As a little girl, i was born into this world with so many dreams and 
goals that i thought i could achieve. I thought anything was possible, 
the stars could be touched on a clear nite, i could sit and talk to the
man on the moon, life was so simple and uncomplicated. As time passed 
school began, and life was changing a bit, there were other little kids
around and here you had to learn how to share and be kind (which was 
somthing that everyone needed to do). Elementary for me, started out as
a wonderful experience I met a girl named Lindsay in 1st grade and 
we've been best-friends since, but the rest of my years were not that 
quite memorable, when I reached grade 3 i was attending a different 
school then Lindsay so we didnt see each other much, trouble began, 
there were fights and scuabbles among friends, life was difficult.
 Junior high hit and all those silly things were forgotten and passed 
off as a joke. Life for me was hard, i was expected to do so well, be 
the best i could be they would say. I always tried my best and i 
usually did pretty well. There were the select few times in which i 
came home with a bad mark and i was grounded for it. I guess it was 
supposed to teach me that life isnt something you joke around with, 
but honestly I already knew that! To me it began a problem, something 
i detested over time. There were many fights and alot of arguments, in 
which I ended up crying in my room.
 Big high school had started. Everyone says high school are the best 
years of your life and to enjoy them. Well im only in grade 11 so im 
not completely done but i will have to admit my grade 10 was horrible. 
I hated it, I was expected to do more than what i could do. I always 
seemed to be a failure, not good enough for everyone. Then the summer 
hit and i bet Bryan! Life was perfect, no worries, no cares in the 
world. Everything that was troublesome was forgotten the moment he was 
in my arms. That summer was the best summer of my life. Then he had to 
go to college. Life got hard again, it was something really hard to 
overcome, I loved him so much and i didnt think i could live without 
him. He explained to me before he left that we would always be together 
and he loved me very much. At first I honestly couldn't believe that 
someone could love me, i wasnt good enough, nothing i did was good 
enough! He left for college and i was really upset, all those problems 
and worries came rushing back on me like a ton of bricks. I hated the 
way my life was going. I wanted to be with him, yet he was 8 hours away. 
 I am in my grade 11 year and things are perfect between me and bryan, 
Lindsay is the greatest friend and i love them both so much. Life is 
hard, and very stressful for me. It seems everything i still do is not 
good enough for my parents but that's life i guess. When i think about 
it; to we really did our parents for our life to be enjoyable and 
achieve everything we desire? Honeslty i dont think we do, because 
since i was a little girl i have been alone and on my own. I dont 
consider myself to have a mother, i believe she abandonded me when i 
was small and there's just this woman who lives in my house, who is 
trying to run my life. Well im sorry im not gonna take it anymore, its 
my life and she cant do nothing about it. My father was there for me 
more times when she was not. Yet latley he seems so distant like i did 
somehting wrong. And Yet again I am alone!!
My grade 11 year is almost over. I've met the most amazing people in 
the world. So many to confide in, so many to make me happy and put a 
smile on my face. If i could give any of them everything they deserve I
 would. I would give them the stars in the sky, the air which we breath
, I try my best to be the greatest friend that they are to me. I met 
Al, She's great. So beautiful, so full of love. She's my sister and my 
bestfriend. I love her dearly. We are the greatest pair o:)!! Then 
there's Brandon, such a great guy. Deserves so much, so sweet and so 
kind at heart. You are so great to me, and I owe you so much. Then 
there's Shaun, we've only met in the past month or two, but he's been 
more amazing to me then people i've known for 10 years! He is great, 
always there to make me smile and help me out. I owe the three of you 
my life. Thank you so much! It seems like things are brightening up a 
little, well things are still tough but when I truly think about what 
i have and what i have to loose, ITS ALL WORTH IT! 
	This here is me saying "Yes i'll get through it, with you guys 
at my side, helping me along, I honestly and truly can get through 
anything" Thank you all with all my heart. You are the greatest 
friends i could ever have. I love you all.
	Well.. right now its almost grade 12. Wow the things i could 
write about. Relationships, fun, mistakes. All the above. Life seems 
to throw curve balls at you more times than you can imagine. Right now..
 i think im gonna just start doing what i think is right. I always do 
stuff to please other people, fearing that there not going to like me.
 Well too bad. Im ME and im gonna be the person i want to be. So.. 
until grade 12.. I"ll be strong.. i'll cry, i'll laugh. but i'll live 
:).


Forever stronger

- Stephanie Marie Pothier