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My Top 5 Memories
1. Race for the Cure- in 2007 my mom was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, she started the chemo and our family's world was turned upside down. the race for the cure was kind of a stepping stone saying we made it through. When we were walking up the hill you look up and see thousands of people wearing pink and you know youre not alone through all this.
2. first date with my boyfriend- My boyfriend is the best and the first time we met was at wild country through a mutual friend we started talking and i instantly knew i wanted him in my life. the first time we hung out after that we were supposed to go to the movies but we never actually got to that instead we sat talking in his truck for hours just getting to know each other, it was laid back and casual and i knew i wanted to be with him.
3. nephews birth- it was February 19th 2009 i got called from school saying that i was going to the hospital i knew what it was for and could not be more excited. she didnt actually have him until that night and when i stood at the window looking at him i knew he was going to be the most amazing little boy
4. coming back from germany- when i was in 6th grade my mom sent me to live with my dad who was at the time stationed in Germany, i had always been a momma's girl and hadnt lived with my dad since i was five. while i loved the experience i couldnt wait to be back home. a year and a half later we were coming back to the states and i couldnt wait to see my mom again.
5.Moving out of my parents house- So this actually hasnt happened yet but me and two friends are looking for an apt. last night we found one we all actually really liked and it is starting to feel real, i know the day i move out will be a day to remember and i cannot wait!

Facebook

So, I am a big fan of facebook. Moving around so much, keeping in touch with friends is easier through facebook. It is always up and easy to use. But there has to be a line. Some things you should not have to read on facebook. When a family starts to only communicate through facebook something should change. My family has never been much for keeping in touch, but when it comes to the important things everyone was pretty well informed. We would call each other to tell when something big was happening, i.e.: new family member, marriage, illness. Lately everyone has kind of been relying on facebook. My sister announced her engagement which isn’t so bad because she called the majority of the family first. The one person that really gets me is my grandfather, I have not had the closest relationship with him but much of my close family does. A few weeks ago he posted on his facebook wall that he has cancer. Now is that not something you should get on the phone to tell people, before the rest of the world finds out through an emotionless facebook status?

I use facebook a lot to and I may not always keep in touch with my family, with school and work and friends it can get kind of hectic, but if something like that were going on I would make a point to call my family and then even if I call one person they can start to call other family members. That way they don’t have to hear about it in such an impersonal way. I just would hate to see a world where we lack basic communication skills because we are all just updating our facebook statuses.

Can you be just friends?

Have you ever had that one person you felt like you could talk about absolutly anything with, no judgment but they would still give you  honest feedback about the situation? Well i just recently lost that person. He lives in Ohio and i met him on July 26th 2010, i was visiting a friend and i met him at a party.We instantly hit it off and talked the whole time.  AfterI left we started talking and became instant friends, knowing that it could probably never turn into anything els becuase of the distance. I would tell him everything and we would talk constantly, through texts and phone calls. We then both developed feeling greater than friendship and we both thought we could make this work becuase if we like each other enough it would have to work. We were doing good for about a month, counting down the days to spring break when i would next get to see him. Then one night he drunkily texts me and is talking about some other girl. I was crushed, i didnt really know what was going on becuase he had shut down and stopped talking to me.
I was so hurt by that night and i didnt like it. I didnt like the fact that i couldnt be there to know what was going on and i wasnt there to see him. I decided that the long distance thing wasnt for me. I hated that he could hurt me so much from so far away. So i told the guy i didnt want to do it anymore and that we should just be friends.
 Now I have a boyfriend and we started dating a month ago, and i really like him. He is the sweetest person, open about his feelings would never hurt me or close me out. But the guy from Ohio decides to tell me his true feelings for me, through  a drunk text he tells me he loves me. I thought maybe that i could have possily loved him but he was so far away so i blocked those feelings. I still wanted to be his friend though i still care about him. How could i not we spent so much of our time talking to each other .
Now he tells me that i forgot about him and that i never really cared about him. We never really talk now and i kinda miss him. So i want to know can you be just friends with a guy? I have in the past 2 months have had four of my guy friends tell me they have feelings for me, and telling them i just want to be friends is bringing me down when i have to see the hurt looks on thier faces. So can you truly be just friends with a guy?

I Am From

I am from small towns and big families.
I am from Cathy, Mike, Carole and Andy, raising me with all they know.
I am from moving trucks
from 9 different schools and making new friends with each one.
I am from no one place
I am from windy roads to get back home.
The one place that has always been constant, the little town Tullahoma Tennessee
I am from black eyed peas and brussel sprouts, hiding them under grandmas porch.
from Papa always giving us money for a soda, when we left to go back
I am from multiple families becoming one.
I am from open opinions and hurt f.eelings
From working for what i want and not letting it slip away
I am from creativity, opened minds and happiness and laughter
I am from strength to get through the hard times
I am from family and friends and not being who i am without thier help.
I am from me

Welcome to Me

Hello,


My name is Jenny Bennett. I am like any other typical college student, confused and not sure what I want to do in life. I am currently an accounting major, planning on transferring to SIUE next year. I have worked at Target for 16 months and I absolutely love it. My best friends work there and getting to spend time with them daily is amazing. When I am not at school or working (which is not often) you will probably find me at my friend Kristen's house. When I was younger I was moved around a lot... not because my dad was in the military, which he was, but I lived with my mom. I have attended a total of 9 different schools in two states. One time we lived in a house for a week, shocking right? I have lived here since 2007. In 2008 my mom was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, she was so strong through it all and is a survivor. Though cancer is not my first option it definitely brought my family closer together. Not the most conventional way to bring a family together but my family is one of a kind. My life is all about my family and friends because after all I wouldn’t be who I am today without them.