Overcoming Hard Time In Macy's The Truth About Forever

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In the book, The Truth About Forever, a teenage girl named Macy experiences a death in her family which leads to a whole different lifestyle that she starts to live. Macy must rise above the difficulties and learn the stand her ground. She also needs to learn to grow out of her comfort zone and not try as hard to live up to the expectations of others in her life. Overcoming hard times is a difficult action some people like Macy have to make to move on with their lives, and it will take some time to get there, but it is never impossible. Before losing her father, Macy was a happy and fun girl to be around. Her father and her had a deep connection within the family that her sister never had. They would always run together because it was their favorite thing to do. One morning, Macy decided to not go on the run with her father because she wanted some extra time to sleep in. Later that morning, when Macy woke up, she got a call that she never imagined she would have to get. Macy’s father had a heart attack while running and had passed away on the way to the hospital. Macy couldn’t believe it and blamed herself for not going on the run with him …show more content…

Macy hit a low point with no support around her to help her out. When her father died, she was known as a weird, anti-social outcast, but when she finds people she loves she finds herself. Macy lost everything in her when the death of her father happened, but she slowly built it back up. She fixed relationships but also got rid of the rotten ones. After that she did everything for herself. She didn’t focus on impressing anyone but herself. She went from outcast to someone who didn’t care where she stood as long as she had her strong, loving relationships. She cherished those because from what she experienced, she knows it could be gone in a

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