Dear Abby...

I was (shamelessly) spying/reading big kid's facebook. And mostly it was just super excited kids sounding off about summer and last night's school dance. As I'm trolling through the typical middle school yadda-yadda, I stumble across this 6th grade girl's posting about how no boy likes her, how she asks them out all the time and they always reject her, how she's not included, and she's gonna die of loneliness. Well. I tried to walk away. Really. But I couldn't. What woman could walk away from the fragile, vulnerable, young girl who had just exposed herself to the ruthless realities of life in the middle school fast lane? So I quickly typed a reply that middle school is a blip on the radar, how really you CAN live without boys and that being yourself is the best medicine against loneliness, and then topped it off with a sympathetic 'hang in there.' Then I hit submit. With big kid's profile pic right beside my womanly words of wisdom. ...Oops... Not sure I'm gonna break the news to him that he's the official Dear Abby of the lonely hearts middle school girl's club.

But at least there's a young girl out there who knows someone noticed and paid attention. Growing up sure ain't easy...