Christmas Break

Christmas vacation is here! Two weeks of school? Not bad. Christmas is always pretty big in my family. We get together with my aunts, uncles and cousins ect. There's always lots of food and presents. My mom decorates our house really nice too. But this year Christmas won't be as big because of money issues. Economy is real bad and my mom works three jobs just to make us comfortable. I told my mom only to get me what she can afford. Even if there were no present involved it would still be a good christmas because to me it's not all about the festivities, it's about family coming together.

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If I won 100,000 dollars I would probably end up keeping half and giving away the other half. I would have to keep half for myself to put me through school because school is not cheap this days. I have to pay for books, my classes and a bunch of other stuff. It adds up eventually. As far as giving up money I would give some to my mom because she's spent a huge chunk of her life struggling to take care of me. It's just me and her, she's not married and she worked three jobs at one time so I want to pay her back for all the work she has done to make me comfortable. I would probably give money to the AIDS/HIV or the Human Society for the animals. AIDS is spreading like crazy these days and people need to be more aware of it. I'm an animal person and I think they should be better taken care of.

What bugs me...

There is only one thing that I can think of that really makes me angry, that is when someone lies right to my face. I've had that happen a few times where I approach someone or ask them a question and they answer me but I know it's a complete lie. I get annoyed with some things but that's the one thing that really makes me angry. It's disrespectful to lie to someone's face, and I don't think you would want someone to do that to you, so why do that? It's always better to tell the truth anyway because once you make up one lie, you have to make up another to cover that lie and it just snowballs into a ton of stupid stories. That's the one thing that I cannot stand. So...don't lie to my face :]

I Won't Be Home For Christmas

Dear Soldier,

First I want to tell you that I am proud of what you are doing for our country. I cannot imagine how hard it must be for you to be away from your home and your family. I've always had trouble being away from my home ever since I was a little kid. I would never be able to do what you're doing. I know you will be away this Christmas and I know you wish you could be elsewhere but you have to do your job. You make our country safe and secure so your loved ones and for the billions of other humans in the U.S. I hope you keep perspective of what's really important in life and I'm sure when you come home you will have a different view on the world. Thank You

Taylor