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My friend has no idea how wonderful she is
Ok, so I have this friend: She and I have known each other since we were tiny, but then I moved away and forgot that I knew her. Then I moved back. We were in the same class in 5th grade and we became the best of friends, nothing would have ever happened to change that. Except middle school. And it came, and we stopped talking, and I honestly can't tell you how horrid that was. I would sit in my room and think of everything I wanted to tell her, but I didn't know if I could, if she would want me to. See, she got a bunch of new friends and I didn't feel like I was one of them.
Then came 7th grade, and boy, did I feel terrible. It was the first time that I hadn't talked to her as soon as I got home from school the first day, I thought I was going to cry. Later that year, we had a big long talk, and we decided that we had to work on keeping up, staying close. Then she started being really sad, which was so different from the way I knew her. She felt self-consious and lonely --Neither of which she should be, she's fabulous, and we are always there for her. But, the worst part was when she wrote in an online diary that she had started committing acts of bulimia. I physically felt the pain that she must have been feeling inside. I cried for her for hours, and the only thing I could think was "I don't think she understands how wonderful she is. How beautiful, inside and out, how much people love her when she is merely herself. How, people will not think of her any differently if she allows herself to cry and that they are probably clamoring to return the favors she has given them and offer her their shoulder." Now, I really need some help. How do I let her know how amazing, and beautiful, and lovely she really is?
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But you just have to do stuff like this for her. You have to understand that she probably doesn't look into the mirror and see what you see in her, inside and out. I know that when I look in the mirror I can't stand it. I hate myself, inside and out. When I'm with my friends, I feel good. When I'm not, I feel depressed. So, there's only so much you, as a friend, can do for your friend. Just do spontaneous things that will make her feel good about herself. Be the great friend that you seem to be, as I can see from this entry.
And by you in person. You're the best. Thanks, Carrie.
Hope I helped.. fill me in on what happens!
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