"Meant To Be" By Lesly Arreci

I believe everything happens for a reason. I believe only God knows why things are meant to happen and if He wants when the time is right you'll know to.

 I remember one day we were in the car and the topic of regrets came up and my mom said, “Everyone has their own flaws and regrets and no matter how bad you mess up I will always be here and support you. Life is too short to be spend regretting the past. Know what you want and go for it, nothing in this world is impossible. There will always be a could have or a would have, pero todo pasa por algo solo Dios sabe porque las cosas pasa, no hay Nadie en esta vida que quedan arreglar algo en el passato".

 Meaning everything happens for a reason only God knows why things happen, there is nobody in this life that doesn't want to go back and change things. As I thought about it more I realized she was right. Along with time comes mistakes that brings wisdom and knowing what and what not to do next time. Without mistakes you can't learn from anything or change it next time around. Your regrets have an everlasting effect that makes you try to be a better person and try harder. Some things just aren't meant to be.

I remember reading this quote but I don't remember where I saw it but it said, “some people come into our lives as a blessing others are a lesson”. I remember this quote because people who come into your life and do damage weren't meant to stay in them, they bring lessons and teach you different things. Your regrets and mistakes make up you. Everything happens for a reason this I believe.

Literature Circle/Non-Fiction Article blog

  In my literature circle I read the book, "Small as an elephant" by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. The article I chose is Neglect: The Quieter Child Abuse by Marie Hartwekl-Walker. My essential question for the book is, Will Jack be able to forgive his mother this time for leaving him? My essential question for the article is, what does neglect do to a child? The article talks about parents neglecting their children. In the book Jack's mother negeclts Jack. She disappears whenever she has her spinning moments, leaving Jack alone to care for himself. In the article Marie Hartwell-Walker a









MLA:
Book: Jacobson, Jennifer Richard. Small as an elephant. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2013. Print.

Website: "Neglect: The Quieter Child Abuse." Psych Central. N.p., 17 July 2016. Web. 12 May 2017.

Small as an elephant Blog

   Jack (being eleven) and his mom go on a camping trip in Maine, but when he wakes up his mom is gone. No note, text, message on his YouPage, no trace of him mom anywhere. Leaving Jack no choice but to wait for his mom to get over her spinning moment and come back he waiting with only a couple dollars he quickly spent on breakfast. When Jack got tired of waiting so he decided to look for his mom on his own making sure not to tell anyone what have happened, if he did he could be separated from his mom and taken by his grandmother who he'd been hiding from. Jack hid his tent in the woods and packed his bag and was on his way to find his mother. Out of money Jack had to collect cans to cash them in for money to feed himself and smashed his pinky