My name is Megan Abernathy, and I’m a sophomore at Morehead High School in Eden, North Carolina. I’ve lived in Eden for a little over a year now, moving here from Greensboro. I’ve lived in ten different cities before living in Eden, ranging from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Louisville, Kentucky, which is where I was born. I really do enjoy the smaller setting of Eden better than the busy life in a huge city and I think it might be because I’ve just had an opportunity to do more things, meet more people, and just enjoy the time I have. I myself have learned so much about who I am and who I want to be by living here. Theatre arts and photography have become something I enjoy greatly, and I’m now considering going into Classical Studies as my major in college. I’m very bad at verbally expressing my feelings, but instead I love to show them through art and literature. I could spend a whole day outside laying on a blanket just indulging myself with music and books. I prefer to be alone rather than in a big group of people, because I am kind of shy at times, and I like being able to get lost in my thoughts; “My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.” -John Green(My favorite author). Don’t get me wrong, I love people and I have a group of friends who I spend most of my time with and I’m big into theatre arts so I know how to be loud, but I just like to keep to myself some of the time. I have learned to cherish the time I have with the people I’ve become close with and care about a lot due to my family’s constant moving. Because of all the situations I’ve been through, over thinking, over analyzing, and over worrying are some of the things I do too much; maybe just because that’s how I am. I tend to put people in front of my own problems a lot which sometimes results in me trying to push my own emotions and issues out of the way even though they end up coming back worse than before. You can ask any of my friends, I care way too much and my emotions are and have always been really strong but I’m not afraid to show them or speak my mind. That’s basically the reason why I’m doing my photo essay on single parent households; because it is a big part of my life and has affected me greatly by not having my mother around for a long time. It’s played a factor in me becoming who I am today because of the responsibilities I have had to take on at such a young age to make up for my mother leaving, which I think resulted in me becoming a more mature individual. I hope you now know more about me and enjoy my photo essay.

6 Word Memoir:  My own appearance brings back memories.

Here is the LINK to my photo essay project.