A Hard Candy Christmas

Christmas
The Day of Jesus Chirst birth.

The ideal christmas is filled with joy and christmas spirit. It is a time to reflect and thank God for what we have but this isn't always the case.

If your feeling down this season you aren't alone. Sometimes it is hard to be thankful when things aren't 100% perfect. It is easy to have a blue blue blue christmas. No matter what is going on in our life from a heart break to finacial problems, our sorrows tend to bring us down. We have to remeber that Christmas is a time to take a break from our daily worries and celebrate. TIt may seem hard but I can tell you one person has helped me get thought this season.
Dolly Parton.
Hard Candy Christmas is a song about even if things aren't going as planned, you need to put them aside and enjoy the season. It is easy to relate to and puts you in the mood to persevere this christmas. Plus Dolly's voice has that comforting ring to it.




Enjoy the season, Have a Merry Christmas and may God bess you and your family.

My Life Is Average

My Life Is Average

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.

Hello, my name is Lauren and I am a reader of My Life Is Average aka a MLIAer and this is my story.

When I first started reading MLIA I really thought I could control it. I knew some people got sucked in but I told myself that would never happen to me. At first, I only visited the sight occasionally; I knew I could count on it to make me chuckle and feel good. I enjoyed the stories of ninja and harry potter to funny realization and encounters. MLIA gave me a place I felt accepted and I could release my inner child.

Then things took a turn. Reading MLIA became a daily occurrence. I still thought I had it under control but then I started reading MLIA as soon as I got home, before I went to bed, I even read it at school. It started taking over my life. I wasn’t just reading MLIA I was living it. I would find average moments in my own life that no one else would see. I started playing with nerf guns, looking for Waldo, and coming up with witty jokes I could say. I even started voting on submissions and rating and commenting posts. Soon it wasn’t just the posts that started with “Today” and ended with “MLIA” it was my life. It was then I realized I had lost control. I was ashamed. I started denying it and became a closet reader but this admission has made me realize one thing.

I don’t have a problem. I use to have a life but now I have a more interesting more average life and I like it that way. I am proud to be a Mailer. I will continue. If you don’t know what MLIA is, then let me be the one to introduce you to an average place. You will thank me in the end.

Today, I realized the ice cream flavor "death by chocolate" must not be as witty to someone with a chocolate allergy. MLIA.

Today, my boss passed me in the hall at work and asked me "Do you have a sec?". I was trying to be flippant and replied "I have tons of secs". We both pretended I didn't say that. MLIA

Today, my body wash bottle, it whistled. It sounded like when you whistle at an attractive person. It was awkward, because I was naked. MLIA

Today, I got a 52 pack of colouring pencils. I also got a new pencil case for them. When I got home I was going to put them in until i realised that the pencil case wasn't long enough for the pencils. I spent my afternoon sharpening 52 pencils so that they could fit in the pencil case. MLIA

Now that you have had your first taste, go to My Life Is Average now.

Future Me

November 24, 2009

Dear FutureMe,

How are things going? It is the last week of your senior year, be proud of yourself. What ever happened, has happened. You have done your best and so take a moment be grateful for all the opportunities give to you. Don't worry if things didn't happened as planned because they aren't supposed to. Its hard for me to say this because right now I am planning your life down to the period but I know in the end everything will work out.

Remember when you were dying to join the circus? your giant crush on the neighbor? owning a sloth? skipping homecoming, going to sonic and sneaking into The Hangover w/ Joseph? your Quinceanera? your obsession w/ going to Stanford? stealing the sign from McDonald's? new york? spelunking? private school? the great debate? starting JLU? wanting to go to Tibet? loving the 1950's and 60's

your friends? Make new friends and keep the old. If you've drifted away from someone, get to know them again. Say hi to all my old and new friends for me Alex, Caitlin, Emily, Marrissa, Kassandra, Joseph, Roger, Zachary, Natalia, Christine, Estefania, Mike and Madeline.

Its sophomore year. Mr. Strickland is your favorite teacher. Your new neighbor/friend Lucas is really nice. AP world history is killing you. You are kinda in a rut on what do with the whole IB, medical academy, and Softball thing. This week you spent a lot of time with Alex, I hope you two are still good friends because y'all know how to read each others mind. Be nice to him and don't make fun of his shortness. Keep practicing your Spanish. I wish I could tell you more and ask you some questions but I know I/you will figure everything out soon enough. Don't forget to Love your self.

Sincerely,
Lauren M

Will be delivered May 25, 2012
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