Just Be

Gracie Has always been told one phrase throughout her life. "Just be..." it would always end differently, but to her, it always felt like a punch in the gut, and tears would fill her eyes to the brim. It's because of those experiences with those two words that she has low self esteem. But she manages to avoid it somehow, and keep her head held high until her sixteenth birthday party, when her entire life falls apart into a million tiny pieces, like shattered glass. She sinks into a deep-set depression that she can't escape.

When her mother takes her to a support group to attempt to bring her daughter out of the stupor she's fallen into, Gracie meets two people; Royce, a handsome boy who has a severe case of depression that runs through his family and his sister, Kisa, whose always been teased for being different. Meeting Royce and Kisa just might be all Gracie needs to pick herself back up and glue the pieces, but healing is a process, and her new friends are in need of it as well. And then there's a figure from Gracie's past who is looming near by, and watching.

"Just be, and you'll be okay."