The Chronicles of Naavya

  Top 3 school care bag essentials teen girls need that even strict parents will approve of! We have all been at that awkward moment where we are packing our school essentials kit and we don't know what to put. You don't want to seem extra, but at this point, what is and isn't extra? Not to mention you can't even wear makeup to school, or out in general because of your loving yet strict parents. But...there is hope! Here's my top 3 school essentials kit that even strict parents will approve of! Thing #1 – A tinted lip balm WITH a clear lip gloss A lip balm and a lip gloss. As simple as that. Not a lipstick that makes you seem too much like that one aunty at gatherings who piles on hundreds of layers, or like that one girl at school who barely has lips any more since all the skin has peeled off. A tinted lip balm that just has enough pigment to give you that natural look with a clear lip gloss on top giving you that glossy finish that just hydrates your lips! Thing #...

 "Come home, at least for food?"  "You HAVE AN INJURED SHOULDER, maybe give it a rest." "It is 60 degrees outside, why do you want to swim in a pool that is even colder..." Dialogues tailing me...all summer. From 8 AM to 7.30 PM. A shoulder injury didn't stop me, and my willpower didn't either, and why would they. I left a piece of my heart and soul at the pool, so I returned every day. For hours upon hours on end. Hours and hours. Splashes I made from kick only sets, because of my injured shoulder, From turns I tried to master even though I could barely raise my arm. My attempts to be my own physical therapist, trying to work through the pain that only got worse. For hours and hours upon hours at end. The first few times, I almost fainted. That didn't stop me. The next few months, my recurring injury chose to show up again. That didn't stop me either. No, because I needed to be better than before. Because I needed to prove to myself that I...