Changes

As the weather changes Melinda's depression seems to slightly lighten. She talks about actually feeling happy for the first time in the book while outside in the spring air. She cleans up her front yard and plants flower seeds. Showing interest in something is a large step towards happiness after depression. She even begins talking to her parents. This is an enormous step for Melinda. I also feel that Melinda gets some happiness after writing in a bathroom stall that Andy Evans is a creep and when she goes back to the stall she sees that many other girls have wrote all different stories about him being a bad person, which makes her feel less alone.