The world around us isn't as forgiving as the people who love us the most.
Sometimes we try so hard only to meet a dead end on a path that we thought was the right one. I met Matty in sixth grade. I fell in love with him over the course of our adolescent years. The thing about us is there never really was an us. There was a promise, an almost, a maybe. Somewhere down the line I have full faith our stars would've eventually aligned. It would've been right. It would've been perfect. But not everyone is meant to get a fairy tale ending. Especially when the person I was destined to be with happened to be his best friend.
Growing up, Mya Jackson has always been the plus size advocate in her family. After being constantly degraded by friends, relatives and random outsiders, she accepted that she didn't deserve happiness. Battling mind over matter, Mya worked through her inner demons and changed her perspective on her body as well as what she wanted in life. Actions speak...