You Changed Me

Prologue

Maybe you've picked this up and are looking at it and wondering if you should read it. Maybe you already know you will, but I don't know that, so I'm going to explain what this is about either way. Here goes nothing...

I suppose you should know who I am before all of this mess first. I am Raven. I am a girl who thinks with a sort of nonexistant grace about me. I am a young woman who overthinks everything she feels and hates every moment of it because she actually recognizes it. The actualization of that in my life was both beautiful and triggering. I am a musician, a poet, a writer, a sister, a girlfriend, a lover, a daughter, and a friend. I strive to be the best at everything i do, but I wasn't always that person.

At the time in which this book was placed, I didn't realize it, but I was deeply depressed. I was sad, I was worried, and i was so oblivious to that fact because i distracted myself with my ignorance. Also, at the time in which this book was placed, I realized that I was missing a piece of me. I swore up and down that this piece was supposed to be my knight in shining armor because when my heart was beating out of my chest when I was with a boy, I felt complete. My goodness I was so ignorant.

What people don't understand about me, is that I've been through a lot. This book is about my journey and finding who I was. You're probably thinking "Oh my goodness this girl is so full of herself", but Im trying my hardest to show people that it's not about me. It might seem like it for a while, but it comes together.

This is the purpose: to prevent more hurt. I've repeated mistakes, met the wrong people, fell into the wrong crowd, did some things I -for lack of a better word- regret, and so on. I want to show people what that looks like so it can be prevented, and how parents can help children in that situation (plus what the difference is between helping your children and thinking you're helping and actually harming them).

I want you, whoever is reading this, to understand that this is a series of unfortunate but extremely fortunate events that changed my life and I want them to change yours without you having to experience them physically. These events are my triggers, so they could be yours. These events are my reality, and i want them to never be yours.

In conclusion, my reader, I love you dearly.

It is your decision to finish this book out or to not. But I love you.