Intro.

I woke up this morning trying to find the perfect way to start off this blog. But instead I decided that what was more important was that I get down what I need to say. So here it goes. Growing up I didn't always have the easiest time, contrary to what people often thought. I was the girl who was in cheerleading since she was little and whose mom always dressed her in the cutest clothes. But, what most people didn't know about me was that underneath that I was very upset. At the time, my parents had recently went through a divorce and I was struggling with my new stepmom. While I prefer not to get into the exact details of what occurred, it was severe enough to make my mom put me into counseling.  And I'm very thankful she did.  I have been in counseling since I was 6 and since about 12 off and on.  Counseling was able to not only help me battle the issues that I faced as a child, but also gave me the persecutive I have now; it taught me to give more empathy to others, to make time for myself, and that sometime the best solution for any situation is to talk it out. And essentially, that is why I made this blog as a place to talk about common high school stresses and ways to help ease them. So stayed tuned, I have more to say, and I hope you'll want to read it.