October 12, 2006 more than 1,000 girls ages 13+ from the Bay Area came together for the 4th annual Girls For A Change Girl Summit at the San Jose Convention Center. Silicon Valley De-Bug was given the opportunity to create a space for conversation and writings. We asked was there a relationship that they wanted to make better and if they did how were they going to do that?

I Wish You Were Here
My name is Jocelin. I miss the relationship with my sister. She's in college now but all she does now is hangout with her boyfriend (who I hate). I don't tell anyone that I don't like him. He always makes her sad. Inside I just wish she were my age so we can hang out more and spend more time together like we used to. We used to share a room. I sometimes imagine us laughing ad tickling each other. That's the one wish I hope comes true.

My Mother
There's a relationship that I want to repair / make better. Before my mother died she always want us to be a good people in the future and she's always saying that everything has a changed but we're always not listing to her and when the time came she died we all realize that we should do better to make her happy but its to late that why even though she died I'm always doing what she always did to us.

Kimayah Anderson
I cry, you cry, we all cry.
But why?
I don't know about
I cry to like, I cry to stay happy,
I cry when I ‘m sad,
I cry to stay go?
That's why I cry.
Love, what is love?
No one knows.
Is love when one has strong feelings for someone and they feel it back
Or is love just pain?
Is love when a mother brings others into the world?
I don't know Tell me what is love.

Anonymous

Once in the 5 th grade, I saw 2 girls making fun of another girl. I went over to stop it and to find out why they were fighting. Afterwards, I got them to talk with each other and it turns out that they had a lot in common. To this day, the 3 of them are still the best of friends.

Lil'A

Right now I'm having a problem with my mom because she has a boyfriend and she just forgets about me because of him. It makes me feel lonely because when my dad was here we were all happy, but then he went to jail and my mom and dad got divorced. I was really sad and her boyfriend is so mean with my sister and I. I can't stand him anymore I just wish he went back where he came from.

Emmy Ojeda
My dad and I don't really talk to each other often, the thing he always asks me is “How was your day?” I really think that I can repair the relationship with my dad if we find something in common. He likes baseball and I like baseball, too. So I think we can play baseball together and maybe that's the only way I can have my father closer to me.

Anonymous

I wish I could talk to that “perfect” guy,
but I can't no matter how hard I try
Just looking at him looking at me
Together in the same world we see
He's hard to talk to and hard to speak
He says hi and kisses me on the cheek
Thinking to myself could this be
Does he really want to be with me
Then I say why me?
He says because you see me for me

Lynette
I have a bad relationship with my dad's side of the family. I don't ever see or talk to them and I wish I did. I haven't seen them for about a year and they live kind of close. The last time I saw some of my dad's family was last December. I used to live with my grandparents about 7 years ago along with my mom, dad, and sister, but now we don't even talk.

Dedicated to my Boyfriend

Talvez yo no cambiaria nada en la relación con mi novio porque el es buena onda . Atento, cariñoso, y sobre todo muy responsible de todo lo que tiene. La relación que llevo con mi novio cambiaria por nada porque toda mi familia lo quiere y porque se a sabido ganar el cariño de mis papas y sobre todo mi corazon. Cuando lo conoci yo estaba en una depression donde yo sufria y tenia ganas de morir. Entonces el me ayudo, apoyo, y comprendio. Lo quiero mucho y si algun día llegua a leer esta pagina quiero decirle que nunca olvide que lo quiero y le agradesco mucho por haberme ayudado y aceptarme como soy. Mi novio nunca lo cambiaria por nada del mundo y que estos tres años de noviasgo me han echo muy feliz.
Yesenia Torres de Gilroy

Rice

The day, I say
To pay, The price
Is the day, You pay me with some rice
That same day, I played with
The mouse, That was underneath my house
While we played, That same day
We both ate, The old sticky rice
That was on the plate, Then he paid the price, with another bowl of rice

My mom and dad both dislike my grandma. My mom told me why. She said it is because my grandma is cheap and greedy. She even said that my grandma would sell off my dad or her other children for money. They think this because my mom and dad met in the Philippines, but are immigrants from Vietnam. When they got to California they asked to live with my grandma and she said yes, but they had to pay rent. When my mom and dad had me they had no more money so my grandma kicked them out They had to live with my other grandmother from my mom's side. The reason I want to fix their relationship is because my grandma's getting old and I don't want her to die hating my parents.

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