This is our story. I am Leilani and my partner is Delaney. Our story is about starting a new day.

The Morning:
By: Leilani and Delaney

When I wake up early in the morning, I tell myself that it is a new day and I can do anything I set my mind to do. All of my hopes and dreams can come true with each new day because I believe in myself. I look at the sun as the light that shows me the happy path I should take and any clouds as chances to stop and think. I know that everyday I can matter to someone else so I look for chances to be significant for someone else.
I don't always know what will happen and sometimes I get sad. I sometimes don't like the way things happen or turn out. Sometimes people hurt my feelings and sometimes I fail. But I still have my sunshine and I still have my rain. Every day is a lesson that I can learn from. If I don't learn from it I am wasting it. When I hear birds singing their sweet songs, or feel the breeze brush against my cheek, or when I smell the perfume from the rosebush outside of my window, I know that I have a choice to live the day or let it pass me by. I choose to live as much as I can, because each new day is a gift.