Journal #40: Sad Fictional Story

Once upon a time, there lived a little boy named Steven.  He was very happy when he was growing up and enjoyed playing outside, singing, and hanging around his siblings.  When he was still little his brother, Gabriel, and mother, Marleigh, died in an airplane crash.  He did not really understand the significance of this at first.  He thought they had just gone away on a vacation.  But despite this, Steven still had a couple of amazing older brothers that he really admired, Caleb and Jonathan, as well as his father, Stanley.  As he grew up, Steven was very active in school and participated in several sports and other after-school activities.  His favorite thing to do, however, was to spend time with his brothers.  They were his first and true friends.  Whenever Steven felt insecure or that he couldn’t do something, they would encourage him that he should try his best, and that even if he doesn’t succeed, he will always be a winner in their minds.  He was so thankful to have Caleb and Jonathan as brothers and he wished that he could have remembered more about Gabriel and Marleigh.  Whenever he would have periods of depression, he was reminded of the few times that he still had visual memories of them.  He always felt like a failure.  He admired his brothers and parents so much that he decided he would be like them and always succeed.  So, he tried, but it seemed that no matter how much effort he made, he still could not measure up to his role models.  This realization would bring about even higher levels of depression.  Eventually, Steven came to starve and cut himself.  He hated every ounce of who he was and he wanted to change, but he felt as though he was a failure and would be that way for the rest of his life.  The only reason why he had not killed himself was because he could not bear having Gabriel and his mother see how miserable he was.  One day he had taken too much medication and died before ever being able to redeem himself.  The rest of his family was glad to be relieved of their burden and they lived happily ever after.