I was just about to turn 17 and feeling completely hopeless. My home life growing up had been tumultuous and filled with strife, and my parents had finally divorced a few years earlier. Still, the scars of my past haunted me and I struggled with depression and cutting. I cried out to God and asked Him a poignant question: What was the reason for my life if it was only to suffer? On my 17th birthday, I was feeling especially depressed, and my mom wanted to take me out for my b