Teenager @ MindSay 
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Wow, this is going to be a rough ride here on out, she use to be so sweet and kind of a quiet type. Not anymore, suddenly overnight she has spun totally out of control.
Girls gone wild suddenly is a terrifying thought...lol.
She wanted to move out of her mom's, into my house and she did for two weeks, then suddenly without a word she moved back to her mom's and hardly speaks to me since. Things went well the two weeks, we talked and watched movies ever night, she would say its so nice to not have to argue with her mom non stop.
Why would she want to move back into that? She has been back at her mom's for about four weeks now and she never comes over when its my time to have her now. She called me on the weekend in the middle of the night and her mom was screaming at her, I could hear on the phone and the next day its like nothing happened.
Ahh well...
Life is just a bit more exciting that the boring old routines we had fallen into.
She has suddenly been saying she will kill herself when she doesn't get her way too..
Her mom said she thinks she has started cutting herself. I had noticed when she still was visiting that everything she came over she would take my scissors into her room with no explanation but I never thought she would be one of the types to self-harm.
In never doing drugs.
Never smoking.
Never running away
Never attempting suicide
Never giving up
Never vanadalizing
never disrupting the class
never littering
For being in IB
for being mostly bilingual
for making my own food
for doing my own laundry
for volunteering
for recycling
for making it to grade 12
for struggling with depression
for having a job
for being polite
for always being myself
for always trying my best
...then maybe I might feel motivated to keep going.
No I'm not religious and I am not perfect. I may not get awesome marks in your class and I may not always be pleasant, but I always say thank you when you pass back the test I just failed because I was too upset to study.
For all you care, I'm just some angsty teenager who doesn't care about her marks. You think I don't pass in assignments on time because I felt like it. You think I don't do well because I don't try.
And to my english teacher: You may understand people in books and litterature, but you have no idea when it comes to real life people. When it isn't all spread out for you in hidden metaphors and meaningful figurative descriptive language. Just because it isn't beautifully written and doesn't sound all pretty, doesn't mean I don't still feel the same things. Maybe I'll write about it someday and it will be dedicated to you. Maybe you still won't understand or care.
My sister got a hold of the dayum camara! I think these are the most pictures anyone has gotten of me. My sister said she had to document the fact I was cooking and serving things! What a smart ass!
1-2. I am cooking the gravey here. The first one is me being goofy and the second one is me actually paying attention to what I am cooking!
3. My cousin Nan with her middle child, Roger. She wants this one emailed to her so she can document the fact one of her teenage sons hugged her!
4. This is my friend Teri's teenage son and in the background is my Aunt Lois and Dad, they're siblings!
5. My dad and DeLaney. My sister managed to get a picture with out my dad trying to hide!
6. DeLaney and my nephew Curtis! These two are hams! Always posing!
7. Me setting up two tray tables for two of the teenagers because I didn't have enough room for everyone even with all the tables! The guy on the couch is my friend Teri's husband Marty and in the chair is Randy!
What do you think about this?
By Samantha L. Quigley
WASHINGTON, Sep. 1, 2006 – Americans can help the nation's servicemembers by helping Brittany and Robbie Bergquist and their organization, Cell Phones for Soldiers, win one of three $50,000 Volvo for Life Awards. Cell Phones for Soldiers recycles used cell phones, personal data assistants, iPods and ink printer cartridges, and uses the profits to buy prepaid calling cards for deployed servicemembers. The Bergquists have raised more than $1 million and have distributed more than 100,000 prepaid cards to date.
"Winning the Volvo for Life Award would mean that more of our troops can be helped by our organization," Brittany said in a telephone interview from her family's home in Norwell, Mass. "It would be an incredible honor to receive this award and would give Cell Phones for Soldiers the recognition that it needs to let people all across the country know about what we are doing to help our military and their families keep in touch."
Cell Phones for Soldiers is a member of America Supports You, a Defense Department program that spotlights ways the American people and the corporate sector support the nation's servicemembers. The annual Volvo for Life Awards program recognizes and rewards everyday, real-life heroes across America, according to the car company's Web site.
The teens are among 250 finalists, five per state, competing for one of three top prizes. The state finalists were chosen from among the semi-finalists of Volvo's past four contests. The Bergquists were chosen as semi-finalists last year after their mother entered them in 2005. The siblings were encouraged to reapply this year because Volvo, the administrator of the awards, has added a twist to the contest. In a switch from the previous four years, Volvo is asking Americans to weigh in on which of the 250 state finalists should go on to compete for the top prizes.
"A vote for Brittany and Robbie is a vote for the troops!" Brittany Bergquist said. A panel of celebrity judges will choose the top three winners after Americans narrow down the field of 250. If the Bergquists finish in the top three, it would mean a $50,000 charitable contribution to Cell Phones for Soldiers. That would equal about 10,000 prepaid phone cards with 60 minutes of "talk time" for deployed servicemembers, Brittany said.
If chosen as the grand award recipient, the siblings also would win a lease on a new Volvo every three years for the rest of their lives. Brittany said that one car wouldn't be a problem, at least for a while. "I'll get my license before Robbie, so I guess I'll have to drive the Volvo," she said. "When he gets his license, maybe I'll consider sharing!"
The Bergquists have numerous awards to their credit for their work keeping deployed servicemembers connected to loved ones. In October, they will receive a National Caring Award from the Caring Institute. But the siblings, who started out to help one deployed soldier who racked up a tremendous cell phone bill, don't do it for the accolades. Their reasoning today is the same as it was in 2004 when they started their nonprofit organization: to help servicemembers.
"It would be an award that wouldn't be just for Robbie and me," Brittany said, of the Volvo for Life Award. "It would be an award for the troops and the thousands of Americans who support them because ... there wouldn't be a Cell Phones for Soldiers without the assistance of Americans who are helping us recycle (cell phones) all across the country."
The Bergquists' cousin, Army 1st Lt. Quentin Charmichael of the 182nd Cavalry Regiment, recently deployed to Kosovo on an 18-month peacekeeping mission, Brittany said, and her family attended the deployment ceremony. "We gave him and his unit phone cards to call home," she said. "I'm going to miss him so much. I can really understand how important it is to hear a loved one's voice and know that they're OK."
To help Brittany and Robbie get the chance to keep an additional 10,000 deployed servicemembers in touch with their families, visit the Volvo for Life Awards Web site. Follow the "Vote for your hero now" link to the map, choose Massachusetts, and follow the voting instructions. Their story also appears on the site.
Voting is under way and will continue through Feb. 4. The top three finalists will attend the 5th Annual Awards Gala in New York on April 4, where the winner of a Volvo for life will be announced.
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