Today I am honored to share with you an essay written by a young woman who is near and dear to my heart. She is 17 years young and a junior in high school. She wrote this descriptive piece for an Honors English class assignment. I don’t know what grade her teacher gave it, but I give it an A++. I suspect you will, too. Yesterday By Madeline Nickles Yesterday was the worst day of my life. I woke up the morning of this horrid day, my eyes red and swollen from the night before, my silk pillowcase still damp from the unyielding tears that just wouldn’t seem to stop flowing. Looking around my sister’s room, I grimace as the blinding morning sun pokes through her curtains like an outstretched hand. I see my sister, Abby, still fast asleep on her bed, blissfully unaware of the new day mercilessly attempting…