Today is Amandas 18th birthday (I made a wrong post a while back. I misread something) and I would like to acknowledge that though her passing was tragic, it has caused a lot of good by opening up many peoples eyes. To this day I have people sending me messages asking what Amanda was like. My answer? She is a hero to me. To me personally, and to so many others. This is because she told me that I owe myself the strength to stand up for what I deserve and what I think is right. She is a big reason why Im still here, happy and healthy, today. I also receive messages about how her story encouraged others to seek help or help others in their times of trouble. Amanda has started a movement to end bullying and to raise awareness to mental health and suicide. Amandas mother, Carol Todd, and small communities like Project Cinderella story are the ones who are going to keep pushing this movement. Change is now, and change starts with us. We can blame everything in the world for these tragic happenings, but words are just words. Actions are change. Actions are what create the movement and keep it going. Ive said it before, PCS we are small but we are mighty. We are fighters for what is right in this world, and in Amandas name I vow to create change, no matter how big or how small it may be. If Amanda were here today, she could receive all the gifts in the world for her special day... but she is the real gift. Right now, her memory is a gift, because it keeps giving people a reason to want a better, happier world. Everyone deserves a Cinderella story. I would like to share that ever since Amanda passed, Ive continued to have strange encounters with dragon flies. Sometimes in the summer I will think of her, and a dragon fly will come out of nowhere and rest on my hand or on the arm rest of my chair. In my heart, I feel that this is Amanda letting me know that she is still here for me, and she hasnt forgotten me. She is still very much alive in all of us. I miss you so much Amanda, I am tearing up and have chills as I write this post. You are still my hero, and because of you, PCS will move on to do GREAT things.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:02:12 +0000
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