You don't know your beautiful ..

I know its embarressing I'm using One direction lyrics in my blog but after spending two weeks with 13-15yr olds, you can imagine what music I have been listening too..  Its better than biebs "If I was your boyfriend I'd never let you go".  So two weeks with 48 young teenagers, one week with Horizon I (my 8th graders) and a week with Horizon II (my 9th graders).  But what did I learn??

Suprisingly I learned so much from Horizon I that it was almost a little life changing.  These girls of all sizes, ethnicities and all sorts of crazy taught me something.  Each with natural beauty had this confidence, like "Yeah I'm Sexy and I Know It".  They didn't care what anyone thought of them no matter how crazy or home sick.  They are proud of who they are.  I don't know many middle schoolers that think that way.  As we all know middle school was that awkward stage in our life, I had a jew fro and a mouth full of braces, I know sounds real attractive.  But not all young teenagers can be that great.  My second week at Horizons wasn't nearly as fun as the first.  I had the typical group of teenagers, the clicks; the mean girls.  Reminding me how much I hated middle school because it wasn't based on being yourself it was based on trying to be someone else.  And these girls haven't realized that yet.  The importance of being yourself.  I can try and try to teach them, but It's something you have to teach yourself.  To love yourself for who you are, hell the Horizons I girls figured it out. 

My mom was excited when I got the Horizons job, because she knew I could make a difference in someone's life.  And for the Horizons I girls they made a difference in my life, and I can tell by the letters and songs they made me, I made some kind of impression on them.  For Horizons 2 I didn't give up mom, It's not like me to give up.  But some problems I can't solve, as much as I wanna think I'm a therapist, I'm on the path to be an engineer.  I can give these girls insight but somethings in life you need to learn on your own.

As for me, My sleep schedule has been nutty, My diet has been fantastic =P ( Robro decides that pasta and chicken are the only things to serve to children. To bad I'm a vegetarian and pasta just gets old), and my voice is started to go from yelling so much.... BUT the girls that I work with at Horizons and the girls I have met in the program will forever make a lasting impression on my life...

Thank you girls for life lessons, for waking me up at 5 AM to sing happy birthday to me, for throwing me a birthday party with "sexy craig", for laughing at my jokes, and most importantly putting a smile on my face...

Here's to the good people in the world and a round of applause and hugs to them,

Anybody with me?