So glad I'm not 13

So I was going through a couple of boxes with things from way back when and found my middle school journal. While my intent was not to read any of it, I started browsing and ended up reading for about 2 hours. I nearly cried a few times. I started to feel a little vulnerable and insecure. I had forgotten about some of the things that had happened and remembered why I disliked those years of my life so much. But as I read through the progressing year I saw my insecure, lonely little self changing and growing. And there were good moments mixed in with the bad and there were amazing people that I know were placed in my life at just the right times. Mary J, Andrea W, Summer H, and Noelene C (all have different last names now) will always have a place in my heart. My family was and is amazing and my sisters did so much more for me than they will ever know. I am so glad that we grow up and hopefully most of us are better because of our experiences. And I just want to apologize to Stephanie G (J now), I accidentally hit you with a shot-put during practice and I really really didn't mean too. I have always felt so bad about that.