Oh man, don’t you just love finding things from your younger years? This afternoon I was cleaning the mountain of laundry haphazardly piled in the corner of our room when I came across this gem.

One glance at the date told me it was from my high school years (don’t judge when you read it! I was a kid!) so of course I had to drop everything and read it. I mean, why on earth would I keep anything I wrote in high school?

I actually really don’t know where it came from besides being in the pile of laundry. It was uncrinkled without dried food or scribbling on it. Maybe one of the kids unearthed it from important documents and reverently laid it near the laundry for me to see, knowing it was a cherished writing my my yesteryears. 

Who knows? Either way, I thought you’d get a kick out it! 

It sounded so ME fifteen years ago and I just cracked up. I’ve always been bossy and outspoken in my beliefs and this…well, this was me then and this is me now. The last two lines are my favorite.

Sharing this with you because I know you want to know!!! (Wink, wink)

“Are We Losing Our Freedom?”

By Amanda

I do believe we are losing our freedom. One issue that irks me the most is the issue of prayer in schools. I despise “general rules” and one “general rule” of public schools is: Organized prayer in the public school setting, whether in the classroom or at a school-sponsored event, is unconstitutional. The only type of prayer that is constitutionally permissible is private and voluntary student prayer.

Give me a break. Who comes up with all these “rules?” Surely not older, respectable, law-abiding citizens who cannot remember what it is like to be in high school. I think if a rule is to be made concerning students, then students should be permitted to give their opinion on the matter. 

What is freedom? According to Webster’s Dictionary, freedom is a right or privilege. Allow me to explain. Freedom is the right to move, act, use, or say whatever you wish as long as it is not illegal. Granted, some people take those rights to an extreme, but not usually.

I believe that we are losing our freedom because we let certain people make decisions or laws that get in the way of what we believe and we refuse to stand up for our beliefs. I think that if you believe in something strong enough, you should stick up for your beliefs. People these days just rush around like there’s no tomorrow–don’t get me wrong, if you’re a Christian, you should be living your life like there’s no tomorrow– but people are so busy they don’t take time to “smell the roses.” People just don’t take time to slow down and think about freedom or what it means to them.

I am so thankful I live in a free country where I am allowed to worship my God and pray in school and read my Bible in front of my friends. I can go to church and worship God without being tortured or killed. To me, just being able to fellowship with other Christians is freedom in itself.

One day, I hope to be part of this changing world. I hope to be able to change the world for the better. I want to be able to get back the freedom that our country has lost in past years. I want the government to be like it was, not like it is now, a dictatorship that takes our money, our freedom, and our families away. But right now, I’m only a teenager and no one listens to teenagers. But one day that will all change. When I’m older, I will listen to teenagers and not ignore them because unlike popular opinion, teenagers have great ideas and most of them have higher morals and want a better world for their families to live in. So you just wait–one day, you might hear my name and say, “I knew that girl when she was younger. We should have listened then.”

(The end).

Are you cracking up now? Or at least rolling your eyes? Don’t worry, my college professors would’ve raked me over the coals for all the mistakes and they did on other papers! It just gave me a laugh today and I wanted to pass it along.

Maybe one day you’ll say, “I knew her back when .”

Until next time,

The Farm Wyfe