I'm Not Sorry

If I did something to offend someone and they don't tell me I can't apologize and make it right. If they do tell me and I believe that I still did not think I did anything wrong I will not apologize.

If someone accuses me of something I did not do and tries to make me apologize I will not do it. Because apologizing means I accept I did wrong. But if I did not do wrong and still apologize I am compromising my character.

I won't back down. 

When I was about 11 or 12 I played on a recreational girl's soccer team, new coaches (a dad and his friend), same team. One day we had a game against a team that had a girl on it who was very aggressive and physical. 

Now, if you know me you know I am very competitive. I hate losing. And I enjoy physical sports, soccer and Ultimate Frisbee being my favorites. And I am pushy. I won't play dirty but I will play hard, and fouls happen.

Anyway, this girl was a little bit bigger than me and I was playing a defensive position and she was playing offense on my side of the field and we came into contact often. And I believe that I was one of the first people to push her back and that made her angry. We played on the spectator's side of the field, in plain view of everyone and we had it going, legally. But she was mad and started cussing and eventually her coach took her out a little while before the game ended.

At the end of the game my coaches asked who had been defending her and I raised my hand. I was fairly proud of myself for holding my own and not letting her into my end of the field and scoring. The assistant took me aside and told me I had to apologize to her.

I was very confused and asked why.

He told me that her coach had told them that she had said I had punched her.

I hadn't done it. She had made it up to get back at me.

I said I didn't do it.

My coaches said I had to apologize anyway and took me over there to make me say I was sorry.

I wasn't sorry.

I had done nothing wrong.

When we got to their end of the field I didn't say anything but one of the coaches said, "She's sorry."

I still wasn't sorry. 

I had nothing to be sorry for.

Now I was mad.

I got my gear together as fast as I could and stalked to where my mom was. She asked what was wrong and I told her I would let her know in the car.

When I told her she was mad too and we got back out of that car and back onto that field and she talked with one of the coaches. One of the coaches who wouldn't listen to his own player.

I got an apology from them. 

And I will not be forced to apologize for something I didn't do.

I did take away a good lesson from that though. And it has helped me over the last year or so.

Blogging Ideas

I am not a great blogger by any means but I have done this for a few years. Although I am not very constant I have done it and I will continue.

And I know other bloggers who struggle like I do, not knowing what to post. That is one of my main problems. So I have come up with a list of prompts that may help people post some stuff and get into blogging (or maybe vlogging) or continue blogging if they have had a dry spell of ideas (and I will probably use these myself because I am cool like that).

I made one for each week of the year!!!!!!

1. Blog about a time when you got lost
2. Write a review of your favorite book or movie
3. Compare your favorite sport to your least favorite sport and try and write about why you like one and dislike the other
4. Have siblings? Well there are things called "eldest child syndrome", "middle child syndrome" and "youngest child syndrome". Look them up according to your placement in the family and write about whether or not you think it matches you (and then ask your family)
5. What Shakespeare play do you hear the most reference to? And what lines?
6. Write about about one time when you were in an emergency and what happened and what you did
7. Tell the story about one time when you were babysitting and something went wrong
8. Talk about one time when you were deliciously scared (like ghost stories in the woods) and then compare it to one time when you were really scared (like being home alone at night and hearing noises down stairs or something)
9. Tell us about your favorite dessert
10. Blog a fun story from your childhood
11. Had an interesting day? Tell us!
12. Make a post about all the injuries you have  had
13. What was your favorite thing to play when you were younger?
14. What is on your bucket list?
15. Favorite names for kids (and if you're a writer, characters) and why
16. Write a rant about the incorrect spellings that make you the maddest (is it there, their? to, two, too? Yeah, ya, yay?)
17. What is something you think people need to hear? (something positive)
18. What do you want to say to people?
19. Blog about one time when you got blamed for something that wasn't your fault.... that may still make you just the least bit angry.....
20. Blog about your most favorite family vacation!
21. Make a blog post of your favorite photos and talk about what each one means to you
22. What did you do the last time you got together with friends?
23. Have you ever been in/witnessed a car accident? Tell us the story
24. Tell about your pet peeve
25. Blog about the best snow day you ever had (post photos if you have them)
26. Have you ever won anything? What was it and how excited were you?
27. What is one of your biggest life goals?
28. You have three wishes! What will you ask for?
29. Retell your favorite childhood fairytale  
30. Whip up your favorite snack or dessert  recipe and take pictures as you go. And then post the photos and recipe!
31. Compare a movie that was based off a book to the actual book. Which was better?
32. Write about your three favorite songs and why you like them
33. Blog about what you do on Super Bowl Sunday
34. Type up your opinion on Frozen (and seriously don't be a nitpicker)
35. Make a quiz for yourself and answer it (and pretend like you're being interviewed or something)
36. Tell us about the best pet you've ever had
37. Find pictures of yourself as a baby and post. Easy right? That's for a brain dead day
38. Blog about the best birthday you ever had
39. Make a list of ten weird things about your family
40. What is your favorite family tradition?
41. What do you do on the weekends? And if it depends on the weather then tell each scenario. And then share your ideal weekend. 
42. Mountains vs. the ocean, make a list of pros and cons!
43. Write a post about King Elessar and kittens
44. Write a quiz about your favorite fandom
45. Make a list of your favorite Disney princesses (and then make one of your favorite Disney couples)
46. What scene in UP made you cry the most?
47. Favorite TV show! And then favorite season and favorite episode. And why. Always say why.
48. Write a parody of Do you Want to Build a Snowman
49. Take a bunch of photos of yourself in hats and post. Post many. Hats are awesome
50. Blog about the origin of hashtags. Make it up and make it interesting
51. If there was another option for eye color (other than blue, green, gray, brown or purple) what would you make it be and why?
52. Write a heartfelt remembrance on the past year

A blog post idea, one for every week of the year! Have fun!!


If you use one of my prompts comment on this post, tell me which prompt you used, leave a link and I'll check it out!

Also, let me know if you have any other recommendations to add!

I Will Make It

Let It Go- My Favorites

I decided to compile a list of my favorite Let It Go covers/mashups/parodies.A playlist more for me because I LOVE this song. I guess it kind heard/watched it at a time when I needed to hear something like it and I think it's the same for a lot other people too. No particular order, just fun and a lot of talent. Enjoy!

 By Alex Boyé, The One Voice Children’s Choir, and Lexi Walker (cover)

 

  By Sam Tsui (a mashup with Let Her Go)

 Dad and daughter duet (not sure what to call this... a cover? Awesome dad award?)

 Maddie and Zoe (cover)

The Weatherman (parody)

 By Caleb Hyles (cover, and I love this one)

 Jannina W (cover)

 Multi-language version (awesomeness)

 Jun Sung Ahn on the Violin (cover)

 Christina Bianco (a comedy cover)

By Anthem Lights (mashup)

And a free Do You Want to Build a Snowman from Disney (seriously watch it).