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Anna is a 13 year old girl that is willig to fight for her rights to her own body. She is a sweet and loving girl and would do anything for her sister, Kate. She enjoys being outside, and when she can she loves going to the beach. She has one brother, Jesse, whom she is close to and even closer to her is her sister, Kate. She is a strong will-powered girl and will do whatever it takes to fight for herself.

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Is It Worth It?

Today I have just been pushed over the edge. I met with Campbell today for the first time. It is going to be hard to go through all of this unnecessary stuff to win the rights of my body over. When I first walked in he really just couldn’t believe that a little girl just walked through his doors, and emptied my pockets with the money I had in order to pay him. At first I was nervous that he was not going to accept it, but I convinced him differently. I think that it is cool how he has his dog, Judge.
I am just anticipating the day my mom and dad find out about what is going on, how will they find out, when will they find out, and how will they react. So many things are spinning throughout my head I don’t even know my left from my rights. But I need to stick to my guns on this one and not give up, because this is what I want!
Campbell sets me up with a lady named, Julia Romano. She is assigned to me in order to represent me in court, also. This should be fun. I didn’t think all this court stuff was going to mean such a big deal and cause so much chaos, I really hope this is what I want. Julia is supposed to come and visit me sometime soon, but the question is, when? How much will she have to know? Is she really going to help or is it just for moral support? Man what am I thinking?

Dancing In Circles

Tonight sitting at the dinner table, Kate has awfully been cheery lately, and I am not sure why. She has just started with all of her treatments and radiation, and the doctors told us that she is going to be sick and out of it for the next couple of weeks. I am not sure what they are talking about, because Kate hasn’t been this happy since she was a little girl. I am not complaining that Kate is acting this way. I am glad she is not what the doctors said she would be, but then all the sudden the phone rings and she bounces up! Oh boy, I think that explained my questions. Must be a boy, sure enough. His name is Taylor. Come to find out they met when Kate was getting her first treatment and he was about done with his. He must be a real nice guy if my mom even approves of him. My aunt is a little cautious about it, but for me I look at it as if she is happy and that is what makes her happy, even if its for the mean time, I want her to stay that way. I just am curious what he looks like, I am sure he looks like Kate, no hair. That one is obvious, but body wise and everything else.
He asked her to go to the dance with him at the hospital. It’s a dance for children that are sick in the hospital. It sounds neat. So, tonight Taylor and Kate are going together. Kate looks gorgeous. We bought her a wig and a fancy dress, its going to be a night she won’t forget that’s for sure!

Headed To The Beach

Recently Kate has been talking about going to the beach. She has been slowly going downhill and not showing any progress at all. I think that this is all hitting us pretty hard. Dad thought it would be a good idea to head out that way for an afternoon and really do something that would make her happy. The doctor said it was fine, so we discharged Kate from the hospital, went home and hopped in the car. Of course, my stubborn mom was hesitant about taking Kate to the beach, but what more damage can be done to her? This is really what Kate wants. So mom finally agrees to going with us.
This has been the best time that I have ever spent with my family, in a long time. It was so nice to play in the sand, and run through the water. Kate didn’t do much of anything, but just the smile on her face made it all worth it. This was her one thing to do, before she passed. And I think you can tell by looking at her, she knows the day is creeping up sooner than we planned. I am so glad I have the family I have. We all have our tough times, but when we are all together it is just that much more fun. I can’t describe how we all are happy when we are on the beach with no worries. Nobody is coming in to bug us, nobody is calling, and it is just us and the ocean. How much better can this be?

FoReVeR

My sister passed away this morning. It is hard to believe that after all we have done and fought eachother and our family, I am thinking to myself if it is even worth it. My parents knew that Kate was going to die eventually, but when it was going to happen was just unknown.
I am going to miss Kate. She was my best friend. We did everything together, even when she was sick. I just have a pitty in my stomach from all the times that we fought over nothing. Everyone has regrets in life, and I will say this is going to be my biggest one throughout it all. She fought a good life through this all, and in the end I know now she is a happy little girl up in Heaven. She is no longer suffering or having to go through any treatment.
I wish my sister the best and hope she is sitting up in Heaven waiting and watching over me, because really if it was not for her, I would not be living. Although I do wonder to myself my parents would’ve been a lot happier without me around, but that is just besides the point.
Everyday I wonder what the past is going to look like. I am going to visit the ocean and mountains when I want to be closer to Kate, which is where she told me to go when I am having a bad day. It is just so peaceful when I do go there and reminisce. I am going to miss you Kate.

Bloggg

The first thing that I want to throw out there is how it is ridiculous how much detail and scenes are left out of movies from the book. I have seen so much already through reading this book, people always say how the details are left out in movies and the movie is not as good, well now I see exactly what they are talking about. In my sisters keeper, there are two important scenes that really should not have been left out. It just makes you wonder why they skim over the important details in the book, do they want more people to read the book, or money wise it is hard to do more scenes.
This book has been really good, and i am almost done with the book. It has flown very well with the movie, so in some parts if i get lost it is easy to pick back up. The way the book is set up, it has each character telling their side of the story for that particular date in time. Sometimes, it will even go over some of the things that have been said, so its nice to get it from another person's perspective. I cant wait to finally get through with this book, it is so long (something that I have never been this far in a book, that is for sure!)

Ok. It is time to start blogging about my new book, since i forgot last time, also. Woops. The book I have chosen to read is, "My Sisters' Keeper." The background of the book should be familar to mostly every one. If not here you go, Kate's sister is born with a rare form of luekimia and must have a perfect match in order to get bone marrow and organs from them, and the doctor told Kate's parents, the only way this would happen is if they scientifically made a baby that is a perfect match. So that is exactly what they did. So now Kate is the one that must suffer through all the surgeries and bone marrow drawings for her sister, in which she never concented to doing so.
So far this book has been very interesting. It is a very easy book to read and you are getting different perspectives from all the characters; mom, dad, kate. In normal everyday books, you just get the one perspective and move on. I like this, becuase of the fact you can see how they all are feeling and going through and how they really feel rather than what the narrator tells you how they feel.
This book is going to be a tough one to finish. Its a pretty long book! But I think I can do it. Especially if it stays this interesting. I just have to keep my mind going and not tell myself differently.

Hannah & Clay

This book as it has gone through the tapes and people has really shown a lot about Hannah and Clay. I have many different reaction s against Hannah, and how she has reacted to everything so far. Everyone has a rough time in high school at times. You just have to be the bigger person and not let it bug you so much. Some things that have gone on such as Justin with the pictures would be something that would be hard to pick yourself back up, but the making fun of, who’s hot and who’s not list, now that is just something to be nit picky about and say how much you hate your life. I know it is hard for some people to stay positive, but there are other options out there besides wanting to kill yourself. I have read the end of the book so I know how it all goes down, but as of right now that is how I see how Hannah is the one that has held herself low enough to be thinking the things. Life is not easy, ask anyone, because no one’s life is perfect. Reading this last section of the book has really put a good perspective on Clay himself. He seems to be the guy friend you would want to have. She had nothing bad to say at all about him, even if he was on the tapes, it was just about how they hooked up and had something at the party and how she and he both wish that something may could’ve came out of this. He would do little things at work to try and show her that he like Hannah, but maybe she just didn’t catch the red flags, but if a guy did that to me I am pretty sure I would get the hint after a while. But you live and learn and everything happens for a reason.

hmmm..

Some people i just do not get, but i do see their side. For this reading we see how Hannah kind of has that girly side to her and maybe wants to find a date for Valentine's day! But we all know how that goes over when Cheerleaders try and set people up. Personally I just think that this is another thing going to lead up to drama and her wanting to kill herself. Because I know it surely didnt help her cause at all. When someone is late to a "date" there is usually a rhyme and reason to it, not just he was walking home and thought well maybe i should go back and see if she is there, C'mon now!! But maybe I should give him credit for showing up at least but not a half hour late. I am really sitting on Hannah's side on this one there is no giving up for what i am thinking. I kind of know how she feels i got stood up once at a restaurant and i sat there and i waited and waited. It sure as heck dont feel good. I guess you never know how you made a person feel until something blows up and it all comes out and these tapes are getting more and more interesting as we keep playing them. Sorry I did not write more it is hard to know when to stop talking or if i should say more about the subject.
p.s. i am not going to be in class for the second time now...i had 4 moles removed on my back and they claimed it wouldnt hurt but holy heck!!

Blog #3

So far this book has not let me down. I have really enjoyed this book. It has been the kind of book that you do not want to set down or quit in the middle of the chapter. You just get so into the tapes more than you would've thought. It makes makes me nervous reading the tapes for the kids and it has nothing to do with me. The part that really threw me off was the part at the party. I really felt for how Hannah and how she got treated by all of those girls, and how she actually took the kid with the camera home (I am terrible with names.) Oh my, if I knew someone was taking picutres of me and my friend thinking it was for real, oh heck no i would never give him a ride home. What a creeper!! I can start to see how Hannah is being effected by all of this and how it is starting to come into one big snowball. You just always wonder what is going to happen next with everything.

Number One

Well Reading has not been a very easy subject in my school year past. I have not ever wanted to sit down and read a book whether people tell me it was good or not. To give everyone a little blurb about what my reading knowledge consists of, its not a whole lot. Love stories probably have to be the one that I have wanted to read, but when classes pick out books to read that never happends. All through grade school and high school, you kind of knew what you were expected to read by what the kids in the grade about you told you. I think that really put a damper on things to (getting other poeple's opinion before I read the book for myself.) All that in class work and worksheet garbage is pointless. You can never get anything from filling out a worksheet, especially when you copy your partners paper before class starts. Ok so getting to my point, if I would have to choose a book to read, it would probably be a girly love story that makes every girl/guy want to puke. And I feel sometimes the author can let you down so it is kind of pointless to want to read when you are thinking in your head is this how it is going to end or will this? So class, I hope I confirmed some new things in your brain!