Broken Pencils

  Empathy  “I will never walk in your shoes, and you will never walk in mine, and we shouldn't have to in order to empathize with each other.” Madison Beer wrote this in her memoir. I completely agree with her. I believe that empathy is one of the most important things. I don’t think you should have to go through it yourself to be able to empathize with someone who is. Most people don’t know it but empathy is an amazing gift. People will sit there and preach about how they are there for others and how they have so much empathy. But the moment one of their family or friends try to talk to them they make it about themselves or even worse say it's too much for them. That's not empathy, that's not even being a good person.  When my grandma was dying all I wanted was someone to talk to, someone to understand. The morning of the day she died was probably one of the worst mornings of my life. She wasn’t dead yet I woke up to my mom running around. She had come into my room...

  They lost their world  They lost their girl The one person who made them feel like enough  The one person they knew would not give up  Their hand in the dark  Their shoulder to cry on  The only light in their life  Now they sit at my grave screaming “God why?”

Dear 12 year old me, It's hard, all of it I know. You don’t want to face the feelings so you throw them up. You're alone. But you're only alone because you let yourself be.  You are a good person. You’ll make friends and lose them. You’ll go into a depression. You’ll want to leave this world. When you tell your family your dad tells you to take the whole bottle because he doesn't want to push you around for the rest of his life. Your older sister cries. Your mom guilt trips you and tries to make it about her. Your little sister acts like you never said it. When you tell them about the eating disorders they tell you, you don’t  have one. And I'm sorry we had to go through that.  You finally opened up to your friends about it. They were supportive. You got better so much better. You felt needed, you stopped turning the showers all the way to the hottest it could get, you stopped scavenging your room for razors. You got better. Then your dad found out you told people ...

By: Kyia Kyia Who is creative Who is the best friend of Kynlee Legg Who loves Adie, Kynlee, Madi Who feels drained, tired, love Who needs happiness, jesus, love Who give happiness, cuddles, support  Who fears people, men, women Who would like to see RDJ Who shares love, food, and money Who is loving, caring and hopeful  Who is a resident of brigeport Lynn