For Loriel.
Here it is.
I think Middle School is just a time of figuring out who you want to be as you get older, and who you will become, and how that person will grow&change through their lifetime. Atleast that's how it was for me. Starting out in 6th grade, I was quiet&held back. I had probably three friends in all, and was always buried in a book or work.
Pictures of me throughout 6th Grade:
This carried on into 7th grade, where I took on tons of volunteer work, at Church, at the Library, and at Animal Shelters all over the place.
Random pictures of me throughout 7th Grade:
Everyone knew me. This stayed with me through the beginning of 8th grade.
Me at the start of eighth grade:
A completely different person. Struggling to be accepted. I guess that's a stage most go through.
As eighth grade continued, I became a lot more laid-back and stopped trying to impress.
I lost a lot of good friends during this time period:
Towards the end, I began to grow up alot. I stopped trying to impress everyone altogether.
My look changed drastically. I began to mature.
I started hanging out with Kate D'Angelo, and going out with Liam Conway. I soon found myself hanging out with everyone at Alicia's.
(Me&Kate); We became best friends and she introduced me to Alicia.
(James, Gerard & Jacka); I took this picture. First time I met Gerard.
(Me&Alicia); =)
(Kristi, Kelly&Amanda); Me&Kristi had always gotten along. Me&Amanda grew close, and Kelly&I started getting along. She had always hated me before this point.
So we all grew closer.
And I grew up majorly.
As Liam&I grew apart, I went out with Joe Lisi.
At this point, the 4yr difference between us meant nothing to me.
It should've.
The breakup between Joe&I was hard.
He left me in a parking lot at 3 in the morning in an entirely different town, to be exact.
For months after, I tortured myself for allowing us to breakup.
It was an extremely hard period for me.
Gerard and I started talking more.
I had a series of guys leading me on afterwards, and many heartbreaks.
I began to see beauty in places I never knew existed.
(Pictures I took at sunsets/sunrises Joe Lisi used to take me to); I cried for months following while looking at them .. now I see there is beauty beyond depending on someone else for your happiness.
Realizing who had been there for me throughout everything, I turned to Gerard.
The one person that had stood beside me and told me that I was beautiful when I thought I had nothing.
We hungout at my house one night, and I realized it was the first time I'd laughed in a long time.
You could tell we cared about one another so very much. I didn't think about anything other than him the entire time.
And we kissed.
And as our lips meant, I got that chill. That chill you get during your first kiss ever.
I'm happy to say I still get that chill everytime we kiss.
Here's to this feeling lasting forever.
And of the good friends to come.
Much like you. =)
<3
I think Middle School is just a time of figuring out who you want to be as you get older, and who you will become, and how that person will grow&change through their lifetime. Atleast that's how it was for me. Starting out in 6th grade, I was quiet&held back. I had probably three friends in all, and was always buried in a book or work.
Pictures of me throughout 6th Grade:
This carried on into 7th grade, where I took on tons of volunteer work, at Church, at the Library, and at Animal Shelters all over the place.
Random pictures of me throughout 7th Grade:
Everyone knew me. This stayed with me through the beginning of 8th grade.
Me at the start of eighth grade:
A completely different person. Struggling to be accepted. I guess that's a stage most go through.
As eighth grade continued, I became a lot more laid-back and stopped trying to impress.
I lost a lot of good friends during this time period:
Towards the end, I began to grow up alot. I stopped trying to impress everyone altogether.
My look changed drastically. I began to mature.
I started hanging out with Kate D'Angelo, and going out with Liam Conway. I soon found myself hanging out with everyone at Alicia's.
(Me&Kate); We became best friends and she introduced me to Alicia.
(James, Gerard & Jacka); I took this picture. First time I met Gerard.
(Me&Alicia); =)
(Kristi, Kelly&Amanda); Me&Kristi had always gotten along. Me&Amanda grew close, and Kelly&I started getting along. She had always hated me before this point.
So we all grew closer.
And I grew up majorly.
As Liam&I grew apart, I went out with Joe Lisi.
At this point, the 4yr difference between us meant nothing to me.
It should've.
The breakup between Joe&I was hard.
He left me in a parking lot at 3 in the morning in an entirely different town, to be exact.
For months after, I tortured myself for allowing us to breakup.
It was an extremely hard period for me.
Gerard and I started talking more.
I had a series of guys leading me on afterwards, and many heartbreaks.
I began to see beauty in places I never knew existed.
(Pictures I took at sunsets/sunrises Joe Lisi used to take me to); I cried for months following while looking at them .. now I see there is beauty beyond depending on someone else for your happiness.
Realizing who had been there for me throughout everything, I turned to Gerard.
The one person that had stood beside me and told me that I was beautiful when I thought I had nothing.
We hungout at my house one night, and I realized it was the first time I'd laughed in a long time.
You could tell we cared about one another so very much. I didn't think about anything other than him the entire time.
And we kissed.
And as our lips meant, I got that chill. That chill you get during your first kiss ever.
I'm happy to say I still get that chill everytime we kiss.
Here's to this feeling lasting forever.
And of the good friends to come.
Much like you. =)
<3