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What she did

Lydia was heartbroken. She spent more time at home, holding tight

to her family. She cried a lot. When she became, as she says, “mad as

all get-out,” she’d write songs and play them on the piano or the violin.

Music really helped.

After a few weeks, Lydia struck up a conversation with a girl named

Grace. Grace sat in the back of the classroom and kept mostly to her-

self. Lydia had hardly noticed her before. Now the two hit it off and

started to hang out together. Before long they were inseparable. Lydia

remembers, “Grace never got tired of me.” Lydia joked that Grace was

an “angel” sent to help. And Grace did help. She stuck it out with Lydia

during that whole awful time. When Lydia ranted and raved about

people who weren’t handicapped and who parked in the handicapped

spots, Grace listened. And when Lydia could do nothing but cry as she

watched her brother struggle, Grace was there. One day when Grace

knew Lydia was feeling really down, she showed up with two pink roses,

just to say she cared.

How it worked out

As Lydia’s family adjusted and accepted their new challenges, Lydia’s life

grew more stable. Today, Grace remains one of Lydia’s best friends. The

old group? Well, they eventually started being nice to Lydia again. She

gets along with them, but it will never be the same. She looks back now

and says, “They’re not bad people. They just had no idea what the true

meaning of friendship is, and I guess I didn’t, either.” But she does now.

She absolutely does.