Paige Rawl

Paige Rawl

 

        Paige is durable. She has the ability to live with a disease that could very well be lethal. Not only that, but she dealt with the pain of her friends leaving. She contemplated taking her own life. Now, I've been alone. I understand that pain, feeling as if the world would be a bit better if you weren't in it. But, I also understand not wanting to be pitied. All this bared in mind, I would treat her as the human she is. Not being overly pitiful. I'd try to show her that I understand, that she isn't alone. That she is both strong and durable. After all, strength is simply the ability to stop something before it can cause you pain, while tenacity is surviving through that which you can't stop. This girl has the ability to live through the pain of abandonment.

 

      I would, however, be afraid to speak to her. I'm not the best with words, and I have a bad knack for causing harm to those I vow to protect. There's a reason that I only have 3 real friends. Tanner, Erin, Kayla, I haven't messed up with them yet, but it would seem it's only a matter of time. So what if I said something wrong? It's very plausible that something such as this would happen. Paige is, indeed, a very strong person, but all the same, it doesn't help to have another person hurt you. But I've been told that I care too much about the wellbeing of those around me, and too little of my own. I would tell her that, even though I don't really know her, I would do my best to help her when she needs it. Cause we're all human, and we all stumble, we need friends there to help. And I may not be the best at demonstrating that I care, but I always do. I try to help people I don't know. Call it redeeming myself for mistakes I've made previously. But she needs to know that she's not alone. That she's cared for, and loved, unconditionally. And that we all are.