The loss of my sister and my beloved dog, Lucky, left me feeling lonely. I soon slipped into a depression. As a result, I began deliberately harming myself. I would often throw myself down the stairs. One day, one of my বন্ধু noticed that I had bruises all over my arms. He asked, "What happened to you?" I said, "I fell down the stairs. I'm all right." I wasn't all right, but I was afraid to let people know that. There were days that I would lock myself in my bedroom and cry. There were days that I didn't even feel like getting out of bed. Mind you, I never considered suicide. Hurting myself...

One day, my sister went out for a drive. She was always so careful and cautious. I never thought that she would ever be in a car crash, but that night, she was. It wasn't her fault at all. A drunk driver hit her. My parents ব্যক্ত to me, "We have to go. Your sister is in the hospital. She was in a car crash." I asked, "Is she going to be okay?" My mother said, "I don't know. They say she's hurt bad." When we arrived, the doctor ব্যক্ত that my sister was too badly hurt for him to be able to do anything. He told us to say our goodbyes. I wasn't ready to say goodbye. I ব্যক্ত to her, "Please don't go!"...

When I was eight years old, I had a near-death experience. I was playing in a river with my cousin. We were jumping from rock to rock. All of the sudden, I slipped and fell into the river. In a panicked state, I tried to fight the current, and I cried for help. Pretty soon, I was pulled under, and everything went dark. After that, things got really bad. I had to be resuscitated. Thankfully, my uncle's neighbor happened to be a paramedic. After five minutes, I had a heartbeat and was breathing again. I could hear the paramedic say "He's okay, but I'm going to take him to the hospital just to...

I often compare my life so far to a rocky road. No, I'm not talking about the ice cream. I'm talking about an actual road that's rocky. My life was definitely not a walk in the park. Make sure আপনি have tissues for certain parts. This is my story. I was born on August 16, 1999. I was the সেকেন্ড born. I had a sister who was three years older. She was very thrilled to have a little brother. I really looked up to her growing up. She was my best friend and confidant. When I was five, maybe six, I don't remember which, the two of us snuck into the pantry and ate an entire can of চকোলেট frosting....