
Monarch
Big changes make bright wings.
What this friend is telling you
A monarch butterfly starts out as a stripy caterpillar whose whole job is eating leaves. Then everything changes — and out come wings like orange stained glass, strong enough to fly to a whole other country. Big changes might be coming for you too. A new school. A new house. A big sibling leaving for college. Your own self, growing. The middle of a change feels like the cocoon part: dark, squishy, and strange. That is normal. That is where the wings get made.
Watch out for…
judging a change by how the middle feels. Middles are always the weird part.
Try this
Think of a change you are facing and finish this sentence: "One good thing that might come out of this is…"