I forgot to mention that last Friday I volunteered at the Stanford children’s hospital for their annual “prom” party.  It’s an event that the hospital hosts every year for the kids in the hospital who cannot attend their own prom because of illness.  It was great as the event was not only open to high school kids but kids of all ages.  The prom was a little different in that they had a theme for it, which was pirates!   While the older kids wore tuxedos and dresses, it was fun to see the younger ones dressed as little pirates.

After talking to some of the kids, I learned that a few of them were battling some serious illnesses.  I thought it was amazing that despite all of the things they have to go through, these kids are so positive about everything in life.  Having contact with these kids was inspiring and definitely put my life in perspective.  I realized that although there may be some struggles in life, I should always keep pushing on because there are always others in the world that have to deal with more serious things.

Anyway, I was glad I was able to help out with this event.  The party was awesome and being able to see all the kids having fun was definitely the best!