Children's Justice Center

I volunteer at the CJC just once a week for two meager hours. But these two hours make the all the difference. Volunteering at the CJC makes my entire week better. It grounds me. It reminds me of what really matters. Today I in charge of six kids, I have never had more than two at a time. So it was a little overwhelming. I had three six year olds, all still working on their sharing skills. I loved playing with them for nearly an hour an a half, which is an unusually long time for the children to be there. One of the girls, Ashley, had already started her interview when I had got there, so I only got to meet her for a short time. While I was with her we read books together and just talked. It is kids like Ashley that amaze me. I have never been so impressed with a young girl. Even though she was the victim in this case, I feel like she changed me for the better. She truly is beautiful on the inside and out. I know she is going to have a hard life ahead of her, but I know for a fact that she will be alright. In that brief time Ashley made the biggest impact on me and I am so grateful for it.

I Won't Give Up Date

This last week I got asked out on a date in possibly the cutest way ever. Okay well the cutest way I have ever been asked out. A couple months ago I showed a boy, Taylor, in my ward a song that I love, he was a fan and said he would learn to play it on the guitar. So last week comes along and Taylor and another boy from the ward Kimball came to my apartment with their guitars. Well they serenaded me. Kimball sang the entire time, later I found out he had never heard the song when he played it and that he had just learned to play it that night. At the end of the song Kimball changed the lyrics to asking me to go out with him the coming up weekend. How adorable is that. I have never been interested in him, but I mean come on. How do you say no to that? You're probably wondering what song it was. Welp here you go.