Dear Diary

PART 1

"Today, January 6th, 2016 is a day unlike any other. My parents forced me into my first counselling session with Mr. L last week. Since the day my twin sister died a year ago things have seemed like they could never get better, the sun will just never shine the same without her. But as I said, today is just different I guess. I woke up this morning with a smile spread across my face, for the first time in a long time I focused on the wind calmly blowing leaves around on the trees directly outside my window, the chirping of the birds as they sing their lovely morning songs, and my wonderfully sweet neighbours on their morning jogs. I focused on the beauty of life and our world instead of the pictures of Ava on my walls, her empty bed i still haven't moved, and the sadness of never seeing her again. I knew things had actually changed when I could say I was fine and truly mean it. Mr. L encouraged me to start a diary so here I am, it's supposed to help me let out all these emotions I've kept bottled up for this year. Anyways, since my first counselling session things have been amazing, it has helped me more than I could've ever imagined, I'm even going on a date with my crush Evan Smith next weekend. Life's good."

Tears sting my eyes as I read Anna's first entry. She had been so happy, things were finally looking up for her, sky a bit bluer, grass a bit greener. Too bad happiness never seems to last forever.