Watched "Precious" tonight... am completely without words. Left my mother shocked with my reaction to the movie, turning it off at the end, going to my room and slamming my door. "It's just a movie sweetheart." No, it's not. There are kids out there that are treated like that. Physically and emotionally abused by their families and other people they might know. Being sexually abused, having to live in poverty. It was a brutally raw movie, making me sick to my stomach whilst at the same time bringing tears to my eyes, feeling the strength her character had basically come out of the screen. Seeing her at the end, only 17, with nothing but her two children, gave me more hope than anything. It might not make sense and you might never fully understand, but a hero was born through her character.
The admin of Pearson Heather G, has been posting a blog ever since the applications were sent in. No one in Canada has heard yet whether they have made it to the short lists (interview part) or not. Im guessing it will be in the next couple weeks. Am excited to be going to Ontario on the 1st of May- Been invited by the Rotary Club of Ottawa for their "Adventure into Citizenship" award. I am mostly excited about the Canadian Citizenship Ceremony we will get to go to, seeing people become citizens of my country will be amazing.
Things have been a lil iffy lately, with some chapters in my life ending and more beginning. As Mignon McLaughlin once said, "Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix." Everything happens for a reason right? Us coming to an end, me going away next year, it all happens because it is meant to. I'm not going to try and fight it anymore. :)
QOTB: Life’s not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow. ~Cherralea Morgen
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