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  In the summer of 2008, I was 5 years old and getting ready for my kindergarten school year. Before that, however, I had a big challenge to take on… I had to learn how to ride a bike. The wind blew at my back as I zoomed down my long driveway in Webberville, Michigan. I felt like I was flying on my bike and made sure to look both ways before turning on the road. The rattling of my training wheels echoed across the entire neighborhood. I leaned and turned right and smoothly transition from my bumpy driveway to the smooth road. This is way easier than I thought it would be, I thought to myself. Little did I know that things would get a lot harder. Fast forward a year later and sweat is dripping from my temple as I pulled over to the side of the road waiting for my Mom, Dad, and our dog, Apollo, to catch up to me. “Do you want to try it without training wheels?” my Mom asked. “Yes please,” I said trying to contain my excitement. This was the time for me to transition to a big k

  I Am Kind I am kind but do not intrude for if you do my walls will rise and one day with no warning you will find me gone not to be seen

  Something you should know is as a kid I took swim lessons. I learned to jump in the water, hold my breath, to tread water, and to of course, swim. I watched my classmates grow into strong and powerful swimmers and learn to swim the length of the pool. To me, the pool was an abyss, and I feared that if I were to ever put my head in the water it would swallow me whole. Perhaps that is when I started to fear the unknown. I didn’t know what would happen if I put my head underwater, and even now in life, I fear the unknown. I’m afraid of what I can’t see in the water.

  2021 is only a little over a month old, but it has been a crazy month. We’ve already had some historic events with the January 7th terrorist attack, a president sworn in, the Reddit attack on Wall Street, and of course, the COVID-19 issues carried over from 2020. To describe this year so far in three words or phases is difficult, but I’m going to try. Fresh start. I know, I know, that’s technically two words. We’re just going to look past that, however. 2020 was definitely the strangest year I’ve lived through in my eighteen years on this Earth. Now in 2021, it’s a chance to start fresh again. Last year was very difficult, and while the literal difference between December 31st, 2020 and January 1st, 2021 is minimal, the mental difference is significant. It’s a new year. It’s a new chance to work on ourselves, learn something new, and meet new people. It’s a fresh start to bounce back from anything 2020 gave us.  Transition. In January 2021 I spent most of my days sitting at my