"You're not alone, together we stand. I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand. When it gets cold and it feels like the end, there's no place to go you know I won't give in, no I won't give in..."
As a child growing up, I was terrible in school. However, after I moved in with my grandparents after my parents gave me and my siblings away, I started getting better. I wanted to prove to myself that I can do it, that I can succeed. I did the best that I could. I went from being an F student to being all straight A's, taking honor's courses and even college courses while still in high school that consisted of classes such as Calculus and Physics. At first I wanted to make my family proud, to make my grandfather proud of me. However, I realized that I should have been aiming towards making myself proud. I'm still learning how to be proud of my art and writing.
I see new artists all the time advancing and getting better with their art techniques, especially a good friend of mine,
. I've known her for over 4 years now and I've watched her art improve and grow. To me, she has that "I can do this if I try" attitude. It's when I see others who are like, "I can't." 
"Keep holding on 'cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through. Just stay strong 'cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you. There's nothing you could say, nothing you could do, there's no other way when it comes to the truth so keep holding on 'cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through..."
I have so many people come to me and say things like, "Rose you're so amazing!", "You're so friendly and I feel honoured that an artist like you will talk to me," and so on and so forth. I am very flattered that many of you guys think so highly of me, but then there were some people who will say things like, "I can never draw or paint as good as you." I don't believe that. No matter what your skill in art is, or even anything that you like to do, it's never a good idea to have the "I can't" perspective on trying to find ways to improve.
You can't ever give up, no matter what. If you enjoy what you do, whether it be art or playing music, or singing or dancing or anything like that, if that's truly your passion, go for it! Keep holding on, find new ways to get better if you're truly passionate about something.
Explore new ways and techniques to get better with what you do! Be proud of yourself. Love what you do, know and understand how special you guys truly are. If anything, Rose at least thinks you guys are special 
Keep holding on.
(Lyrics by Avril Lavigne, my favourite musician who I loved listening to while growing up)
