So picture this: I\u2019m 14 years old, I\u2019ve been in high school for 6 months, and am awkward as can be. I still hadn\u2019t quite figured out how the whole public school thing worked and I missed the 43 people I\u2019d gone to school with for the past 10 years. Dressing myself was still a struggle because I\u2019d only ever worn a uniform, and I was only so good at making new friends. I blame all of this on private school, but that\u2019s beside the point.<\/p>\n
Lets rewind to October 2010, my second month of high school. Enter the boy\u2026we\u2019ll call him Charlie. Charlie asked me to homecoming after I only knew him for two weeks and it was a HUGE deal. A boy? Liked me? It was crazy! The homecoming date progressed into a five-month relationship- this was monumentally long considering it was basically a middle school level relationship.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for my freshman year self and fortunately my future self, the relationship ended. At the time, it felt like the sky was falling. How could I possibly recover from being broken up with? I wallowed in self-pity for way to long, going over and over the heartbreak of the breakup.<\/p>\n
That is, until one morning while I was getting ready for school and listening to Today\u2019s Country Radio on Pandora, Sara Evans\u2019 \u201cA Little Bit Stronger\u201d came on. This is the song that changed it all. Her country twang and singing style was different from most other female country singers so it caught my attention. This song in particular was exactly what I needed to hear. I guess you could say it \u201cspoke\u201d to me. The line \u201cEven on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger\u201d ,in particular, got me out of bed and pepped up that day.<\/p>\n