I live in a gated section of our neighborhood. There are four or five culdesacs in the whole thing. Today I went running with Dad and I made it much farther without walking than I thought I could. I'm super proud of myself for going that far and pleased that I did because now I know I can go that far and I can push myself at least to that point.
Summer is slipping away. Just a few days ago I was excited to go back to school. Now I think it's different. I just need a few more days! A week, maybe.... Tomorrow we are going to church. I get to get up at 8:45. Yay. No, I really do like to go to church. I think I'm going to Sunday School.
My school made me read this really dumb book called The Revealers. It wasn't that great, a bit over the top. It ended well though. It was about bullying. I just can't believe some of the stuff that was happening in it. But the reason this book was a requirement was because my school was the only one in the county picked to participate in Rachel's Challenge.
Rachel's Challenge is the story of this girl who was killed in the Colombine Shooting. When they were looking in the diaries in her room, they found that besides the stuff that most teenagers would write about, she went out of her way to show kindness and compassion to another person. I think that it is such a great thing to strive for. Now instead of just running everyday, I will be running everyday and doing something kind for someone else. I'll post it on here.
www.rachelschallenge.org
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