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How To Save A Life

March 11, 2010
By s.williams0823 SILVER, Wilmington, Massachusetts
s.williams0823 SILVER, Wilmington, Massachusetts
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&quot;We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are dull, some are pretty, some have weird names, and all are different colors... but they all have to learn to live in the same box.&quot; <br /> ~Anonymous


The tools to save a life are not scalpels or sutures or machines that beep, those are just instruments used to help repair a broken shell. The tools to save a life are much simpler and are often taken for granted. They also do not require an expensive medical degree. Such tools are often as simple as love or words, and they can completely change a person.

If I were given an opportunity to go back and change someone, the only tools I would require would be: a few boxes of macaroni and cheese, a hammer, and some band-aids. The macaroni and cheese to stop anorexia while it is still in the early stages and no one knows but you, the hammer to smash the phone that hurt her and the mirrors that made her hurt herself, and the band-aids to show that someone really cared when she cut herself.

I was too young and naïve when she needed me before, but now I know better. I can now recognize and operate the tools to save a life…can you?



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on Apr. 4 2010 at 5:57 pm
s.williams0823 SILVER, Wilmington, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are dull, some are pretty, some have weird names, and all are different colors... but they all have to learn to live in the same box.&quot; <br /> ~Anonymous

I'm sorry you had to go through that, its true that some scars never heal;i know this one won't. And I try not to blame myself, but it's hard not to.

on Apr. 3 2010 at 1:49 am
overstimulated BRONZE, Brighton, Other
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Bite off more than you can chew, then chew really hard.

This is SO true. It is impossible to see the heartache that young people can feel inside, until it gets to the extreme. I regret what anorexia has done to me, and some scars never heal. It can be hard when you now how it happened, but never blame yourself, some things are just cruel, even when you don't realise it.