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Imagine your heart racing like a prize winning stallion at the Kentucky Derby. Initiated by the thunderous sound of your alarm clock, you wake up only to realize that you are late for school and your clothes still carry the tasteless aroma of burned meat and old tomatoes from working overtime the night before. Now imagine you are 13 years old. Tradition has lead us to believe that the art of rational decision making and successfully functioning in a competitive world can't be executed by an adolescent, but every so often tradition is broken. On a blistering summer day that appeared so redundant, the sweat streaked down my face while making my way home from school. Endless thoughts of upcoming assignments collided with vivid images of what was sure to be the usual domestic scene of unwashed dishes and an overstuffed garbage can. There was nothing I had seen, read, or heard that could have prepared me for what life had so strategically premeditated and was about to carry out. As I stepped through the flimsy frame of what used to be a screen door so cleverly hung with a clothes hanger and duct tape, I could see the silhouette of a body, that was sure to be my mom, spread over the couch like a peacock displaying it’s splendo