Many people have strong opinions on our decision to stay. We should love and support not shame and hate. We are as prepared as can be watching the weather reports. We are hoping and praying everyone that is affected stay safe and I promise we'll be helping the victims when all of this is over! Until then just hang in there and have hope! If you read the description at the top of this box, I talk about hope. Let me tell you about one time I hoped I would pass this chemistry exam after staying up all night playing video games. It was in the 10th grade on a Sunday night. I had just gotten Xbox 360 and all my friends were online. I knew I shouldn't have logged on but it was literally all my friends and I had to play at least play one game. Well before I knew it, it was 4 AM and we were still playing. I thought to myself, just finish this and I'll pull an all nighter studying. Thats when I heard the stomping and rumbling which I thought was from the game but it was outside my bedroom door. I was hoping it wasn't my mom. It was my mom. She came busting through the door and was not happy with what she was seeing. She slapped me so hard, my face landed on my chemistry book and my Xbox reset itself, no game data saved. I spent the rest of the night studying and hoping I would pass this test. Well the next morning I took the test. With belief, hope and what I remembered from class, I passed with a B minus. Luck was on my side. When I brought the test home for my mom to see she smacked me again. I could've gotten an A if I didn't play video games all night. I cried. My test cried. My Xbox cried with me as well. Apparently when my Xbox shut off, it kicked all my friends out of the game which erased all the progress we made in our game. I don't have friends anymore but I did earn better grades from that night on.