Awe Moment #4

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WOW! Everytime I watch this dance I get the chills alllllll over! Even if you aren't interested in dance this video will have an impact on you. The first time I saw this dance I got tears in my eyes because I felt bad for people who have to fight an addiction. Now, I can relate to those people. Personally I have not had a dangerous addiction, but my dad has. He has been fighting it for a couple years and the fight still continues. I watched his addiction with alcohal slowly take over. It not only had an affect on him, but it affected our whole family. Addictions can ruin relationships, break up homes and families, and possibly take lives. Watching somebody you love trying to fight an addiction is heart breaking. You see them have so much hope and take the right steps to change. It seems like once you see them progress something sucks them back into the bad habit. I want to help so badly but there's only so much I can do. It is a battle they have to conquer and I think it is one of the hardest battles there is. I have been thinking about my dad and his addiction a lot this past week and I was flipping through the channels on t.v. and this dance was on. It is so powerful and is a great interpretation of how an addiction takes over your body and soul. In the end, she fights the addiction even though it was a tramendous struggle. I truely hope my dad and others facing addictions are able to overcome their addictions and find happiness.

 

Coming across videos, songs, or pictures that relate to what you are going through in that moment pop up for a reason. They remind us we aren't the only ones going through hard times and there is light at the end of the tunnel. These things that touch us for reasons we cannot explain are definitely AWE MOMENTS. 

Awe Moment #3

Love. Do you smell that? Beacuse love is in the air this week. That word can make people feel many different emotions. There is no way love can have one definition because it's a word with many meanings. I was walking around temple square one day and I saw an elderly couple sitting on a bench. The man had his arm around his cute little wife while they were holding hands and gazing into eachothers eyes. I felt kind of creepy staring at them but I couldn't help it. I'm not sure what love is but to me, that was it. You could tell they have grown together and even though they've experienced bumps in the road, good times, bad times, trials and tribulations they still look into eachothers eyes like they just met.


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I never had the greatest example of true love growing up. It is discouraging watching movies and seeing how they protray love as being a perfect fairytale, when in reality, I have seen it not be that way by any means. My parents' divorce has altered my views of being in love. But seeing moments, like that elderly couple, gives me hope that true love really does exist.

Another lovely moment that happend involves my coworker. She just got married to her boyfriend of two years and boy are they adorable. A week after they got home from their honeymoon he surprised her by bringing her orange juice and a donut in the shape of a 'U' to work. The donut was especially awesome because she loooves the University of Utah and she was so pumped for the game that weekend. When he walked in the door she had tears in her eyes. You would of thought he surprised her with a brand new car or something, but nope, it was just breakfast. And that simple surprise meant more to her than if he got her something extravagent. The small things have more meaning and show more thought than the material things. Walking around and seeing people showing their love in different ways are absolutely AWE MOMENTS.

I have attached a clip from the movie Up. Although I don't know what love is yet, this clip shows how I imagine it.

Awe Moment #2

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By Brian

Think about how many times you have driven passed someone holding up a cardboard sign in need of food, work or money. Now think about how many times you have stopped and offered them help. I don't know about you, but I have been guilty of ignoring them the majority of the time, except for this one occasion I decided to stop. My day was super hectic from the start, I got off work later then expected, and I had to rush over to a dance studio in Draper to teach. I was in such a rush and I was sitting at a red light yelling at it to turn green! Then, I looked over and saw a man pushing his child in a stroller and holding a red gas can. He was waving at me asking for me to roll my window down. The light turned green and I was ready to push the pedal to the metal and be on my way, instead I stopped because he seemed like he really needed help. I pulled over and rolled my window down and he said, "Excuse me ma'am, this is already embarrassing as it is but I ran out of gas and was wondering if you had a few dollars to spare. I can wash your windows or something in return."The man offering to work for the money showed a lot about his character. It really made me stop and think, if I was in his same position I would want somebody to stop and lend me a hand. After talking to him, I gave him the three dollars I had on me. He was so grateful and had a smile on his face from ear to ear. Because I stopped for those three minutes, I made a difference in somebody's day and maybe even their life. People, including myself, get so caught up in the activities going on throughout the day that we don't stop for a second and think how we can help someone else. It can be something as simple as a smile, or even a wave that can brighten up somebodies day. It was such an awesome experience being able to be a part of such a simple act of kindness that made a BIG difference...and that's what I like to call... an AWE MOMENT!

Awe Moment #1

Since this is my post number one, I thought I would talk about the people who are number one in my life...MY FAMILY!

My brother Ryan and I

Adorable wittle Kayden

A few days ago I was out running errands with my cousin, Kalissa, and her little boy, Kayden. We were just galavanting around town doing some shopping having a grand ol time, when out of the blue Kayden says, “I miss my little brother Jackson, I just love him so much!” He said it with such wide eyes and with the most sincere voice. I just put down the shirt I was looking at, looked at him and said, “awwwe Kayden that is so sweet.” I know you’re probably wondering why such a  silly little thing stuck out to me. Little kids say that all the time about their siblings. But it just made me think about my relationship with my older brother. We got along fine and dandy when we were younger but the older we got, the more we grew apart. Our arguments are so pointless and we let our different outlooks hinder us from having a strong brother and sister relationship. If we just take a step back and remember what it was like when we were Kaydens age, playing Mario Kart on Nintendo 64 and just thoroughly enjoying having the other around, our relationship could potentially change. We do need to confront our differences but most importantly we need to remember that we are family and that bond will never break. Witnessing Kayden exemplifying what a good big brother is was definitely an AWE MOMENT!