Exclamatory

First of all, apologies for never ever ever blogging. The past month or so has been quite overwhelming, and it took a parent-teacher conference day for me to be able to breathe easier and sit on my couch for a bit. I have a feeling this post will be rather scatter-brained, but I've come across many unique individuals that have driven my thinking process.

If I've learned one thing from public school. It's how big the world is. When I was at CAC, I merely came across .001% of people living and breathing around me. There is so much more to the human race that I had never seen or come into contact before, that is, until August 19th. I've met kids on school nutrition programs, because they can't afford lunch. I've come across pregnant teenage girls, and ridiculous teacher scandals. I encourage all of you to get a taste of the real world, even if it's just once in your life.

I also had a tid bit of inspiration on my car ride to school today-exclamations (hence, the title of this post). Why are we not taking advantage of the exclamation mark in our text messages and e-mails? To me, a simple (!) is an opportunity to make someone's day a little bit brighter. Example: "We should go eat." or.. "We should go eat!" As long as we're glued, and dependent on technology, we might as well put a little love and excitement back into it. I'm done being factual. Let's exclaim something today.

In Joy,

Kandace