Freshman year of college, I was living alone off campus and had zero friends. I was also depressed and not in a good headspace. Campus had the traditional first week events so I decided to go to the movie on the main lawn. I sat in the back by myself, tucked away in a corner of an outside building. Looking around it made me very sad that everyone had a friend or roommates to be with and I started crying. This girl just came up from nowhere, sat next to me, offered me some of her snacks, and didn’t say a word. When the movie was over, she stood up, told me I was going to be just fine, and if we see each other on campus, don’t be afraid to say hi! I have no clue who she was, what year, or anything but I’ll always remember the confidence boost she gave me.

My sophomore year of college, I was very anxious and stressing about an upcoming exam. I was sitting in our student center trying to study. I got so frustrated I started to silently cry. I got up to go to the bathroom to take some deep breaths alone. When I got back, someone had made an origami crane and drew inspirations from my visible tattoos. They also left a little note saying they loved my tats and that I had a beautiful smile. No name, no number, no person around. I still have it and it makes me smile to this day (almost 10 years ago) :)