An Old Friend

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Have you ever lost a very close friend or family member? Well I recently lost one in April. Losing someone very close and important makes you realize how precious your life, family, and friends are. Some families aren’t so close or some families are very tight knit. But there are things in life that make you closer to your family. Therefore, this incident is what made me closer to my family and appreciate everything. Nyesha was a young, beautiful, and outgoing girl. She always knew how to put a smile on someone’s face. She would hide her sadness with happiness. Her happiness conquered her and she knew if she could just smile and make people happy then she wouldn’t let her sadness get to her. She loved her family and always made her family her first priority. After getting to know her for a year or two, she moved to Pennsylvania. We were all upset but we knew she would come back and visit. “I’m coming to Milltown you guys!” Nyesha called one day and told us she was coming. When we saw her she looked different. She had glasses, gotten taller, and longer hair. She seemed happy and told us stories about her new town and school. Nothing seemed wrong, she told us some people were rude to her and others but she just turned the other cheek. She just sang and did back flips all the time to insure us that she was happy and nothing was bothering her. Nyesha was extremely strong with hiding things. Then, one night I got a message from one of my friends telling me something about Nyesha. I was dumbfounded when I was told what had happened. Nyesha had taken her life. I remember telling my mom and just thinking of why this had happened. I lay down with my mom and I knew she was there to comfort me if I cried. After a while I walked back to my room and bursted out crying. It finally hit me. My dad had walked in on me crying and got my mother. My mother lay down with me

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