Growing Up

I've always wanted to know what type of person I'll be when I get older. What career I'll be in. Will I have kids? Who will I be married to? Where will I be living? Will I have pets? What will I look like? So many questions that I want to know but I have such a long ways until they will be answered it seems like.

Right at this moment I can see myself as a counselor for kids who have family problems. I can see myself living by myself for a while and finding someone to marry but having no kids. I want to have at least two dogs, a wiener dog and a husky. I hope to be making at least enough money to live off of. I can see myself traveling but still living in Indianola because it's a nice safe town and I'm so used to it. I mostly like will still look the same, blonde hair, blue eyes, yet I may gain a few pounds, and probably still 5 foot 1 inch.

I have so many places I want to visit before I die and I hope to visit them when I get older. The first place I'll be going is France because I am going there the summer after I graduate high school. The second place I want to visit is Australia. I've always wanted to visit there because I love their accents and it's still sort of exotic. I hope to live there for a little bit too. Another place I think would be cool to visit is Greece. Ever since I watched the movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants I've always wanted to go there to see the beautiful blue water. And of course I would like to visit each and every one of the States. That dream might take a while to do but hopefully I can marry someone rich who can take me. (;

Hopefully I live long enough that our world doesn't corrupt and everything just destroys. Like every one I wish for world peace one day but that would be pretty cool to experience it myself even though I know that probably wont happen. Right now I just hope that our government can fix itself eventually so that when I get older we still aren't living in world full of debt and poverty. If I do end up having kids I wouldn't want them to live in that kind of world. I also love the technology that we have but I think that too much technology in the future could be a real problem. Also I hope gas prices go down again. Sometimes I just wish that I lived in an older time period where things were simpler yet at the same time I know I wouldn't be able to live without my technology like my phone, computer, and car.

I just hope that one day our problems can fixed and that when I get older I can supply for my family and we can live comfortably as long as we are happy.

PROM

Prom night, a night that most girls look forward to and prepare for even as a child. For me it's a little different. I on the otherhand do not like dances and having to wear a dress all night. I enjoy getting my nails and hair done but that's about it. Prom is good in a way that you are that much closer to graduating and it's a nice celebration of how far you've come because only upperclassmen get to go, unless asked otherwise.

This years prom was definitely better than last years. Last year I was sick on prom and didn't get to eat dinner and didn't dance either. Also my date this year was better. My group this year was pretty awesome, mostly because my sister was in my group and we are like two peas in a pod.

I got ready at my house and then took a few pictures there with my date and my sister and her date and then we all headed to Buxton Park to take pictures with the rest of our group. The park was filled with multiple colors and tons of people. Every one is trying to hurry and take pictures with all of their friends and family. It's a little to much caos for me. After pictures I got carried away (literally my date carried me to the car). We then headed off to dinner.

For dinner we went to Sam and Gabe's, some Italian restaurant. It was very good, I got manecotti to eat. It was a little expensive though so thank goodness I didn't have to pay. After dinner it was time for the dance, which if you ask me is inconvenient because who wants to dance with a full stomach?

At the dance you get announced by Mr. Lester which is always fun because he has a different relationship with each kid it seems like. The dance in general was pretty fun and they played decent music I suppose. We left the dance at about 11:45 so we could try to beat the rush. We went to McDonald's because I was parched and then I managed to spill Hi-C on my dress. We then headed off to after prom.

After prom on the otherhand was not exciting. They didn't have very many fun games to play if you ask me so we left after like an hour and half of being there. And from the sounds of it most seniors didn't win the big prizes anyways. So I ended up going to bed at about 3 which was nice and then slept until 1pm.

I think that the memories I made at prom will stay with me forever. I was glad I got to spend it with people that I care about and I had fun with them. One of the best moments was one Kamden (my date) was carrying me and I told him he didn't lift and he threatened to drop me until I told him that he did lift.

All in all prom wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.



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Becoming Who I Am

I have become the person I am today because of the ups and downs in my life. I like to think that I have shaped into the person that I want to be but at the same time I am still changing into a better person and life still has many experiences left in store for me. I like to take life as it comes and not have people tell me what I should do or be.

I believe that my parents getting divorced when I was 2 had a big effect on my life even though at the time I had no clue what was happening. In the long run it's difficult to adjust to and within that comes many problems. It's always difficult having to switch to a different house every couple days or so. It is also difficult to be able to picture myself in a happy relationship because I haven't ever really known what a happy relationship is. Also my dad got remarried not too long after he got a divorce and I was blessed with another mom and with a sister. At first I didn't think of it as a blessing because like many kids I wasn't happy that they came into my life. Now thinking about it they helped shape me and it helped me grow up faster. I can't blame my dad for everything because my mom isn't perfect either, she has gotten remarried and is engaged again but since it's later in my life I've learned to accept that they have the right to move on. In the end everyone deserves to be happy.

I have had to grow up faster I think than most because of alcohol and family problems that my dad has put me through. As a child my dad struggled with his alcohol problem and it even affected me in the long run. He got so bad as to one day when he was taking me to my softball tournament he got pulled over and blew well over the limit and got taken to jail. I was left there on the road to wait for my brother while my dad was being taken away, needless to say I don't think any child should have to have those memories of their father. Many things like this kept happening and I had to take measures that were needed. I stopped seeing my dad for about a year to try to get away from all the drama in that house and in hopes he would get better. In that time he was in alcohol counseling and I had a counselor to talk about what happened between me and him. The treatment worked for about a few months but then things just kept getting worse. I didn't want things to end like that but now I rarely go see my dad and sadly it's for the better.

My mom through everything has always been there. She's been my role model and my backbone. I always have her to lean on and she can always put a smile on my face. I love her to death and I am practically turning into the same person she is.

My friends and family have helped me grow and I am happy with who I am and I can't wait for my future ahead of me.

Passions/Hobbies

What am I passionate about? What are my hobbies? Both very good questions. It's hard to think of what my passions and hobbies are because I feel like I don't do something for a long period of time, instead I jump from different hobbies depending on how I am feeling. My hobbies would probably be being a wrestling manager, arts and crafts, and baking. My passions would be becoming who I want to be in life and striving to help others.

I would say I'm passionate about learning and about trying to become a counselor or a social worker. I want to attend UNI so that I can make my passion become my work because I believe that you should love what you do in life so you aren't complaing about going to work in the mornings. I'm passionate about being able to help kids through problems that I went through my life and to make them feel better about themselves. I don't want kids to have to go through what I went through as a child because some things were not things that I wanted to happen.

I love being involved in wrestling because its a great sense of community and it teaches you a lot of things along the way. I've learned a lot of things through wrestling. I learned that being in charge of something big is a very big responsibility and a lot of people are counting on you. I learned that you need good negotiating and talking skills because some people don't always understand where you are coming from. I also met so many good people that have made an impact on my life. The coaches make practice and meets so much fun and they really want you to do well in school also so they will help you with anything you need. The parents will become very involved in your life and will always be there at the crack of dawn with you waiting for meets to start. The cheerleaders are great people and I have become close friends with them. Most of all the managers will become some of your best friends because you are with them every day and even every saturday for the whole day. It's a lot of work but in the long run it is definitely worth all of it.

Arts and crafts and baking is kind of my way of relaxing and I love baking things for other people. Most things I bake I don't even eat them. I will bake three batches of cookies and not eat a single one because I don't necessarily like sweets but I love when other people enjoy what I have made for them. I love doing DIY projects because you can find so many cute things to make on Pinterest for such less cost than buying them. I love putting together my pictures in picture frames with cute frames or organizing them on a huge poster board with stickers and words.

Who are you?

I am Emily Powers. My favorite color is orange. I am going to go to UNI for college. I can speak French. I am 17, 18 on May 4. Nothing special yet, but I plan on making an impact on someone or something before I die.

I want to go to UNI to go into social work or counseling. I want to go into this field for many reasons. For one I always wanted to make a difference in someones life. What better way than to help children or adults in their struggles in their life. I either want to be involved in with the kids who's parents are alcoholics or help kids with disabilities. I want to help kids with their parents problems because I have had to have someone help me with my dad's problems before and it was very inspiring to me. Also I've always wanted to be involved and help kids with disabilities because I believe that everyone is special and we all have something we are good at, we just have to find it.

I have been taking french for four years now. Sometimes I wonder why I am even in that class because I have a terrible memory and I am not good at learning a different language. Then I think if I've made it through 3 years I can stick the fourth one out. I am excited that I took it though because now in the summer I have the opportunity to go to France with some  of the students in my class. I am super pumped to be able to go to France and learn more about their culture and visit all the cool castles and monuments but mostly I am excited to shop in Paris because they have excellent taste in clothes.

My values are nothing special either. I do believe in God but I wouldn't say I'm religious at all because I don't go to church a lot by any means but I don't think that should define if you believe in Him or not. I believe that everyone has a place in life and that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we accept the love that we think we deserve and it doesn't matter who loves who as long as they are happy with themselves.

I am shy person if you don't know me very well. Once you get to know me I am very opinionated and I would say that I take a lot of things to heart and get hurt easily. But I won't show my feelings to many people even if we are close. I don't like for people to see me when I am vulnerable. I don't like attention and my face turns bright red even if I'm just talking to my friends. I am more outgoing when I am with my step sister and I feel more comfortable around people rather than being by myself but at the same time I'm not good at being around a bunch of people that I don't know.