Thank you for your words, @afterglow! Human nature really is a funny thing to behold. The passing of the torch to the next generation begins long before we have grown old and grey, and there is something to behold in mystery of the unknown that clouds the path in front of us.
I just sincerely hope that life imitates art as much as art imitates life. Most stories for countless centuries truly do have a happy ending for the greater picture regardless of the dark challenges faced, and I like to believe there is a reason for that. This gives me hope for the world these teens are inheriting.
RE: Surviving the teen years