
Contestant:
8148
Grade:
8
Photo caption:
And she lived apple-ly ever after
Photographer's Statement:
This photo is an apple that has fallen and has rotted. This is kinda like me, as a person. At times being a person is hard…and you fall and sometimes you even rot. Even though this apple has fallen it can still be ok and get replanted and turn into something beautiful. That gives me hope because I have really struggled with metal health problems in the past. Right now I feel like the apple just rotting away. When my dad passed away I was only 5 years old and I had 5 siblings the oldest being 12 and the youngest being 2. I also had a twin so little twins were not ideal. Growing up without a dad really affected me in ways I never thought could. Which in the long run have affected my mental health in some aspects. But even though I am struggling a little right now there is still that amazing feeling of the amazing people in my life, and that feeling of knowing that I can still have my happily ever after.