• When I was in eighth grade there was this girl I really liked. So I decided to ask her out, and she said yes. But she never hung out with me, so one day I went over to her locker on the other side of the school and saw her making out with another guy. She broke my heart and when she saw I was staring, she just smirked and didn’t do anything. For weeks I was all sad and depressed. Did she care what she had done o me? No, not at all. But then I learned that if she cheated on me, she didn't really appreciate me. If she didn't appreciate me, she doesn't deserve me and there is someone out there much better for me. I hope this helps those who are getting over a broken heart.
    Now, if someone you loved died, I can’t do much about that. Everyone tells you to try and get over it, to forget. But when my dad died I didn’t want to forget him, I was confused on why everyone was telling me to forget all about him. See, my dad helped me tie my shoes when I was little, he was the one who taught me to ride my bike, he taught me how to play basketball. If I forgot him a hole in my heart would show up, I don’t want my dad out of my life. I wrote letters to him and sent them up in the sky in balloons. It made me feel better, like he was reading them and laughing, still looking after me. I wrote a list of ten good things about him. I didn’t stop at ten. I keep adding to that list even today. I have a total of 2,368 reasons on why he was important and why I loved him. So if people tell you to forget, ignore them. Forgetting people who were important in your life can be a big mistake.
    -Hot_Sports_Guy, age 16