Ann Fulk
Ann Fulk
Aug 24, 2017 · 2 min read

. Whenever I am bored or anxious I always find myself in the same place in prospect high school… Dr. Kyp Johnson’s office. I’ll go in there pretty often just to talk about how I’ve been doing or maybe rant about music, crystals and gardening. We share a lot of the same interests. Whenever I go in there it smells like stale candy and old coffee. I don’t mind though, it’s not a horrible smell. I am welcomed into his office by all of his plants and buddhists shrinkets. He also has a small smoky quartz crystal sitting on his desk which asks me feel like I am not forced to talk to him. It makes me feel like I am talking to him at my own will, as if I am talking to someone who is my friend because a lot of my friends share the same interest in crystals as me. Everything in his office reminds me of all the healthy things I have grown interested into as I have become healthier as a person and learned more about myself. Occasionally, I will walk into his office and have flashbacks of when I was unhealthy and used his office to complain about all my struggles in my life, or when I would feel as if I was forced to be there and talk to him. Now when I walk into his office, I get a sigh of relief thinking of myself, “wow I’ve made it… senior year and I’m actually happy with my life.” I then explain to him what has been going on in my life and what I am scared of, even though fears are considered to be not good, the fears I talk to him about are good fears compared to what I feared in the past. His office makes me feel blessed about the person I have become and what I have accomplished in my life. Now that i am analyzing each visit I have taken going into Dr. Kyp Johnson’s office I have realized a key point. When I first started visiting him I sat in the chair diagonally across from him. This made me realize that I was not comfortable with him at first. I now sit in the chair that is right next to his desk because I have nothing to hide.

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