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Hysteria Encourages Her

Sheila is thirteen So everything is worst scenario Woe is me Consistent melodrama No one likes me Everyone hates me This pimple is the size of a barn Hashtag I am a failure We all tried to encourage her Especially me I am her grandma This is my job We could not get her out of this thirteen-year-old-girl mode. No matter what. I am ugly! Sheila whined. Hysteria, her hamster gave her the thumbs up. She stared for about two seconds Then we all started laughing And it was over Hysteria always knows what to do.

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/10/2022 10:07:00 AM

Always difficult to know how to approach a thirteen-year-old's latest crisis. But, I always know when this one passes, another one is on the horizon.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/10/2022 2:11:00 PM

These GIRLS! Ugh!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/10/2022 9:52:00 AM

In teenage years, life can look overly bleak. I shredded my diary from back then…too negative. Not the person I wanted to be. Still it made me see my face in a mirror so it was a bit helpful.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/10/2022 2:11:00 PM

I loved my diary back then.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/10/2022 8:10:00 AM

All part of growing up I suppose, then we see the light Tom

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/10/2022 2:11:00 PM

The girls are ridiculously hard on themselves

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 6/10/2022 8:09:00 AM

Thank God for Hysteria.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/10/2022 2:12:00 PM

That's what I think too Kenneth! Thank you for catching that!