to happen.”
It’s in times of loss that I question my belief in miracles. Unlike what the quote says, I do like to believe that miracles exist. I like to because it’s happy and positive and I try to stay positive in times when I really need a miracle to happen.
But what happens when you being positive doesn’t pay off? What happens when the miracle you were praying for doesn’t come true? I start to question whether I think miracles are real or not. Until the next thing comes up in life that I need a miracle for, my hope has diminished.
Do you believe in miracles?
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
"Death ends a life, not a friendship."
I am not trying to make people feel bad or be that depressing girl, but alas......... I lost a best friend of mine this week. It is one of the hardest things that I have ever gone through and it will continue to be an uphill battle. My family and my friend's family are very close so this has been rough on all of us. Everyone is doing well supporting everyone else, so that has been nice to see. Someone sent me this quote and it is completely true. It makes me shed happy tears for a change.
I am not trying to make people feel bad or be that depressing girl, but alas......... I lost a best friend of mine this week. It is one of the hardest things that I have ever gone through and it will continue to be an uphill battle. My family and my friend's family are very close so this has been rough on all of us. Everyone is doing well supporting everyone else, so that has been nice to see. Someone sent me this quote and it is completely true. It makes me shed happy tears for a change.
Stefan's had some bad times in his life and was just starting to turn things around.
Tomorrow all of his friends are getting together to put together a slide show and his boards of pictures for his services this weekend. It is a time that everyone needs to put the little things aside and realize what really matters in life.
Tomorrow all of his friends are getting together to put together a slide show and his boards of pictures for his services this weekend. It is a time that everyone needs to put the little things aside and realize what really matters in life.
He was a great friend and a great father and will be watching over all of us!
R.I.P Stef--you'll always be in my heart.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Hanging on the Wall.......
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
I’ve been spending a lot of time at the hospital. I am finding my way around the hospital quite well and keep finding myself reading this quote. It is down the hall from the surgical intensive care unit and on the way to the cafeteria. The quote is by the elevators where everyone can see it.
It is important to remember that you need to have faith. You need to know that whomever you are visiting in the hospital will make it through their injury. Reading this quote today when I was at the hospital made me believe just a little bit more.
I know it sounds silly, but when things are so hard and so depressing, a little thing like brightly colored walls and an uplifting quote puts a smile on a persons face.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Three is not a charm.......
"bad things happen in threes"
I can't tell you how many people have told me some version of this quote in the past two days. I don't mean to keep posting these depressing blogs, but from what I've gathered from a few of the readings is that my blog is for me to express my feelings. And I can't escape this feeling.
There is nothing else on my mind except how my friend is doing. Monday morning one of my best friends was in a very serious accident. He suffered major brain trauma and is a medically induced coma for a minimum of 2-3 weeks. To top it all off, we all have to wait around to go and visit because the roads are in such bad condition. I am the go-to person in the situation that knows all of the information, so I have re-told some version of what has happened a million times.
As you've seen from my past post, I have had other bad things happening in my life and I'd say that this tops them all. It makes me look at religion in a whole different way. I don't usually rant and rave about religion, but I can't understand why anyone, namely whatever god you may worship, would let this happen.
Here's to hoping for brighter days.
I can't tell you how many people have told me some version of this quote in the past two days. I don't mean to keep posting these depressing blogs, but from what I've gathered from a few of the readings is that my blog is for me to express my feelings. And I can't escape this feeling.
There is nothing else on my mind except how my friend is doing. Monday morning one of my best friends was in a very serious accident. He suffered major brain trauma and is a medically induced coma for a minimum of 2-3 weeks. To top it all off, we all have to wait around to go and visit because the roads are in such bad condition. I am the go-to person in the situation that knows all of the information, so I have re-told some version of what has happened a million times.
As you've seen from my past post, I have had other bad things happening in my life and I'd say that this tops them all. It makes me look at religion in a whole different way. I don't usually rant and rave about religion, but I can't understand why anyone, namely whatever god you may worship, would let this happen.
Here's to hoping for brighter days.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
college and the real world
“You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don’t have. Drink ‘til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does…” --Tom Petty
As I plug on through my last semester in college, I get increasingly scared about what lies ahead.
I came to visit some relatives in Michigan this weekend that happen to live a hop, skip, and a jump away from Michigan State University. My sister goes to UW-Madison and felt it was necessary to go see MSU for comparisons sake. Beyond MSU, we also made our way to Ferris State to visit a friend. This weekend I managed to see two other colleges in Michigan.
As I was visiting these other schools, I realized just how great the college life is. Both of these campuses were very different than UWM and many of the other campus' I have visited, but still were great. I love college towns and found myself finding the same things on the MSU and Ferris State campuses that you'd find on most any college campus--Noodles, Qdoba, some 24 hour breakfast joint, etc. It's funny how different these schools are, yet how much similarity can be found as a part of any college life.
In college, it's acceptable to get drunk on a Wednesday, take two naps a day, do all of your work the night before it's do and so on. My excitement for graduation decreases slightly as it becomes a reality that I will no longer be able to live this relaxed lifestyle.
As I plug on through my last semester in college, I get increasingly scared about what lies ahead.
I came to visit some relatives in Michigan this weekend that happen to live a hop, skip, and a jump away from Michigan State University. My sister goes to UW-Madison and felt it was necessary to go see MSU for comparisons sake. Beyond MSU, we also made our way to Ferris State to visit a friend. This weekend I managed to see two other colleges in Michigan.
As I was visiting these other schools, I realized just how great the college life is. Both of these campuses were very different than UWM and many of the other campus' I have visited, but still were great. I love college towns and found myself finding the same things on the MSU and Ferris State campuses that you'd find on most any college campus--Noodles, Qdoba, some 24 hour breakfast joint, etc. It's funny how different these schools are, yet how much similarity can be found as a part of any college life.
In college, it's acceptable to get drunk on a Wednesday, take two naps a day, do all of your work the night before it's do and so on. My excitement for graduation decreases slightly as it becomes a reality that I will no longer be able to live this relaxed lifestyle.
Monday, February 5, 2007
"When it rains, it's sure to pour"
It seems that I have become all to familiar with this quote. It is actually from a Jason Mraz song, but absolutely relates to my life. I know this is taking a negative approach, but that is a hard rut to get out of. I have tested this theory of all bad things being thrown at you at once with my friends, and most seem to agree. I feel like when one bad thing happens, there is sure to be at least one more on top of that and so on. And I’m not talking about bad news like you got a C on your test, I am talking about a young man, a friend, dying or about your mom who is 50 years young finding out if she has breast cancer. These are things that a bad news.
Tomorrow I have to go to the funeral of someone my age, the second of this kind since October. When talking about this with my mother who may be fighting a battle of her own very soon, she is baffled at how many losses my friends and I have had to deal with in our lifetime. Why is it that my friends and are are losing people close to us and an unusual rate? Why do all bad things seem to come in waves?
I will tell you that it sure puts things into perspective.
It seems that I have become all to familiar with this quote. It is actually from a Jason Mraz song, but absolutely relates to my life. I know this is taking a negative approach, but that is a hard rut to get out of. I have tested this theory of all bad things being thrown at you at once with my friends, and most seem to agree. I feel like when one bad thing happens, there is sure to be at least one more on top of that and so on. And I’m not talking about bad news like you got a C on your test, I am talking about a young man, a friend, dying or about your mom who is 50 years young finding out if she has breast cancer. These are things that a bad news.
Tomorrow I have to go to the funeral of someone my age, the second of this kind since October. When talking about this with my mother who may be fighting a battle of her own very soon, she is baffled at how many losses my friends and I have had to deal with in our lifetime. Why is it that my friends and are are losing people close to us and an unusual rate? Why do all bad things seem to come in waves?
I will tell you that it sure puts things into perspective.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Super Bowl!
"From what I understand monster.com and hotjobs were almost out of business when they ran the Super Bowl ads."
Jay Chiat
I love the Super Bowl. I love everything about it, but my most favorite part is the advertising. I suppose that is fitting considering I am an advertising major. It is amazing to me that one event can draw enough fans to justify paying over $2 million for 30 seconds on television. Beyond that, the success rate of these ads is truly amazing.
One of the best parts of this Super Bowl is that a local UWM student won a nationwide competition to produce a 30-second TV spot for Chevy. The ad was aired in a $2.6 million spot.
Here is a link to one of the stories about her http://www.channel3000.com/news/10920991/detail.html
Hopefully I will be able to post her commercial when I learn how to do that:)
Jay Chiat
I love the Super Bowl. I love everything about it, but my most favorite part is the advertising. I suppose that is fitting considering I am an advertising major. It is amazing to me that one event can draw enough fans to justify paying over $2 million for 30 seconds on television. Beyond that, the success rate of these ads is truly amazing.
One of the best parts of this Super Bowl is that a local UWM student won a nationwide competition to produce a 30-second TV spot for Chevy. The ad was aired in a $2.6 million spot.
Here is a link to one of the stories about her http://www.channel3000.com/news/10920991/detail.html
Hopefully I will be able to post her commercial when I learn how to do that:)
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Dane Cook and wasted moments
“I hate it when somebody turns around in my driveway. You're just sitting comfortably watching T.V., you hear a car pulling up like ‘Who is this?!’ It's so disruptive you look out, strange car, you dont know if it's a government official. You start getting concerned. ‘What? I dont know this car," then they turn to leave you're like ‘You son of a bitch, you wasted moments of my life! Moments i will never get back!’”
I love Dane Cook. I think that I could listen to him everyday and never get sick of him. Until I head Dane Cook, I hated stand up comedy. I just didn’t really think it was all it was cracked up to be. When trying to pick just one quote to use from Dane Cook, it was a huge problem! I chose this one because I thought it was a pretty interesting topic.
How often do you waste moments of your life doing things that don’t really matter?
In the quote, Dane Cook talks about wasted moments when you get up to see who is turning around in your driveway. While this may not happen very often, I can think of one wasted instance that I often think about. How much time do you think you waste in your lifetime showering. Ok, so it’s not necesarilly a waste of time, but just think of all the time you could save if you just had a magical button that made you clean.
What do you waste your time doing?
I love Dane Cook. I think that I could listen to him everyday and never get sick of him. Until I head Dane Cook, I hated stand up comedy. I just didn’t really think it was all it was cracked up to be. When trying to pick just one quote to use from Dane Cook, it was a huge problem! I chose this one because I thought it was a pretty interesting topic.
How often do you waste moments of your life doing things that don’t really matter?
In the quote, Dane Cook talks about wasted moments when you get up to see who is turning around in your driveway. While this may not happen very often, I can think of one wasted instance that I often think about. How much time do you think you waste in your lifetime showering. Ok, so it’s not necesarilly a waste of time, but just think of all the time you could save if you just had a magical button that made you clean.
What do you waste your time doing?
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