I remember when I was just a little girl, about the age of twelve, when I went to the Bedford Stadium and hundreds of people were scattered in the stands and at half time the announcer started to announce a bunch of girls names. I looked down to see a bunch of girls in long dresses march down the field with what seemed to be prince charming on their arms. After a while they all were down the field and the stadium would get quiet, and then the announcer would scream out a name and everyone would start cheering and the girl would start to cry, get flowers, and her picture taken. I looked at my mom and asked what was going on, she said she was just crowned homecoming queen. I remember saying back “I want to be homecoming queen!”
As the years went by I always noticed the one game where the homecoming queen would be crowned but the idea slipped in the back of my mind, I couldn’t do that. I was just one little girl with a big dream. Once I got into middle school I started to be more social with a lot of different people, Being a people person helped me a lot, making people smile and happy put a smile on my face and I knew if homecoming queen was in my future I would have to start being nice to everyone. Seeing people start to notice me made me glad that I set this goal for myself because I noticed I was changing peoples attitudes with my happiness.
I am now a sophomore in high school and my life has changed tremendously, I got dumped by a guy I was dating for three years, people I thought would never leave my side did, and I met my best friend of three years. I was an average teenage girl trying to find my place in high school. I wasn’t the strongest until one night I got a text from a girl saying “I need help” This was a girl who I went to elementary school with but never really knew or talked to so I was surprised and didn’t know what to say. I replied with “is everything okay?” The girl then went into this story about how her ex-boyfriend