Lily's Story.

   Hello, my name is Lily, I'm 16 years old and I'm a Junior. It all started when I was 12 years old, my parents split up and my dad left and all I had were my mom and siblings. My mom would take all her anger out on me, and tell me I wasn't good enough, my dad finally decided to come back around and then he left. My parents would leave each other, then get back together back and forth, back and forth. I was young at the time and I was confused about everything, nothing made sense anymore. I was finally realizing that nobody cares, and I have nobody. By the age of 13 my parents got a divorce, it was official my mom went her own way and my dad went his own way. They ended up getting 50/50 custody, we go back and forth every other day and every other weekend. I was depressed, my parents didn't understand me they never wanted to talk about it. I started to cry in class, every time my teacher would call home and I went home I'd get beat. Life sucked, I considered committing suicide almost all the time. The first time I tried, I tried to hang myself but I wasn't short enough and I couldn't find another place. The second time I took pills and my mom found me, rushed me to the hospital and obviously I ended up being okay. But you know what? I'm a survivor and if I can do it then so can you! I believe in you, it gets better, and no matter what there will always be somebody here for you.

~Lily <3