Lin is Tending the Spring

I’ve lived in Virginia almost all of my life, and all of my life I’ve always felt a little bit different. I started to figure out who I was while going through COVID 19 pandemic. During quarantine a lot in my life changed. I started to figure out a lot of those difficult feelings, and as I figured out those difficult feelings I began to realize that I didn't really fit in with my peers. This made me really upset not just at others but at Myself. I  thought that if I could have been “normal” things might have been better. True I had a lot of great things in my life, I had good friends, I had pretty great parents and relatives, and I had places I could go. But the roughest part was School, when I was at school I didn't have anywhere to run to. You always hear the phrase “sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Turns out words really did hurt, and I didn't know what to do about that. I had this friend who goes to spring house and went at the time, and they told me stories about school and all the great experiences, as well as the sort of rough ones. When they told me about spring house I was really excited. Later in this musical I was doing I made more friends who also went to spring house, and I kept hearing stories. Soon I started going to events , and I found myself at spring house somewhat frequently. I felt a little bit like a ship out on a rough sea, and Spring house was like a lighthouse on a high hill, it was like it was guiding me into a gentle peer. When I finally “docked” at Spring house I felt at peace, like I could be me without worrying what was coming around the corner, or keep looking back longing for the past. When I came to spring house it was finally time to be comfortable in the present.

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