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Johnie

I am 15 and up till four years ago my life was going smooth

with no problems. I lived with my grandma until the age of three and from the age of four to eleven I moved all around Wyoming. I came to (treatment) for abusing my youngest brother. I figured out at the age of seven that my biological dad was in prison and ever since then I have been closer to my mom than ever before. Before I came to (treatment) I was in a foster home and now here I am at (treatment). Thanks for reading.

My Life

My life has been kind of like a road because a road finds its way through everything, mountains, streams, and deserts. I also took this picture because it shows adaptation and I like to adapt to things as best I can.

Trust

When I was taking this picture I was thinking of what I trust. The reason that I thought of trust is because a climber has to trust in the webbing, the harness, and the belayer. After then, I was ready to make my descent down the 100-foot cliff.

Trust is something everyone needs
Everyone who leads
Everyone who bleeds
Needs to believe In all who will need
The help to achieve
In what they believe

My Stuffed Animals

These stuffed animals have helped me through some hard times in life. I have not gone anywhere without one of them by my side because of the comfort they give me in stressful situations that could totally and completely ruin my life. Most of these animals have either been given to me by friends and family or I have won them somehow. I have over twenty-four stuffed animals and all of them are different shapes, sizes, and colors.

Ghosts

My ideas are like ghosts because of how people see them. There are people that think my ideas are scary and there are also people who think my ideas are cool.

Ghosts are to be seen
Whenever you believe
That you have been
A reckless soul
With ideas
Of total control
But you never really know
Every goal
That you need
To achieve

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