Meet Leyana
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Leyana is the one of the most put-together, genuine, and mature teenagers I have ever met. While still able to be young and curious, she is also completely honest to herself and others, and sees the world for what it is.
Being so young when she lost her brother, Leyana never really thought about defining "friendship" before.
Having filtered out the bad friends, she now knows what she wants in a true friend.
People's fakeness and dishonesty at the time of her brothers passing has really affected Leyana.
By simply maturing, and maturing with her grief, Leyana has been able to define now what friendship is to her.
Prior to loosing her brother, despite being so young, Leyana still had a loose definition of who a partner should be.
Now having lost a love one, Leyana finds her self worrying about her partner more than usual.
By maturing, and maturing with her grief, Leyana has been able change her definition of a relationship.
Her friends following up after being there, or checking in on her is what really stands out to Leyana.
She worries about her loved ones, and when they don't let her know that they are ok, that only makes it worse for her.
Leyana's final advice:
for those grieving:
if you know someone grieving: