An Important Lesson In Life
- Admin
- May 29, 2016
- 3 min read
This is a rare post that has nothing to do with American Girl or dolls. But today, I learned a important lesson while I was playing outside. Sure, it was dreary all day and I had to be cooped up inside for a long time. But then, the sun finally came up. I was so happy when the sun finally came up, because HOORAY! I could play outside. And it was worth the wait.
Fifteen minutes into my outdoor play (I can't go outside over a half hour or else my blood sugar will get too low), it started to drizzle. When I felt the first drop, I was blasting my music and on my swing, having tons of fun. But my first thought was, "Great. It's going to rain!" So I stopped my music. When I stopped, the couple of drops turned into drizzle. I tried a trick to stop the drizzle that worked maybe 99 out of 100 times. It was probably coincidental all of the times it worked, because all I did was pretend to bark and be like my puppy, Snickerdoodle. Snickerdoodle is the cutest puppy in the world. Here's a picture of her:

Yep. World's cutest puppy.
So then, I barked. And instead of the drizzle stopping, BANG! It just kept "drizzling" on. So I stopped my swing, got out and went on my phone to cancel my half-hour timer. But then, I realized that it might thunderstorm tomorrow, and I would be out of luck. But this drizzle, was just water. Nothing harmless. So I decided to go blast the song I was blasting and have a dance party in the rain. I did just that, and had tons of fun. Sure enough, by the end of the song, the rain was gone!
But, why did I name the post the name I chose?
Because, when I got back on my swing, I realized that I had two choices when I got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last summer. Choice 1 was the easy route. That route was to cry over the diagnosis and not be happy with myself. But Choice 2 was difficult. It was to actually do the stuff I had to do with confidence. I chose Choice 2, spread a lot of awareness about Type 1 diabetes, and led my grade level at school to raise $201 for JDRF. When I announced the results at lunch to the whole grade, lunch became a party. There was high-fives and hugs, and of course, the big standing ovation right when the results were announced. And that party would never exist if I didn't choose Choice 2. Same with the aftermath of my experience with the princess party lady a couple of weeks ago with my dad and Jade. (Search for "Why I'm Creating Sydney's Special Dolls" a couple of pages in my blog feed back to know what happened.) Choice 1 was to mope around again, knowing that there was a gender stereotype with dolls, princesses and "girly things" like that. Choice 2, was to fight against those stereotypes and get more awareness for diseases. I'm a Choice 2 girl through and through. And in today's situation, Choice 1 was to go home, and Choice 2 was to dance in the rain. I chose Choice 2, thankfully. And now I will always choose Choice 2 in life.
COMMENT DISCUSSION QUESTION: Do you have a pet?
MY ANSWER: I have the Cutest Puppy In The World named Snickerdoodle!
omg snickerdoodle so cuteoodle
I have the 2 cutest cats in the world!
i was thinking of one thing a lot during this post.
Fight or Flight.
for you, Choice 1 was flight. you could’ve skulked and had one big pity party, but instead you chose to live your life. You fought against diabetes and chose to continue to do everything you love. This is the way everybody should be. most people just go the easy route. But no, Sydney. You went the tough way.