Feeling a little bit better

I am so sorry, I know a lot of you are tired of hearing about this election.  But, President-elect Trump has a government website where he asks you to share your views and your story, here is what I said:
I am a high school student.  There has been so much hate in my school.  No one respects anyone or will even listen to the other sides logic. And this doesn't just happen in high school. We learn it from our parents and our leaders. To make this country great we have to listen to each other.  There is middle ground on every argument and we need to find it. We need to respect each others opinions with out discrimination and name calling.  We are divided and a house divided will not stand.  A lot of us are scared.  We, the children of America, need to know that we need to respect each other, that all sides of the argument will be heard, and that we will stand, ALL of us together, will stand.  And most importantly, I don't want to see anyone's rights taken away whether that be marriage or guns or religion.  My america is built on mutual respect of each others beliefs and our freedoms with in reason and the freedom to share them with in reason.  Riots and discrimination aren't with in reason.  What I need from you President Trump, is for you to say we are all Americans regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation and that you will do your best to treat everyone with respect and compassion while you deal with things like working social issues.  I'm not by any means trying to say change your stances to fit my opinions (America spoke and they liked your stances), I just want the hateful rhetoric used on BOTH SIDES of this election to end.  We are all Americans.  We are all people.

And now I feel a little bit better being able to tell him that even if he never sees it.  I would recommend anyone to visit his website and share your story.  This is his website: https://www.greatagain.gov/  If you scroll all the way to the bottom there is a tab that says share you're ideas. 

I am proud to live in a country where we have the freedom to our opinions and our voices.  PLEASE let yours be heard in a peaceful and respectful way.  

I hope you have a great day, 

Megan. 

P.S. Protests are beautiful things and a great expression of our rights.  Please just don't damage anyone or anything, that is when you're whole purpose is undermined. 

P.P.S. If you have been subject to any hate crimes please report them.  We can't fix a problem if it hasn't been presented. 

Post Election Feelings (A House Divided) and Veterans Day

I'm sorry, I don't have anywhere else to talk about this.  

For the past two days I have felt nothing but heart break. Why?  Here:   

I have seen such hate and disrespect in the past two days than I thought I would ever have to experience in my life.  Kids at my school are being harassed because of their race and religion. When did this become okay? Just because an election has been so poisonous doesn't mean we are allowed to disrespect each other. We're so divided and I can't stand it.

But lets talk about Veterans

I think regardless of our political views we can all be grateful for the men and women who have served this country! I had the opportunity to visit the tomb of the unknown soldier this summer and I was so humbled that men and women have made sacrifices with no recognition for this country. You deserve so much respect and we owe you more than we can ever repay.  Thank you to anyone who has served in the military and to all those with family members in the military or that have lost family members due to war.  I am so grateful for you.  

I hope you have a wonderful day,

Megan

Why I Write

I'm overdue for a blog post.  Today's post is inspired by the fact I had a bad day.  And when I have a bad day, I have a box of things I look at that I've saved from school, travels, and other random places that make me happy.  I have letters from others to me, journals, assigned writing, and just creative writing.  I normally read the letters on bad days but today I read through some of the assigned work. I found this and I thought I would share it.

Why I Write

I write to stay organized.  I write to remember.  I write to communicate.  I write to inform.  I write to receive a passing grade.  I write because I like to.  I write to express myself.  I write because I am not very good at verbal communication.  I write because people scare me.  I write to make sense of my thoughts. 

I write despite knowing I lack the skills to adequately portray how I truly feel. I write to explain that I feel like a character trapped in the wrong story. I write because I want people to understand.  I write to convey the idea but can't get the deeper meaning.  I write because I feel like my thoughts are runners and my brain is the track.  I write to try and sort through my run-on sentences to hopefully find out what they actually mean. 

I write to cope.  I write to feel better.  I write to learn.  I write to understand.  I write because it is fun.  I write because words are my form of art. 

Dramatic, huh? But I remember when I wrote it I was really proud of it.  We modeled it after someone else's work and I wish I could remember who and what is was so I could give them credit for their work. 

I'm hoping after typing up all the reasons I used to write it will inspire me to write more.  

I hope you have a great day,

Megan