I needed other people to be around me, and most especially friends I could trust. Ever since I was little, I would look at families that had older brothers and sisters; and yes, they had fights with each other and every argument that can be thought of, but they also had their backs in almost every occasion that happened if someone else was picking on them. "So how does this tie into silly string?" You may ask. Because I needed something so extraordinary for myself to be able to trust myself to do the right thing in scary situations I may have found myself in, such as bullies, and other.

I was an only child, and I know my parents allo me that because they thought it as a privilege and because they thought it was the best thing for me, but it wasn't. Ones that even through the most horrible experiences with them, you would trust to hold you up in hard times out in the world. A little brother or a little sister that I could watch their backs like I would want them to watch mine.

My parents gave everything to me, but I never had what I truly hoped for.