The Magic of Disney

Disney has always been something special to me. They were never just a group of people with a few theme parks and a lot of movies, Disney was always more of a feeling of safety. The Disney parks were somewhere I got to escape reality for a little bit. Whenever I was sad I could watch Disney movies or think about the times I had at a Walt Disney World park and I felt completely happy again. It felt more like a home than any other place in the world.

To my family, it was the place we went once a year to have pure fun. We became members of the Disney Vacation Club because we knew that Disney was always going to be a part of out lives. Every year, my family takes a vacation in the later months of the year to the Walt Disney World resort in Florida. To say I got excited about these trips is an understatement. Even as a teenager, the thought of a Disney vacation would  fill me with excitement. But everything changed in 2010 when my father lost his job. Things got harder with a lack of money and expenses to pay. With bills stacking up and some scary situations in the future, our family had to cancel our Disney trip. For me, this was the most devastating thing that could have happened. I lost my happy place and my escape from reality.

Things got a lot harder for me and my family as time went on. My dad was searching for a job while my mom was working two jobs. Being an only child, seeing my parents this stressed and scared for what the future held was not only stressful but terrifying for me. I saw things slipping out of my hands. Disney vacations were no longer a choice for us because we couldn't afford the time off. On the inside, I felt my heart breaking every time I heard about someone going on a Disney trip because that was my place. That was my home.

Now you are probably wondering why I am talking about this. In a few days, my family and I will be leaving for our first Disney trip since 2009. For my family, this is a big celebration because we finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. My dad now has a job that is keeping us steady and keeping us going. My mom is back to one job and I am feeling so much joy because I am getting my happy place back.

Disney World will always be an important place to me because there, magic is real. In this world, you can escape reality for a little while and act like a child. You can soar with Dumbo or explore different worlds. But what matters is that while you are there, you have the time of your life. Now to say I am excited to start the journey to Florida is a huge understatement because at this point I am bouncing off the walls.

My wish for you is that you find your happy place. Find a place you can escape to when things get bad. Disney has always been more of a home to me than anything and that is something I will always cherish.

One Year!

It's hard to believe but today is my one year of creating Rocking the World. It is amazing to see this thing that started as an idea is now a thing on the internet! I can't thank you guys enough for supporting me in this year of craziness. To celebrate the one year anniversary, I thought I would tell my story and the story of Rocking the World.

So a year ago on September 5th I decided I wanted to start a blog. I had messed with the idea of making a blog and had actually already tried to make a blog but it just didn't stick. I decided to try again and actually try this time and Rocking the World was born. I started writing posts about trips I had taken and even some beauty posts and got into the routine of blogging and developing more and more ideas for posts. I really fell in love with having a blog because it made me feel special because I had always felt that I was just boring so this gave me a boost of confidence that I needed in life. I felt like I finally had a purpose.

A year later I am still blogging and I am still in love with it. I have grown and matured through this blog and it has really taught me skills that I am happy to have like web design and it has even improved my writing skill which helps with school. I have also become more adventurous and out-going at school and in life. I honestly don't know who I would be if I hadn't started this blog because it really has helped me solidify who I am. Rocking the World has really become a big part of my life. Even through long times of not writing I can't help coming back and writing a post.

I can't thank all my readers enough but I have to thank my close friends and family for supporting this blog. I have had a hard time getting people to take me seriously with this blogging thing but my close friends and family have been so supportive and have kept me going. They help me see how happy it makes me. I can only hope that this blog gets bigger and better as life goes on.

Check out some of my favorite posts from the year!

-The Power of Makeup
- A Weekend in Martinsville
- Disney Covers and Medleys
- Introduction + Exciting News

Thank you guys for an awesome year! I couldn't have done it without you!

- Megan

A Special Opportunity continued.

Hey guys so last week I told you about the mission trip I was going on with my youth group and I am back and I had the best time and I can't wait to tell you so lets get going!

So I told you guys that I was going to Niagara Falls with youth group for our annual mission trip. What a lot of people don't know is that the town of Niagara Falls is a community in need. They have lost over 50% of their population and for every one house three were boarded up. Many of the community members are under the poverty line. My group left with 86 people in our group which is a lot of people. We left on Saturday and stayed in a hotel over night then headed to Niagara on Sunday. Before we headed to where we would be staying for the week we made a stop at the incredible Niagara Falls. Guys this place is amazing. We did the Maid of the Mist and it was absolutely breathtaking. I also got to walk around and see all the different parts on the falls.

Once we got to our housing site, we got settled in and went to sleep to prepare for one of the most amazing weeks of my life. Monday we were divided into our work groups and we were given our jobs for the week. I was lucky enough to be working in a kids club that worked with under privileged kids. The kids I worked with lived below the poverty line and a lot didn't get to eat as much as they should be able to. The lady that ran this camp has one of the biggest hearts. She runs this camp during the week where free breakfast and lunch are provided and on weekends she goes to as many of the kid's houses as she can to make sure they eat. But these kids are absolutely amazing. They loved on my group as soon as we walked in the door. They loved everything to running around outside to playing with our hair.

Now one things we do with the organization that hosted us is that we would go out into the community and interact with them. So on Monday night we got to go back to the falls and explore some more. Tuesday night we got to go to the power plant that runs all the power in Niagara Falls through hydro-power. This place was super informative and very interactive. On Wednesday our group was fortunate enough to participate in a poverty simulator. This was an experience that I will never forget. We were divided into groups and given family scenarios. We were then given a certain amount of time to try to "break out of poverty". Now let me tell you, it was overwhelming and many people in our group ended up worse than where we started. It was eye opening and life changing experience. Finally on Thursday we hosted a community cookout where members of the community came to eat and we got to hear more of their stories.

One of the things I was so thankful for during this week was the amazing YouthWorks staff. They were there all week to encourage us and just love on us. I grew so close to them all including Erica, Gabby, and Madyson. They really just overflowed with God's love and I am so thankful for them.

We left on Friday morning and arrived home on Saturday. It was one of the most life changing weeks of my life. God showed up all over the place and I cannot be more thankful for the opportunity. The community of Niagara really just took my heart, Being in such a welcoming community just made me love being there. God showed up in so many ways that I was so overwhelmed by it all and I will be honest by saying I was in a dry spell in my faith but I this trip reminded me how amazing the Lord is and how much he has blessed us.



I really hope you guys enjoyed this post and I am super happy to be posting again. I really missed writing posts while I was gone. I also can't thank everyone that made this trip possible enough. I really am so thankful! If you have any questions about my trip that are specific please feel free to send me a message on Twitter! I will be back soon with some more posts. I hope you have an awesome morning/night wherever you are and I will talk to you guys soon!

- Megan

The Power of Makeup

So today's post is a little serious and a little personal for me. Today I am going to be doing the Power of Makeup and this has been done on YouTube by a lot of people and it is very inspiring. So here we go.

Many people find makeup to be a shield of insecurity. They use it to hide who they are or to impress someone but nowadays you don't find to many people that do makeup because the love doing makeup or because it just gives them more confidence. When I started doing makeup I was in middle school, the time where everyone is trying to learn who they are. When I went to middle school I knew absolutely no one. All my friends from elementary school had gone to a different middle school and I was basically left to make new friends. The first few weeks I looked at everyone and I saw who I really wanted to be friends with and what they did. I noticed a lot of girls did makeup so I started to do makeup to. I did it because everyone did makeup. I had been bullied in elementary school and I was determined to change who I was. I wanted to fit in but really I just felt like I stuck out more.

I went through middle school doing makeup and learning new things but I found my confidence taking a nose dive because while I was focusing on fitting in I realize now I was trying to fit in with the wrong people. When I got to 8th grade I realized I had friends who were talking behind my  back and they honestly weren't friends. I made the hard decision to let some friends go and I became friends with the people deemed as "outcasts". Let me tell you that I am still friends with those people and the people I thought were my friends are people who don't make the best decisions. Now you are probably wondering what this has to do with makeup. Yes I did my makeup to fit in but when I did my makeup I was hiding who I was under layers or makeup and the real me was hidden away.

I am now prepping for my senior year of high school and I can tell you that I still do makeup everyday but not to fit in. I do makeup because it gives me confidence and makes me feel beautiful. I don't do it so other will like me or so that boys will like me. I do it because it makes me feel good. There is no harm in doing makeup but make sure you are doing it for you. If someone doesn't like you because you don't wear makeup then you don't need them in your life. I have started this series called Beautiful You. This is a series about making yourself feel more confident in yourself not to pressure you into wearing make up or making you think that wearing makeup is the only way people like you. I believe that every girl in the world is a princess. Every single one. You are beautiful and that is meaning of this post is to tell you that you are beautifully made.












I now challenge you to The Power of Makeup. Do your makeup on half of your face. Now trust me it is way harder than it looks but then post it using the #ThePowerofMakeup and tag me in it so I can see. You are so much more beautiful than you think of yourself. I know it is hard to feel confident in a society that judges you on your looks but I promise that you are worth so much.

I hope you feel more confident in yourself after reading this. This is a big part of my story and a big part of who I am. Please share this with someone that you think needs to hear this. it is sad to know people who believe they are not worth anything. I hope you enjoyed this post and I will talk to you guys soon.

-Megan

Introduction + Exciting News!

Hey guys so I wanted to take the time since I have gained new readers and introduce myself again

So hi! I am Megan and I am the author of the blog Rocking the World. I am 17 years old and a rising senior in high school that loves blogging a fun way to live life and documenting the adventures I get to go on. I am a firm believer in Christ who continues to bless me and allows me to run a blog and reach people. I am a lover of  pizza, ice cream, racing and so much more. I love taking pictures and sharing them here. My goal is to come up with fun ways to experience life and give you a new perspective on the world.

I created this blog at a time where I wanted a place to put down memories and be able to go back and look at them. My friend helped me set everything up and Rocking the World was born. It was one of the best decisions I made and I enjoy every minute of the blogging life. It has given me a new perspective and given me new opportunities that I never knew could even happen.

I get a lot of questions from readers and other people what the title Rocking the World is about. I am a person that loves new adventures and exploring the world. I also believe that the you have to go out and be the best person you can be so my title is a mixture of being the best you that you can be while exploring the world and taking on new adventures.

I only hope that this blog becomes a bigger part of  my life and that you enjoy what comes along as I grow and as the blog grows and I am taking a big step today and linking my blog to a blogging community known as Bloglovin. It is a free website for people to finds blogs that talk about their interests and helps spread the blog around. I am very excited about this and hope that it helps with the growth of Rocking the World! So check out Bloglovin and support me through this journey!

I do hope that you stick with me while growth happens and that you pray for my journey that is ahead. I do not know that is in store for me but I know that it will be exciting! I encourage you to sign up for Bloglovin and follow me and other blogs. I also ask that you share this blog. The more readers and subscribers the more I am able to do and post. So please help me on this journey! I cannot personally thank everyone that supports me but I just have to say thank you now. I would not continue without the support and amazing people you are! I am thankful to have you with me on the journey ahead and I hope that you stay with me! So lets get this journey going! I am so excited!!

- Megan

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My Story!

So a lot of people have been asking me lately about my blog and why I started it and why I do it. I thought I would take some time to tell a little bit of my story and the story of Rocking the World. 

So on September 5th of 2015 I was really bored one night. I was editing pictures that I had taken on a trip I had taken to a racetrack and was trying to share my pictures and I wanted a place to write down all the memories I had experienced on that amazing week. So I talked to my friend Brittany who I knew had her own blog and long story short I decided to make Rocking the World. 

When I first started I watch YouTube video after YouTube video trying to figure out how to make this blog successful. Then I created my first mini-series and that's when my views started to go up. I had more and more people clicking on my posts. I found the thing that liked to do which was sharing my view and my way of doing things for different seasons. It also gave me a way to think differently. I think about how I can blog about something and share the happiness I experienced. 

Another thing about the blog people ask me about in the landmarking.  This little pose came from one of my role models but I gave it my own little twist and now I take picture like this one and it stands for amazing adventures I have. 

Rocking the World started off as a place I could share my love for racing along with my love for photography but now it is a place I can be myself and it is a way I can connect with other people. It has turned into a new tool for communication and a place where all my memories are stored. 

I hope you all enjoy this blog as much as I do. I love connecting with you writing these posts to share. You all are one of the best support systems whether it just retweeting a new post or writing a whole tweet dedicated to sharing my name and blog! I wish I could just give each individual a hug and tell you thank you. I don't think I will ever be able to express my thanks enough. 

I hope the story of my blog has helped you understand this part of my story and I hope you all continue to support me throughout this journey. That is all for this post but I hope you enjoyed it and I will be announcing a new mini-series soon! But until then keep rocking and remember to connect with me on social media! I will talk to you guys soon!

- Megan