Age 16
Friendship
My Friends Don’t Know the Real Me
I joke a lot.
I’m “the funny one.” The one who keeps things light, who knows how to make people laugh when the mood gets...
School
I Changed Schools and Never Caught Up
The first time I changed schools, everyone told me it would be a “fresh start.”
New hallways. New teachers. New chance to be someone else.
What...
Friendship
Friendships Feel Temporary Now
I don’t know when friendships started feeling fragile.When they stopped feeling like something you could rely on and started feeling like something you had...
NYC Life
Living in NYC Feels Loud and Lonely at the Same Time
There are always people around.
Always noise.
Always movement.
The subway is packed even late at night. Someone’s music is leaking from their headphones. A train screeches...
