This summer has been the worst, after my 18th birthday everything went to shit. My grandmother died of cancer days after my birthday, all of a sudden I’m an adult, my dad has to leave for a month to go to his Air Force base, and I can’t escape everything going to shit. I went on a trip for my church as a youth advisory delegate or whatever and suddenly everyone was against the people I made friends with, sending letters against their section of the church, allegations were made, people got insulted and it’s just bullshit. I can’t even drive and I’m fucking 18. I just want everything to get better, I was actually feeling optimistic this summer but I keep getting kicked in the stomach.