When I switched schools I was heart broken to have to leave my family. You guys were the people that made me feel safe and cared about, and thought of leaving that comfort terrified me, but you guys helped me gain the confidence I needed to be myself so when I left I took a piece of advice from each of you and carried it with me everywhere I went until I felt comfortable with my new surroundings. Even after I felt more at home at Garrard I still kept you all in my thoughts, but then I started to hear that you guys didn't like me. That you thought I was a fake, and a liar, and a bitch, and that hurt me more then you could possibly imagine. I have never been more honest with a group of people in my life then I was with you guys and to hear that you think of me as a liar is just painful.
I know that we all make mistakes in our lives and I've made my fair share but that's what high school is all about, making mistakes, learning what you can from them and then growing from them. And this is exactly what I have done. I am proud of myself, and I think of myself as a confident and successful young woman. I help people when I can, and I have a kind word for everyone, and that's how people at Garrard view me. Or at least that's what I'm told. I know that I made a majority of my life mistakes around you guys but you haven't seen how much I have grown from them and it's unfair of you to make snap judgments about me and just assume that I'm the same girl I was Sophomore year.
In some way's I'm still the same Heather, with the same sense of humor, and off the wall personality, but I'm a more mature person, a more loving person, and a more independent person. So please, all I ask is that you guys not judge me so quickly. If you'd like to get to know me again then I would love that more than anything, but if you don't want to then thats fine.
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