There have been times in my life, for instance when my sister, passed away in 1995, when our family needed friends. We were going through a very difficult time in our lives. The citizens were really great to us. They did everything they could to console us in the loss of my sister. They brought over food, sent cards and flowers, and came by for visits. They offered to take me places, to give my parents time alone, and invited me into their homes so I could get away. They helped my parents learn how to grieve for the loss of their daughter. The people in this town are very kind and considerate when it is a time for mourning.

On the other hand, they weren't as kind and considerate when my parents divorced shortly after my sister passed away. They gossiped behind our family's back. They didn't ask us directly about what was really going on, they just listened to the gossip and continued to spread it. They had no idea what that did to me. I mean what could I do

When my mother passed away about three years ago in 2000, we decided to have her buried beside my sister at Twin Oaks Cemetery. The people of this town were once again very kind and caring. All her old friends showed up for the burial and gave their condolences. They were very kind to my father and me, which I kind of thought was strange in a way, since they were so cruel about my parents' divorce. They once again brought over tons of food, cards, and flowers to show their sympathy. They all asked if there was anything they could do for our family. At that time I just wanted to be left alone. It's nice to have friends who care about you and what you're going through, but if they haven't experienced a great loss then they tend to sometimes bother you in a way. It is very difficult to have to lose your mother at such a young age. Losing my mother was a very hard thing for me to deal with. Being there, I knew, wasn't going to help.

I had to move back to after that to live with my father. That was a very hard thing for me to do, especially when I thought about how the teenagers would be talking about me. I didn't want to move back here. I just don't really like the teenagers of this town because of what I've been through. I didn't want to go through that same ridicule that I had gone through before. I just didn't know what to expect from the people of this town. It was very hard to move back here and start at High School with the other teenagers that I hadn't seen in a really long time. When I actually came back to live here people looked at me like, "What is she doing back here? "And then the gossip started, the one thing I definitely could have lived without at that particular time. One person would say something and as it traveled it would get so b

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