Sharing is Daring

I never thought I was particularly good at anything. This isn’t a pity party I’m just being honest. To society I’m a pretty normal person who hasn’t excelled at any kind of sport, musical instrument, school subject or job. I recon most of us would be in this boat. We can’t all be super stars right? But from little on up we’re told we’re special and we have unique qualities that make us who we are. Although we might not be recognized for those unique qualities because it’s not what our society deems as important, I do believe we have the right to celebrate ourselves and our loved ones for those “special” characteristics and talents we all have with in us. This has been on my mind a lot because Cali recently started participating in organized sports. And while I would like to think Cali is amazing at soccer and one day she may be a member of the Olympic Woman’s soccer team (which she may be, who knows) I have to remember that being an amazing athlete can only takes you so far in life....

I've heard a lot of controversy over the new Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why, based off the book written by Jay Asher. I was very curious so of course I binged watched all 13 episodes like any true millennial would. After completing the series I thought long and hard over what I had just watched. It was so heavy and thought provoking, I needed time to digest. The controversy of this book and now TV show is based around a girl who commits suicide and leaves behind 13 tapes giving the reasons why she did what she did. Some believe this is putting ideas into teenagers heads that shouldn't be there. That this show and book has glorified committing suicide. This situation has taken me back a few years to when MTV aired the first episode of Teen Mom. Everyone was freaking out, saying the show was encouraging girls to get pregnant at a young age and implying you could get on TV for being a Teen Mom. As I watched the show I remember thinking how important the show's messag...