There are ups and downs through life. I bet a lot of us wonder though why am I going through this hard time, why me? 

That’s exactly how I felt. Over the summer I still talked to a lot of my friends and went out with them but the last month of summer is when things for me started going downhill, I became either sad or angry all the time, In the beginning of this school year I would just breakdown and cry, I wasn’t that happy like I used to be. For months I started to think about what if I ran away and then maybe all my problems would go away and then I could be happy again  and that is when I decided to “run away” on a Friday because I also thought nobody would care if I left anyways. At that moment I obviously want thinking but I called up my best friend Michael that goes to central and asked him to pick me up from school (he didn’t know that I was running away) So he did and brought his other friends as well. I turned off my phone and got into the car then we headed to go grab their two friends Ryan and Dominic that also go to central then ended up DT Naperville getting five guy fries. After we headed to Dominic’s house and stayed there for a couple hours and I still didn’t tell my mom where I was but I knew she was trying to contact me but I didn’t want her to know where I was because I just wanted to have a good time and be alone. Around 9 pm we all headed to go see a movie, although I can’t remember the movie name but then around 11 is when the movie finished and Michael dropped everyone home besides me because I didn’t want to go home. The next morning though Michael had work so he dropped me off at his friends house and his friend never answers the door so I called my friend Matt and asked if he could come pick me up and so he did because he was worried about me and he gave me this whole lecture but then he tried taking me home but I didn’t want to go just yet even though it’s Saturday now. I had Matt take me to my other friend Aidens house, He goes to Oswego East it was kinda a far drive to have at 8 in the morning. He took me and I still haven’t turned on my phone because I knew nobody would care where I am at anyways. When I got to Aidens we just talked about how I felt and he explained a lot of people do care. I turned on my phone once while I was at his house and I had over 100 text messages and a couple calls from people who really care about me, which felt good to know I’m loved. All of those people were wondering where I am and if I am okay. I turned my phone back off though knowing ill probably be in huge trouble when I get home and so I spent the rest of the day with Aiden and his friends and I still haven’t slept for 24 hrs so  I ended up passing out on his couch because I got so tired while he watched a movie. 

At the end of this event I ended up going home and my mom and me talking about what happened etc. This experience really helped me in a couple different areas but right after me leaving for 2 days a lot of things have changed but for the better. Now I am able to be in classes and not be so emotional as I was compared to the beginning. Mostly it had showed me the people who do care about me and how there are going to be highs and lows in life but I shouldn’t run away from my problems or emotions.