Wednesday, December 10, 2008

At first, I thought irony was a strength or weakness type word, but I learned that this was wrong. Actually, irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. There are three types of irony, Dramatic, Situational and, Ambiguity.
I also learned about ambiguity. I used to think ambiguity was to commit to something without failure, but I learned that ambiguity is something liable to more than one or , meaning if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context. On my irony and ambiguity pretest, I was below grade-level. On my posttest, I hope that I will be at grade-level.

Friday, December 5, 2008

No Wishes Well

I want to run away
Inside my bright red scream
I want to break the doors
Holding back my dream

Living like this
Checking the skies for rain
A constant reminder
Of this burden and pain

I'm holding on to
A shooting star
Its points cutting my skin
This time it's gone too far

Nothing left to wish on
My bloody star fell
Left me drowning in hopes
Inside my wishing well

Not looking for a hero
To owe such a debt
I could not ask for saving
This loss is not a regret

I want to run away
But there's nothing out there
I want to shatter windows
That look out on nowhere

This is not life
If I'm already dead
My bleeding heart stopped beating
And tears I no longer shed. -By Leticia Courtney

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Monday, December 1, 2008

A Day to Be Remembered

On the day of November 26, 2008, I spent quality time with my former foster family. I was a little nervous to be spending time with them once more. After the way I had left them, after last years Christmas holidays. On the day of December 27, 2007, I was left alone in the home of The Janowiaks, my former foster family. My foster mother took her children to Mexico to celebrate and left all on my lonesome. I was very sad that they had done this to me. I felt that they had no longer loved me. I packed a bag full of clothing and left with out a trace. I hadn’t called The Janowiaks in about six months after my disappearance.
I felt really bad about the way that I had run away from my home. With the Janowiaks I had everlasting support and endless love from people of different diversities and preferences. However, they hurt me as much as I hurt them and, to this day, they still do not understand.
The night before Thanksgiving, my Grandma, Belva came over to the house and we were cooking food the next day. I thought everyone would dessert me and avoid the “Ungrateful Run Away Child”. It was not like this at all. Everyone welcomed me with open arms and kisses. This lifted a lot of stress that I had when I stepped foot into the door.
On Thanksgiving, I had a marvelous time with my family. However, my foster sister still had a great amount of animosity towards me after my AWOL. This hurt a lot because, I thought we were close and that, she would not take it personal. I still love them all. No matter what their feelings towards me is nothing can change the relationship between us that was formed two years ago. I was very thankful to be spending time with them and not alone. All I asked for was a loving caring family for the holidays and I got more than that. I found out who I truly am and for that, I thank the Janowiaks.