Death during adolescence feels unfair. We're young. We're invincible. Death is supposed to come with old age. When death breaks into our lives and steals our innocence, its finality leaves us unnaturally older. There are too many elderly young people.

Sara Shandler

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Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrival... by Sara Shandler

Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection.

consistency support friendship

During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult.

support quality friendship

The comfort of our peer-connections is reflected in our most honest and direct hand-holding. When we trip, they are the first ones to pull us back up.

comfort friendship hands

We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise. by Sara Shandler

We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise.

having-hope inspirational promise

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

dad mom inspirational

Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between o... by Sara Shandler

Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between our childhood hope and the truth.

childhood distance growing-up