Day 51 continued
Today I met one of my old neighbors. She called out to me while parked in her car. She asked if I was still in school. I told her I dropped out. She then told me to get in the car. We talked for a short while. She offered lots of words of encouragement. She basically told me the opposite of what your typical parent would say. She said it was okay that I dropped out. That it’s typical for successful people to have difficulties in school. She said I was going to have a great future. And I shouldn’t listen to my parents cause they’ll never understand.
I don’t really need encouragement right now but I appreciated the kind words.