On the morning of 28th March 2019 , as I was handing home from the shop. I saw a white teenage boy (15 years old) , but he was a distance from me. He was starring at me. I was wondering why is he looking at me ,does he think that I was going to mug him or something. However I kept my thoughts to myself , I did not want to be rude.
So he approached me on some , "Hey Sir, can I ask you a favor?" I did not see any problem with that so I just agreed "Sure what could that be?" he was like "I need you to buy me a cigarette from the garage ,they wouldn't allow me to buy it" without any hesitation I went to the garage to buy this cigarette ,still with so much confusion.
I went out and a few feet away from the garage ,I gave this young fella the cigarette ,I went on to ask does his father know that he smokes and what has driven him to smoke. This 15 year old boy, goes on to tell me that his mother and father got divorced when he was still young ,his father got remarried then his step mother shot herself in front of him. My heart melted right from them ,I completely understood him and the reasons behind him smoking.
It is really not a kind world for our kids and now he is seeing so many professionals ,who at times he feels are not really helping. We can talk as much as we can about our problems but the fact remains that some of the things that can help us are the same things which are last and really not be in our lives again.
Depression is real , we should stop realizing that only when we lose someone. Taking of yourself and the people you claim so proudly to love.
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