20 Monday Feb 2017
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JCW
02/20/16
Imagination
Clouds in the blue sky,
I don’t only see the clouds…
Imagination.
Happiness
In the grass I lay,
Flowers and birds come to stay.
Sunny, sunny day.
Art Work By: JCW
13 Monday Feb 2017
I’ve decided to re-write Julian’s Voice for Jewels.
Julian’s Voice:
Hysterically, Jewels cried when she found out the news. They said they had found over twenty different pills in her system.
The County had chalked it up as, she had simply forgotten how many pills she had really taken. In addition, they had found alcohol in her system.
This too surprised Kate.
Mona was dead.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright: December 2015
05 Sunday Feb 2017
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How does depression look?
Photography By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright 02.01.2014
29 Sunday Jan 2017
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NINE LIVES
I just found this poem Jewels wrote, she wrote last February 2016. I think it’s probably one of the saddest of them all, but such a great insight into the mind of someone suffering from depression:
JCW
02/19/16
NINE LIVES
One:
Full of happiness
Giggles and laughter
Innocence is not lost
Two:
A new friend today
I am still young
Pure like clouds
Three:
Adolescence
Not all is happy
My smile is still big
Four:
You fill me with joy
Pure joy
I am happy
Five:
Gone, just like that.
I’m so confused-
Why am I getting so many chances?
Six:
Torn, ripped
Broken and bruised
Innocence is lost
Seven:
Happiness is gone
Let me give up
I’m so, so tired.
Eight:
Shaking, like I’m freezing
Can’t do this much longer.
Why’s life unfair?
Nine:
Damaged.
Nothing but bad memories.
I miss life one.
FINALLY, I AM DEAD.
23 Monday Jan 2017
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Depression is Deceiving…
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
ALWAYS IN MEMORY OF JEWELS
It’s a smile
A kind word
A caring gesture
An unspoken compliment
A deceiver
Depression is silent.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photographer By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright January 23, 2017
19 Thursday Jan 2017
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Teen Depression Website
I’ve never suffered from depression, but I wonder if this is how she felt:
Everyday is a constant struggle just to stay alive, nothing makes your happy, tired of trying to be happy, can’t imagine this dull pain inside your heart forever…with the hopelessness.
The feeling that you are all alone even though you know you have people who dearly love you.
If this is what depression is…I can’t even image living like this everyday…
Here is the website to get hooked up with others that may know what you are going through: groups.psychologytoday.com
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright 01.19.2017
01 Sunday Jan 2017
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I Said I Did
By: JCW
11/26/2016
you said you were fine,
When I asked if you were okay.
I didn’t believe you,
but I said I did.
You said you were cold,
When I asked why you always wore jackets.
I didn’t believe you,
but I said I did.
You said you were sick,
When I asked why you went to a hospital.
I didn’t believe you,
but I said I did.
You said you cared,
When I asked if you did.
I didn’t believe you,
but I said I did.
Now you’re gone,
Dead for good.
I knew I shouldn’t have believed you.
I SHOULDN’T OF SAID I DID.
30 Wednesday Nov 2016
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The Coffin
Oh how life hurts and death falls
Life is too fast
She now wears deaths shawl
And an old man in a somber cast
She passed with relief
Because the old man knew she wouldn’t last
Her life crumpled like a dead leaf
Oh how life goes so fast
Said the old man in disbelief…
The coffin was as silent as its past
The man was in grief
He was in a somber cast
Written By: JCW
Copyright November 3, 2016
25 Friday Nov 2016
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SAN FRANCISCO GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s hope your holiday brings you to your favorite destinations and that you never dare to dream too big.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photography By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright November 2015
21 Monday Nov 2016
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A MONSTER UNDER MY BED
Sometimes, as I sit in class, surrounded by other kids just like me, I close my eyes…letting my thoughts take me to a better a place.
A place where I can be myself and not pretend to be somebody I’m not. A place free of judgments. I like it here…I feel safe.
Suddenly, I’m startled out of my trance by the bell. My peers hurry out the door.
Slowly I drag myself out of my seat, grabbing my backpack…I think, “It’s just another day as a high school teenager.”
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright November 21, 2016
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