Haley+O'Donnell

A great hero of our time is C.S. Lewis. He was an amazing writer and had an incredible sense of imagination. He fought for his country in World War I, which required a lot of bravery. He was once an atheist, but became one of the strongest believers in Christ, and inspired many other believers many years after his death. He wrote books like The Cronicles of Narnia which very imaginatively portrays the battle of good and evil and of Christ. He would be a hero in Joseph Campbell's eyes because he went above the normal and saw things the normal eye couldn't see, and was an incredibly strong christian. He has inspired many people and gone beyond the normal capacity for success.
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My perfect world would be on an island. I would want my dog there and lots of horses, preferably Marley, Dakota, Pokey, and some pretty brown and white paint horses. There would need to be tack to go along with the horses. I would also want lots of books and music, and internet access. I would want my mom, my cousins, Chloe, and Hannah to be there as well. I would also want a church. I would like a beach treehouse, and perfect weather, a little hot and breezy. There should also be a Houston’s on the island. A ballet studio would be nice, along with several pair of pointe shoes. A two sided gift I have received over the past year has been my parents splitting. It was both positive and negative. A good thing was I didn’t have to listen to them fighting all the time, so it made me much less stressed. Another good thing was that they were both so much happier when it was all over. I also get two birthday presents. A downside is even though I’m much better off, there is always going out and seeing families together and wondering if I’m really missing out on anything, how my life would have been different if I had had a close family. I also feel slightly guilty for leaving my Dad, and wonder if it was the right choice, although I know it was in the long run. Another thing that was both good and bad was I had to grow up quickly. It was’t good because as you grow up, theres a lot of things you have to deal with, the consequences of your actions, more ways to stray off the right path, things i wasn’t prepared for. It was also good, in a way, because if I hadn’t gone through what I did, I probably wouldn’t have met the people I cherish in my life, and I also wouldn’t have had a strong relationship with God.
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I think my biggest end of childhood was what happened to me last year. My parents had been wanting to split up for a long time, and i thought it was sort of a game, but then they actually did. I had no idea how to handle it, because it was a lot to swallow. Making a huge adult decision like picking one parent over the other made me change quite a bit. I was upset with everything that was going on, and i didn’t know how to handle it, so I just went with what felt good in the moment, which was not the best thing for me. I then began listening to music that was heavy rock and getting into things I didn’t know the consequences of. I was doing all these adult things still as a child, unaware of all the consequences that lay ahead of my actions. The moment I realized my childhood was completely behind me, it was too late to go back to where I was before. I was no longer a kid who lived with her entire family that seemed normal, I was completely lost in a world i thought knew, but really had no idea what lay in it. Assignment 6 My favorite season is summer. This is because we don’t have school and i get to be home. This summer I am going to Arkansas with my dad and we are going camping. I am also doing a lot of dance and riding my horse. I would relate this to the Golden Age, because for a while everyone is peaceful. I can’t wait to go swimming with my friends. I am also going to Destin, Florida. Assignment 8 I think the human race could self destruct using technology. People aren’t supposed to be on phones all the time looking at other people’s lives. They need fresh air and excersise. I think if technology got worse, no one would go outside or feel the need to know anything, because they could just look it up online. Eventually, everyone wouldn’t have a reason to live because they lost the purpose of life. Assignment 9 Honesty is one of the most important values. Coming from place to place, moving around all the time, made me not value truth as much as I did as a child. I started lying about things, because who would know it wasn’t the truth? It started out small then it turned into a big mess. I would lie almost all the time. I didn’t really understand how much it could affect my life. I would be a nervous all the time, I wouldn’t be able to keep them all straight and it affected everything I did. Suddenly, my life wasn’t at all the same as the time I moved the first time. Lying had transformed me into someone I had never wanted to be, and I didn’t know what caused it. I then became a Christian and realized how tangled my life had become, just because I didn’t tell the truth. I promised myself that I wouldn’t lie anymore after I got baptized. It was very hard at first, but after a few months, I realized how much I had changed. I no longer felt the need to be someone I wasn’t, and I no longer felt so nervous or stressed. I think this value is most important because you can’t really fully appriciate everything one is blessed with or what one is really capible of if you keep lying about your life, because pretty soon you’ll even confuse yourself and go on a path you never thought you were headed toward until it’s too late. I became honest with myself that I wasn’t going to change unless I put my trust in God to help me move forward. I have changed so much since I learned how important honesty is.