Welcome to this week’s Flow Feature! We hope you’ve all had a fantastic week and enjoy this week’s Flow Feature on Amanda C.
Growing up Amanda was inseparable from her sister Natalie. A year older, Natalie was always there for Amanda, guiding her through everything as her sister and best friend. When Natalie was in senior she received almost every academic award the school had to offer. At the end of the year she received a
letter of acceptance for a scholarship to study at a prestigious overseas university. Amanda was happy for her sister, but knew that with her significantly lower grades there would be no hope of getting a similar offer, and would be a long time before she saw her sister again.
Amanda’s senior year started, and she felt more and more isolated and lost. She had few other friends, and none of them as close to what she had with Natalie. While she was able to Skype her sister a few nights a week, it was never enough to fill the gap left in her life. Amanda spiralled further and further into depression and eventually isolated herself from everyone.
Just when things were about to get even more serious, and Amanda was about to make a few decisions she would have regretted, a package arrived from Natalie. Inside was a stack of CDs with instructions to ‘listen to them alone, and listen to them loud’. Inside was:
Ellie Goulding – Bright Lights
Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
Florence + The Machine – Lungs
Amanda was hesitant at first and took a few days to finally sit down and play them. Nothing could prepare her for what she heard. She had never felt more overwhelmed in her life. As she went through the tracks she was swept off, away from all of her problems. For a minute she even forgot that Natalie was missing. That night, Amanda tracked down Natalie on Skype and spent three hours discussing the albums. It was as if somehow these albums reconnected them, brought them together despite the distance.
Amanda finished her senior year on a high, managing to get even better grades than she thought she would. She also received a scholarship to study abroad, and though it’s not in the same place as Natalie, she only needs to play one of three albums to close the distance.
Thank you Amanda for sharing your story, and good luck with your studies! We hope you all enjoyed with week’s Flow Feature! We are most desperate for some more Flows to share their stories with us, if you are interested please email us!
Inspiring Flows Xxx
Growing up Amanda was inseparable from her sister Natalie. A year older, Natalie was always there for Amanda, guiding her through everything as her sister and best friend. When Natalie was in senior she received almost every academic award the school had to offer. At the end of the year she received a
letter of acceptance for a scholarship to study at a prestigious overseas university. Amanda was happy for her sister, but knew that with her significantly lower grades there would be no hope of getting a similar offer, and would be a long time before she saw her sister again.
Amanda’s senior year started, and she felt more and more isolated and lost. She had few other friends, and none of them as close to what she had with Natalie. While she was able to Skype her sister a few nights a week, it was never enough to fill the gap left in her life. Amanda spiralled further and further into depression and eventually isolated herself from everyone.
Just when things were about to get even more serious, and Amanda was about to make a few decisions she would have regretted, a package arrived from Natalie. Inside was a stack of CDs with instructions to ‘listen to them alone, and listen to them loud’. Inside was:
Ellie Goulding – Bright Lights
Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
Florence + The Machine – Lungs
Amanda was hesitant at first and took a few days to finally sit down and play them. Nothing could prepare her for what she heard. She had never felt more overwhelmed in her life. As she went through the tracks she was swept off, away from all of her problems. For a minute she even forgot that Natalie was missing. That night, Amanda tracked down Natalie on Skype and spent three hours discussing the albums. It was as if somehow these albums reconnected them, brought them together despite the distance.
Amanda finished her senior year on a high, managing to get even better grades than she thought she would. She also received a scholarship to study abroad, and though it’s not in the same place as Natalie, she only needs to play one of three albums to close the distance.
Thank you Amanda for sharing your story, and good luck with your studies! We hope you all enjoyed with week’s Flow Feature! We are most desperate for some more Flows to share their stories with us, if you are interested please email us!
Inspiring Flows Xxx
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