https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892 en-us 2021-04-14 13:30:24 UTC 2021-04-15 20:17:32 UTC hello@padlet.com kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347802 The smell of the morning breeze took me back to sitting on the porch with my grandmother. ]]> 2021-04-14 13:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347802 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347806 My dad walked out of the house the month I turned 9, and little did I know, he would not return.]]> 2021-04-14 13:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347806 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347822 When we arrived in New York City, our names changed almost immediately.]]> 2021-04-14 13:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347822 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347825 I WAS A MESS OF emotions in middle school.]]> 2021-04-14 13:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416347825 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416647999 The first time I saw him he was kicking a soccer ball with one foot and had no care in the world. ]]> 2021-04-14 14:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1416647999 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418248089 When I started my interview I was reminded of all my past interviews that went completely wrong. ]]> 2021-04-14 19:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418248089 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418256845 The joy I felt when I was accepted to my dream job was unlike anything I'd experienced before. ]]> 2021-04-14 19:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418256845 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418260062 A new door had opened for me and I walked straight through without any hesitation. ]]> 2021-04-14 19:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418260062 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418262147 It was mid-summer time when I discovered that even though I had no prior experience, the state of Texas was going to allow me to apply for a teaching job. ]]> 2021-04-14 19:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418262147 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418265260 The first time we met was in my interview. I could tell she was a passionate woman I wouldn't want to disappoint. ]]> 2021-04-14 19:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1418265260 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422882313 When I sat in my room, I thought of all my pain in the past.]]> 2021-04-15 19:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422882313 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422884772 Sometimes when I am in the car and I hear the sound of the tires on the highway beneath me, I remember the long drive from Arlington to Arkansas. ]]> 2021-04-15 19:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422884772 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422888676 2021-04-15 19:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422888676 kaleighlilite https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422890852 My heart dropped when my mom told me we were moving. I had just started to make friends, everything around me started to feel so overwhelming. ]]> 2021-04-15 19:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422890852 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422897237 I was up, thinking all night, my head full of anxious thought.]]> 2021-04-15 19:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422897237 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422905878 I was in my room playing my Wii when my Mother suddenly burst with excitement. However, little did I know She wasn’t going to be excited for long and neither was I. ]]> 2021-04-15 19:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422905878 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422907335 On Christmas a few years ago, my nana seen one of my cousins walk around the corner of the wall wearing red and began to have a panic attack.]]> 2021-04-15 19:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422907335 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422907702 Anytime I hear a popping noise, I get paranoid and I remember when I hear a gun shot near my house because it was very close ]]> 2021-04-15 19:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422907702 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422919719 After seeing my nana having a panic attack I began to get very sad and scared.]]> 2021-04-15 19:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422919719 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422924717 During a very cold winter, me and my family left our little ranch in Mexico and came to some place called Texas.]]> 2021-04-15 19:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422924717 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422928107 We all were sitting and the kitchen table eating until my nana seen my cousin wearing red.]]> 2021-04-15 19:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422928107 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422929821 I was joyful when my mama told me I had more older siblings.]]> 2021-04-15 19:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422929821 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422934226 A pill bottle sat on my dresser, waiting me to take them all.]]> 2021-04-15 19:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422934226 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422947865 2021-04-15 20:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422947865 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422948919 It was late at night, I was sitting in my room, by myself with my mom asleep in her room.]]> 2021-04-15 20:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422948919 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422952233 My heart dropped and I tensed up and curled into a ball. I was very scares]]> 2021-04-15 20:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422952233 https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422983473 2021-04-15 20:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kaleighlilite/479tb5kzus7de892/wish/1422983473