The new member of the Cullen family (Alices lost twin sister!)

Yep so i got this new haircut for Christmas and I'm really happy with it! I even got redish highlights. BUt the best part is that I look sort of liuke Alice Cullen!

Peace

I like peace but it's hard to maintain. Especially at home. I mean when I see one of my brothers doing something really stupid. This kinda happens a lot. I automatically start to criticize them. But what does that get you? It gets you a now even more frustrated brother who is ready to start a fight. Instead the best thing to do is help them out or just not be mean. Another thing I have to work on to keep the peace is not complaining. Complaining is a toughy for me. It's just how I like to voice my opinion sometimes. But if I do complain I usually don't get what I want people just end up being short with me. So ya I can contribute to being a peacemaker in my house by doing this.

Being a better example

School is full of so much peer pressure these days. When one of my friends has an opinion about a teacher or homework or something not a lot of my friends voice their own opinions anymore. Instead they just nod and agree with the person and go with the flow. And I'm not going to lie I do it too. It just takes less effort than voicing your opinion. Like this, but in other more important times when someone is getting picked on and everyone is laughing, it would be so much easier to sit and laugh with them. And I regretfully admit I've done that too. But to stand up for what is right and question these things shows true personality. It's definitely not easy for me to do it but I'm working on it more in my life. Because when I see other people doing it, I have a lot of respect for that person and that is what I want.

What I am

These are two things I can relate myself to. A lollipop and a piano.

1) I am Tootsie Pop
On the outside
Colorful and bright
Behind the wrapper
A sweet sticky goodness
A solid brick
That guards its prize
The prize
An even more
Mouth drooling chocolate
The sweet and the chocolate work together
In harmony to make something
All together
Better
Several layers
Each one better than the next
Clashing
Sweet and sour
Chocolate and cherry
All adding to the whole



2)I am a piano
Each key brings a different pitch
Every one unique in its own way
It brings so many melodious moods
Eerie and creepy
Jolly and popping
Quiet and smooth
Played right, a tune appears
Played wrong a confusing mass of clashing sounds is heard
There are
High and
Low
Notes
And there is everywhere in between
Sometimes the tone becomes out of tune
And one must rechannel it back
To its sweet ring of sound again
At first look a piano looks simple and sleek with its shining keys
But underneath the hood
Gadgets and strings move
Busily
Working to create the beautiful outcome
We hear