Personal Narrative: How Kale Changed My Life

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Kale was coming home from school after a long day. He was stressed out and wanted to eat. He had really bad depression and didn't know how to cope with it. Most of the time he would call friends to come hang out. He tried everything he could to have a distraction from it. He hung out with mostly funny kids that could keep a smile on his face. Every night he would pray to god something in his life was going to change because suicide wasn't the answer. He constantly tried to make things better in every way , but nothing was working. One night he was laying in bed contemplating the future. He was imaging it wasn't successful and he didn't want it. So, he decided to think about what he wanted it to be like. He wanted to have good grades, children,

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