How have I come this far in high school? Only yesterday I was a freshman striving to find a place in the "bowling alley". I now am a senior with college applications in my hands and scholarships on my mind. But to be quite honest, my world  is falling apart...

This past week I have had to do one of the hardest things that I have ever done in the past five years. I was forced to block my Uncle Jack and Aunt Danielle on Facebook. My Uncle Jack I can easily block. He has his own issues. My Aunt Danielle on the other hand, has been like my second mom for the longest time. She helped raise me during the summers my mom shipped me to Utah. She helped me learn so many different things that has influenced who I am today. Nothing tortured me more than clicking that last button that would finalize my decision. My heart was pounding so loud that it created a beat to a song of depression. But I did it. It's over now. They are out of my life and my mom believes they can no longer injure me on the one place that was to connect me with the ones I love.

To be honest, I cried. Even before I did that last click.  I cried so much that questions began to go through my mind. I questioned whether my  mom was right. I questioned whether or not I should obey the commandment to obey my mom. I questioned everything relevant to the subject and only one answer came to my mind. I had to do it. No other response came to me. I knew what I had been taught. I knew that the gospel was true. I could never deny it. I knew that when I received a straight forward answer, I had to follow through with it. It's what I've been taught. It's what I have grown to experience and come to realize in my heart.

Nothing will change my mind. Maybe, someday, this situation will work out and I will be able to click the one link that will reunite me and my aunt, "Unblock". Until that day, I will remain steadfast in my decision and remain true to what I know today.