Blog Entry 1

Hey my name is Alissa Cross and this is a blog about my life and how I live it. I live in Atlanta and I have lived there basically my whole entire life. Before I lived in Atlanta though I lived in a small town by the name of Aledo, a place a couple hours north of here. I only lived there until I was about 3 years old, after that we moved to a small house in Atlanta, then we moved again, and again, to the place were I call home today. With me lives my two other sisters, Katie who is 17 years old, and Sarah who is 2 ½ going on 16! Well and then there’s my parents, Lynn and Kalee. Together were a big happy family, and I love them all so much, they help me get through the day. Without them I would be pretty lost. And as for me, I’m 14 years old and I’m a pretty typical teen, I go through a ton of mood swings, and I hang out with my friends all the time. I play softball, and basketball, and I can’t get enough of them. I’m 5’5’’ short and I could take getting a little bit more. I also have dark brown hair that’s about medium length, and I love fashion I pride myself on what a wear and how I present myself.
My goals for my high school career are to attain straight A’s all the way through, and to have so much fun. High school is about discovering who you are and what you want to be, having fun and making smart mistakes. It’s about finding who you’re compatible with whether it be as friends or as something different. To me if I accomplish those two things I will be thrilled with my discovery years.
I also love to travel, I do most of it with my family though. We have been to the beach mostly, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina two times, Destin Beach, Florida, and the Outer Banks, actually we went to an island segregated 23 miles away from any distinct part of land, and it is only accessible by private jet or ferry. I would love to, as I age, to venture to Paris, Rome, Italy, China, Japan and some other unique cultures. To me, that would be the most interesting thing to do in the whole world. It's an escape to the outer world different from the ways your accustomed to, to the ways you live.
I currently have a serious obsession with the outdoors. Not that I'm that into the whole like "think green" theory. Not that that's not important, that's just not what I'm into. But not like the whole pitch a tent, roast marshmallows and weenies type of thing, either. I mean like the part where you go star gazing, kind of thing. I also have come to the realization very recently of how beautiful and petite the Earth is, and I'm just now coming too the factors that make up the Earth, maybe I'm just maturing a touch as well.
When I look back at myself in 20, 30, 40 years I want to be able to think that I could define myself and tell myself a lesson that I learned in my so called, "discovery years" I believe I could sum it up in one verse. It comes from the Bible, from the book of Luke 4:10-11: "He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully: the will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against any stone." To me that could not be better said, while your finding yourself and you feel totally lost your are still protected whether you feel as if you are or not. I think that is such a comforting feeling knowing there is one person in the entire world that will never let you down. Thank You.