Describe a time when someone's words had a lasting impact on you.

 Prompt Response: There was a poster for each student in our 3rd-grade class so each classmate could write something for everyone to be remembered by the end of the year, like a yearbook. I remember by the end of the cycle, my paper was filled with "you're too nice :)". I really took those words to heart and found them genuine. But those words represented who I was after what my best friend did to me during middle school. I never did anything to her nor did I make her feel any less of herself. To me, she was the bright and crazy person I needed in my shy and isolated self. I found out from another friend that she began to talk bad about me during middle school, which was confusing because we didn't even go to the same middle school. Many people said to try to embarrass her on social media or spread the secrets she had shared with me. No matter how disappointed I was, my anger was never enough to do those actions. Many people would say I let her walk all over me, but I don't think I was being "too nice" but mature. 

Summary: Today we read letters 51-58 in The Color Purple. 

Reflection: We figure out that Albert has been hiding letters from Celie, but as a character, Celie is also in a healing process. I do think people can heal especially after something impacted their life, but it all takes time. Everyone has a different pace of healing to become a better person or to rebuild their self-respect. But to to those it takes a lot of forgiving, acceptance, and time. Though healing is a long process, there can be people in your life to help and better it.