All About the Music

   Music is very important to me. It connects people, It makes you feel emotions, It calms you down, It pumps you up, and It can heal you. Lately I've been listening to music because life has been tough, it is my escape from the world and gets me focused. It pushes the negativity away. You can ask anybody I know, I always have headphones on my head or around my neck when I can. 
   I think It's funny how people dislike some music or for example, different generations hate the next generations music, but personally I like them all. For example pop, rap, classical, country, etc. Here are some of the songs I've been listening to lately I've been listening to a lot of rap (only doing the two genres that I have been listening to the most): 

Pop
1. Ed Sheeran ~ Shape of you
2. Zayn/Taylor Swift ~ I Don't Wanna Live Forever
3. Bruno Mars ~ That's What I Like
There's more but I don't remember names. 

Rap
1. Post Malone ~ Congratulations ft. Quavo
2. Lil Yachty ~ I Spy ft. Kyle
3. 21 Savage ~ Red Heart 
4. Russ ~ Losin Control
5. Russ ~ What They Want 
6. Lil Uzi Vert ~ Do What I Want
7. Rae Sremmurd ~ Swang
8. Roy Woods ~ Drama ft. Drake
9. Travis Scott ~ Goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar
10. 21 Savage & Metro Booming ~ X ft. Future
11. Meek Mill ~ Litty ft. Tory Lanez
12. Big Sean ~ Bounce Back
13. Rob Stone ~ Chill Bill
14. Jeremih ~ Oui
15. Ugly God ~ Water
16. Chance the Rapper ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne ~ No problem 
17. Pnb Rock ~ Selfish 
18. Anime ~ Caroline
19. Migos ~ Bad and Boujee ft. Lil Uzi Vert 
20. Chris Brown ~ Party
(These are just 20 I have a lot more)

Dear Former President...

      Hello George Washington, I am a fan of you. I admire that you were the first president of the United States of America. You lead the U.S. in independence and without that, we would be a totally different country. So I thank you for all you did and just to know how much we admire you. You might have not known it at the time but the were the start of something great.  So thank you for that...

Gifts

   This year I did not have that Christmas spirit, everything died in me. We didn't give many gifts, receive many gifts, and did not celebrate Christmas as we usually do. This year, I want that to change. My goal is to buy my cousins all a special gift because I want to show them that I care and I love seeing people getting gifts. Usually my family buys gifts its just that I've never paid for it, considering that I have around 15 cousins. That's why this is special. I have been saving money and trying to find out secretly what they want. I hope I can achieve this goal and surprise them with these gifts to fulfill our Christmas spirit.

Mia's Motivational Mondays

   I know this is not Monday, but here we go.

REASON

   Everything happens for a reason and I forget that sometimes. About two weeks ago we lost our chance to be in the championship, which I'm still upset about because I was looking forward to that day since the year before, but then I realized that everything happens for a reason and it made me think on positive things like maybe I need to work harder or maybe there will be even another chance to redeem myself or maybe this somehow connects in the future. Thinking about reasons, I thought about fairy tales and how they always got a "happily ever after." But that made me think, maybe if we did win maybe I would have stop playing basketball because I would have fulfilled my goal or maybe that eventually I would get that satisfying moment later in life when it is more worth it. That made me realize that if your life is not happy, your story is not over. That made me go into a state of motivation again and made ready to get back on track. My story is not over yet and I have a plentiful to learn in life. 

   Next time you feel down think about the positive things in life, everything happens for a reason and is setting you up for something great in your future.

Updates

   One of my main problems is doing what I say I am going to do when it is new or I don't have much of a passion for, for example ...

     1. Motivational Mondays

     2. Story time Saturdays

 and that is one of my new years resolution to do, do something right away.

   I am so sorry that I haven't been posting much, but I have been very busy and sometimes not motivated, but no excuses! So for now on I will be uploading more often and that is a promise. Look forward to it.

The Perfect Gift

    I've always thought about the "perfect gift" but I never could actually think of one. Most of the things I really want are things that I would have to earn because most of those will have a real sentimental impact in my life, but besides that, most gifts I get are the perfect gift because I am grateful that I get a gift in the first place.

My Name Is Mia

My Name

   My name to everyone shouts out confusion, so confusing that the original meaning is not significant. It was supposed to be my grandmothers name, but it is now a puzzle. Maria Teresa, that is my name, or is it Maria-Teresa, or Maria...Teresa, or even Maria Theresa. I don't know. My parents don't know. Nobody knows. This name is absent, it's only present when I have to say "here!" in class, then it gets replaced to Mia. The puzzle gets hidden in our minds, never solved. When my parents have to do legal things, the puzzle comes back. They debate and debate the same controversial topic since I was born. 

"Is Maria Teresa her first name?" says my mom.

"Isn't Teresa her middle name?" says my dad.

"Isn't it pronounced TUR-E-SA?" says my dad.
"It is TUR-EH-SA!" says my mom.
"Wait, isn't her middle name your maiden name? says my dad.

   My name will never be known. It will never be understood. It will never be my identity. It is not me. Maria Teresa is not my name, my name is Mia.