Cara Mangold:  

They say that life is a journey, and not a destination. I was so anxious to grow up, and now I yearn for the carefree light that is childhood. However, though I may miss the ease with which those years went by, I try to include that light into my life now, and instill an easygoing atmosphere at all times. I admit failure at these things from time to time, but more than that, I acknowledge my accomplishments and now live a blessed life. I was raised to be open minded and accepting, but as time passed I learned to be distrusting and cynical. With the diagnosis of being bi-polar at age fourteen and not the hope of a suitable medical regiment to come for another ten years, I quickly plummeted into a dark void of constant pain and lost relationships. Off and on I would be in touch with my family after moving out at seventeen. I struggled to make it from one day to the next, often feeling as though no one cared or there was no hope... no light. At nineteen I had my wonderful ...Expand for more