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When I was in elementary school, I went to my grandmothers house every day after school. She usually had food prepared for me, and maybe a game for us to play. This is the major time in my life that I felt heard by someone. She would allow me to talk for hours on end about whatever came to my mind. Growing up next door to my grandma meant that seeing her was no issue. All my friends from my childhood loved her and her kindness. I recall a terrible experience I had with a bully at school and being able to come home and let my grandma hold me. Without her listening to me, unlike my busy parents were at times, I wouldn’t be where I am today. She is my rock and has never turned her back on me or our family. Now that she’s getting older, she’s getting a bit of dementia and seems to put herself in harm’s way a lot without noticing. Maybe one day I’ll be able to let her live in my mansion.
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I remember being in church in middle school. The youth of the church all met in separate rooms according to age or grade (can’t exactly remember this) and we would have conversations with our youth leaders. This is the main part of my life that I felt listened to by other people. The youth leaders would give each of us kids all the time we wanted to talk to them about what
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Right now, at my girlfriend’s moms house it is complicated for me. Me and her mom had a bad argument a few weeks ago and I haven’t talked to her mom since, a woman I used to talk to all
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