My big regret

October 31, 2018

By Dennis Amborski III
LifeAtStart.com reporter

The most memorable thing from my childhood is when I was obsessed with Spider-Man. For five years, every Halloween I dressed up as Spider-Man. I pretty much had Spider-Man everything: shirts, shoes, and pants. I don’t know how it started, probably because I saw the original Tobey Maguire movies when I was young. In 2007, for my birthday, my family did something that I would never forget.

In May 2007, Spider-Man 3 was just about to come out around my birthday. My meemaw bought me and most of my mom’s side of the family first day tickets to see it. I think that was the most exciting event that happened to me up to that point. When we saw the movie, I loved every moment of it. It’s a memory that I will never forget.

After 11 years, I re-watched the movie, and it was so darn awful! How could I ever like this movie? I was the most idiotic kid in the world to think that movie was good. I would beat my five-year-old self up for thinking this. The acting was so corny and bad, I almost couldn’t watch the whole movie. This is why you shouldn’t revisit things that you liked when you were a child, it can ruin the whole experience or memory.

I wish you nothing but the best

Crystal Kendrick

Mary Mandley

October 30, 2018

Crystal Kendrick
LifeAtStart.com reporter

Dear Ex-Boyfriend,

I’m not going to lie, I miss you. I miss the affection we used to give one another. Even when we fought, I never wanted to let go of you. I don’t want you back, but I just wish we would have ended things differently. You let people believe I was the bad guy in the relationship when honestly, we both were. There have been times when you made me feel like I was never good enough for you. I’ve read messages between you and other girls, lying about us still being together. I remember bringing that up to you and all you could do was change the subject.

I can’t put all the blame on you because I know I messed up just as much as you did. When we took that “break,” we didn’t talk for almost two months. I started talking to someone new. That person made me feel important. He even listened to me continuously talk about you. He would often give me advice on what to do, but I never listened. I just couldn’t get you out of my head.

One day, he walked me home and kissed me. I felt terrible, but I still wanted to know if I felt the same way knowing I wanted to still be with you. I know it sounds selfish, but weren’t we both?

I didn’t expect you to forgive me, but I was hoping that you would understand. I didn’t want to lead him on, so I told him that I was still in love with you. I stopped everything that was going on between him and I, for us. I believed that we could fix the problems we had, but I guess you didn’t feel the same way. I guess you wanted that girl you were talking to at your school more than me. It’s okay, I just wish you didn’t lie to me about it. That’s why we’re where we are today; I just felt as if we were on two totally different levels. I felt as if I should never have to fight for someone who doesn’t care to fight back. Ever since we went our separate ways, I knew it was for the best. I’m just glad you’re still happy with someone who could give you the things I couldn’t. It’s funny, I guess you can say, “If you love something, set it free.”

Sincerely,

A Catch

Prime of my life

Mary Mandley

October 30, 2018

By Kiddoo
LifeAtStart.com reporter

Since 2014, life has beat me to near death, literally. I’m not going into details because I rarely speak on my pain or problems, but just know I got things going on. For me, this year was an eye opener because I realized it’s time for a change. A change in my environment, mindset and priorities. 2018 is preparation for 2019, when I’m truly in my prime. My father will have custody of me, I will be playing more than one sport, I will not be stressing over unnecessary stuff, I will be working, I will be in multiple educational programs, building a list of scholarships, and much more.

When this school year started, I said to myself, “Do what you want, get what you want and don’t ever let a soul come between you and what’s important.” I make this saying as a promise because I lost myself a few years ago. I was every word you could describe a depressed person. I tried to kill myself in 2017, that was my chance to leave, but it didn’t work.

Since then, I have been comfortable in my sadness. I told my little sister about being comfortable in depression, she knew it was wrong in so many ways. I didn’t care at the time but the more I thought about it, the more I made myself come to a conclusion of changing. I’m going to get through this long storm, I just need time.

What’s running through my veins is pain replaced with hope. Eventually, when everything is done, I can finally say, “I’m okay.” without lying. I’ve got something to prove to every person who doubted me, talked down to me, and hurt me in ways you wouldn’t want to hear about. I also have to prove to myself that happiness is still real. I accept myself and plan to improve. For now, I’m going to pray I get the peace I deserve. Amen.

Moving on

Leah Collins

Mary Mandley

October 30, 2018

By Leah Collins

LifeAtStart.com Reporter

High school is about the memories you make and the people you share them with. Try to make it the best years so that way you’ll leave with great memories.

My freshman year to now I’ve become friends with some awesome people. I’ve had people leave me because they moved to a different school or just because they didn’t want to be friends with me. I’m not gonna let people who don’t like me stop me from enjoying my high school years I’ve tried so hard to enjoy.

I’ve joined after school activities, gone on field trips, and did things that are challenging. The biggest challenge I’ve faced was joining orchestra because of my stage fright. Now that my high school years are coming to an end, I want to do as many things as possible so I have no regrets. Leaving for college is the hard part because when you leave you’ll be saying goodbye to all of the people that made high school special.

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