Antonement for Amir's sins

Amir needs to make amends with Hassan, his father, and Ali. He needs to make amends with Hassan because Hassan has made many sacrifices for Amir. Hassan stuck up for Amir when Assef and his friends were going to beat him up with his brass knuckles. Hassan took out his sling shot and stuck up for them. Hassan also was raped while fetching the blue kite for Amir. Amir saw his friend being raped and hid like a coward and then still did not tell anyone about it. Then feeling guilty about it for a while he tried framing Amir by planting some birthday cash and his birthday watch underneath Hassan's mattress and then telling his father. Amir, at this point has lost his best and most loyal friend and needs to do something to fix the relationship wih his father, Ali, and Hassan.

How to make things right...

What is atonement? Atonement is satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.

I think atonement for past sins and mistakes are possible depending on the people involved in the situation. It would have to be sincere and not half-hearted though. All people involved would have to help each other find atonement. I do however think you can find atonement in certain situations easier than others. With Amir and Hassan's situation I think that it would be a lot harder to find atonement with one another because Amir let it go for so long. With my mistake it was easier to find atonement because one I live with them and two I have a kind heart and sometimes speak before I think things through. My parents forgave me because I was there blood and I was younger, not that being younger excuses it but me and my parents found atonement with each other. I think atonement should be sought in every mistake and situation because then you don't have to live with the "what if?" feeling. I am realizing now that I am getting older that atonement is easier to find in many situations.

Mistakes...

The biggest mistake I think I have ever made was telling my parents I hated them in my times of anger. I regretted those three words I said. It made me feel like a bad daughter, especially after all they have done for me. I know it hurt them a lot but they always seemed to brush it off because I was younger and thats how I dealt with my anger. I was able to make up for what I had said as I grew up, but sometimes I feel that I didn't get to really make it up to my dad before he died almost 5 years ago; that is the worst part. Now everyday I make sure my mom, brother and step-dad know that I love them and that I would do anything for them because you truly never know which day will be your last or what goodbye will be the final one.

My Sisters Keeper

In my independent reading boo, My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. My book is about sisters, one of which has cancer. Her parents needed to find a match to give bone marrow to her so they had another baby just to save their other daughter. As the baby grows up she endures treatments that are just as painful that her sister receives and now she is suing her parent. I definatly think the youngest daughter will go through with suing her parents or eventually be taken away from her parents.

The Romance Overseas...

Deep in the valley of the Indus river, a young US army soldier is running from the Taliban. As he runs he thinks about his girlfriend back home and then he trips and hits his head. Knocked un-conscience he is taken to a very eery and dark place. He is tortured there and is scared for his life. He thinks back to his high school years and wonders how his life would possibly end if he went to Law school instead off into the Army to serve his country. His hands and feet were bound. He endured harsh circumstance's, which during those times he prayed he prayed that God would save him from this suffering. He then closes his eyes and thinks about his girlfriend with her brown hair and blue eyes; he misses her dearly. Not only does he hold his head up for his country but for his girl because the last time they saw each other they got into a fight. The Army made him Army strong but she was his true weakness at heart.

After months of negotiation he is finally freed from the Taliban and is permitted to go back home to see his girl. As he steps off the plane she runs towards him with tears streaming down her face and then says,"Baby I thought I lost you forever when you left, I'm so sorry for everything. Will you forgive me?" He looks her in the eyes, and replies, "You know I can't stay mad at you forever."

They then live in peace and harmony with each other from then on. The End.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing. - Edmund Burke

I'm not sure what the quote really means but I think it means that when the good guys sit back and don't to anything to stop evil, then that helps evil-it feeds evil what it wants. This is kind of how Amir and Hassan from The Kite Runner act when faced by Assef. The first time they where faced with Assef and his goons Hassan pulled out his slingshot and that scared them away. Then The second time Hassan was confronted was without Amir by his side and he stayed loyal to Amir by not giving away the kite, but he then payed the price while Amir cowardly watched from afar.

Decisions.... Think About It.

My current decisions I am faced with are all about college and money. These decisions I am faced with will determine the next four years of my life and I know that one stray away from the path I already built will affect my life. A decision I made in the beginning of this school year was where should I go to college and what do I want to study. I chose four schools: Valparaiso, Texas Lutheran, Eastern and Augsburg. I knew that Valparaiso was my first choice, so then I had to make another decision on how far away do I want to be from my family, is Valparaiso too far or not far enough for my liking? Accepted was the next step in my decision process because i got accepted into all of my schools but in reverse order from where I decided I wanted to be. Now that the year is coming to a close and I am enrolled in Valparaiso University I have to decided how I will pay for college and travel expenses. I recently made the decision to apply for a credit card strictly for school. People make decisions on there financial needs and there wants and thats what I am doing constantly. My decisions this year have not only affected me but my family and friends. They are all very supportive in my decisions to go away and now that the year is coming to an end the decisions are getting harder on what to bring, what to buy, what will I truly need to be successful out at school.

The Delicious Disaster

Ingredients:

1 cup of Landlocked Country
2 Tbsp of Trade
1/4 cup of Oil
1 oz of Migration
3 cups of Brutal Civil War
1 cup of Empires a pinch of King Amanullah
1 cup of Diplomatic Relations
5 cups of Taliban
2/3 cup of September 11th Attack
1/2 cup of Poverty
4 cups of Poor Infrastructure





First you take your 1/4 cup of Oil and mix it with the 1 cup of Diplomatic Relations. Then throw in your 1 cup of Landlocked Country.
Then throw in the 4 cups of Poor Infrastructure. Mix well. Then take the 1/2 cup of Poverty and mix the 1 cup of Empires with a pinch of King Amanullah.
Put that in the oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

While that bakes you take your 2 Tbsp of Trade and mix that with your 1 oz of Migration.
Then mix your 5 cups of Taliban with your 3 cups of Brutal Civil War. Then add your 2/3 cup of September 11th Attack and shake well. Be careful it doesn't burst.

Then once you have let the cake cool spread the brutal icing on the cake and Voila!

You have just made the Delicious Disaster. Enjoy!

Spring Break 2009

For my spring break I worked and watched a lot of movies. Monday and Wednesday I babysat triplets. Then the rest of the week I worked at my real job (HomeGoods). I also attended church every night from Thursday until Sunday. I also stapled ALL the church service bulletins. I was very pleased because on Easter Sunday we played hand bells and the Wednesday before we could not get 2 out of the 3 songs, then a miracle happened on Easter morning and we nailed it. It was such a relief because Holy Week was so stressful and busy up to that point.