I've been googling ethical issues in the medical field for about an hour now and I'm stumped. One that has stood out to me is eithical issues in care for the elderly, but that deals with healthcare. Healthcare is important and certainly an ethical issue today, but it is a little to common for me to write about. I want to find something more specific. My field of the "medical field" is pretty broad so if y'all have any ideas, I'd love to hear them!

This is a manifesto that I found. I really what this one says. It's all about living life to the fullest and taking advantage of every opportunity that you are presented with. To me, it says a lot when someone loves life because it really is a gift. One of my favorite quotes is by Shauna Neiquist, "I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift." 

I wasn't sure what to expect for the midterm, but that wasn't too bad. Here's a link that deals with my belief that interracial dating is not a bad thing. The guy speaking challenges the reasons of why some people believe that it is wrong. Check it out if you have time! Why is Interracial Dating Wrong?

Finally submitted my paper! Woohoo! It feels good to have it finished! I feel like I learned a lot through writing about my belief that racism, more specifically intolerance of interracial dating, is still a problem in our society today. This is a topic that I feel very strongly about and I am proud to have written my manifest on it.

I've been working really hard on my paper and I think I'm ready to turn it in. She's really pushing me on the reflection part so hopefully I took that as far as she wanted. I just find the reflection kind of difficult for some reason, but I went to Miller Writing Center and they helped me a little so we'll see! Hope y'alls papers are coming along well!

My conference went pretty well today. She gave me some things to change that I think will make my paper a lot better. I'm really determined to get an A on this one so I'm going to work my butt off and revise it tonight. One thing y'all might want to watch out for is specificity. Make sure you're very specific and your belief is narrow.

The two people who read my draft today liked it. I didn't really get any helpful feedback except that they liked it. I'm looking forward to my conference so that I can see what I should change about it. I enjoyed reading a few of y'alls papers today and can't wait to hear more of y'alls beliefs.

Got my paper all finished up! I kind of wish that I had spent a little more time on it but hey, it's the first draft. I'll polish it up and use y'alls feed back for the final one. Hope y'all got your papers done and don't have a stressful night tonight!

So I calculated it up and I'm pretty sure that if we blog five days a week, we will 50 by the end of the semester. Heads up if you haven't been blogging haha you still have time but should probably get started now! Good luck writing your papers this weekend and hope y'all have a good weekend!

I've started my paper and I like where it's going. I have to finish it today because I'm going to Mardi Grass this weekend! Just gotta knock this out and then it'll be time for the weekend! Hope y'alls papers are going well and hope y'all have a good weekend!

I'm changing my topic. Defining joy is more difficult than I thought it would be. I think I want to write about segregation. Even though we are post-civil war and America isn't supposed to be segregated anymore, it is. I believe that segregation still exits in America today. What do y'all think about this?

I'm really just writing to get another blog done haha but I'm still conflicted about what topic to write about. I feel like she really wants us to choose a simple belief so I'm working on coming up with one that I have an experience with. Can't wait to get this thing done. First draft due Monday...woohoo.

Alright so I think I have finally decided to write that I believe that joy can be found through God even when we are in the deepest pain. One of the options on the assignment sheet is to write about when your belief has been challenged so I guess I'm kind of going off of that.  I have a specific example that I am going to use of when I endured this emotional pain. My question I guess would be how to write the whole paper about this one pain? I guess that I could use examples of when I find myself in this pain and when I simply find joy even though it hurts? It's kind of confusing and hard to wrap my mind around. I think it will be good for me to write this though.

Well it's time to write assignment two. I have been trying to think about something to write about all weekend but I just keep coming back to my faith. I realize that this may not be what she really wants us to write about, but I feel like I need to do this for myself and I feel like I have an experience that is powerful enough to bring the large topic of faith to a more specific topic. Thanks for the help!

Well I still can't decide on a topic, but I guess it would be productive for me to try to list some of my beliefs. I believe that working out makes a person happier. I believe that technology has polluted our generation. I believe that money cannot bring happiness. I believe that happiness is found in the small things in life. I believe that it is important to not let other people influence who you are. I believe that I have too many beliefs and can't decide on one!

I don't know about y'all, but after today's class I decided I definitely need to change my topic. Originally I was going to write about my faith because I thought that it would help me to discover and explore my faith more through writing about it. Now I kind of want to write something a little more fun and something that's more light-hearted. What do y'all think? Deep or light-hearted?

My name is Mary Anna Caldwell and I'm from Chattanooga, Tennessee. I love to play sports and spend time out doors. I also love traveling. Number one on my bucket list is to travel to all fifty states in the U.S. I love to have a good time and enjoy spending time with my friends.