Letting Go
I once got a “would you rather” question. It asked, “Would you rather marry a random person for the rest of your life, or somebody new each year?” To me, the answer was obvious. I’d choose to be with someone new each year, because I didn’t want to risk dealing with a lazy abusive idiot for the rest of my life. With this choice, I might’ve met a really nice and amazing person, but I would have to let them go after a year. This is quite sad, but it reminds us to cherish the limited time we have with a person. To those who know me in real life, for the whole of 9th grade, you had never seen me without my puzzle piece necklace. You might’ve never noticed it, but I had never been without it since my 8th grade graduation day. I had been at my old school for 10 years, from preschool all the way up till 8th grade. My school was very small, and everyone was very close. I knew the names of every student at school. Our grade was one of the most “complete,” meaning a large majority of our graduati...