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April 10 - April 11, 2019
Plus, I just got computers. Being at the keyboard, writing code, helped me escape the rest of my life.
Sophia had made it clear after my dad had died that he hadn’t left much money.
you are loved, you are important, and you will succeed. I believe in you. Believe in yourself.
Baller929: Now we have to meet. I have to meet the girl that saved my butt in math last year, that’s saving it this year :) You’re my closest friend. If we walk down the same hallways, why can’t it be together?
Baller929: I’ve been doing a lot of thinking the past week. And the more I think, the more I realize that it sucks not talking to you. I get it. Maybe you think we come from different backgrounds. That in real life, we’re completely different people. But who cares? In the past year, when has that ever mattered? I want to be able to look into your eyes or hear you laugh. Maybe hold your hand. Ask you for a dance. Baller929: Will you go to Homecoming with me?
“I was in fifth grade. She was in seventh, and she stuffed my little brother’s dirty diaper in my backpack. It stank up the classroom until my teacher finally found the source of the problem.”
“What are you apologizing for?” she asked quietly. “They should be apologizing to you.”
We don’t always get all the time we want. But we get all the time we need.
All along, the Princess thought she needed the Prince to come and save her, but guess what? She only needed to believe in herself.
“I wasn’t scared we’d lose what we had,” he said. “I wanted it to be more.”
Ella may not be a popular cheerleader like you, but she’s perfect in all the ways that matter.” And with that, he took my hand and led me out of the gym. Maybe I imagined it, but I was pretty sure I heard clapping behind us.
