Kim decides to continue writing the teen advice column in the newspaper. She actually starts to like helping people out and giving advice. Sometimes when Kim gets stuck in a problem, she asks herself what she would write "Just Ask Jamie" if she could and how she would answer it. This usually helps her solve the problem. So the "Just Ask Jamie" column does not just help other teen's life, it helps Kim's as well. Kim was blindsided one day when she find out her mother was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer. Her mother has been sick for a couple weeks now but Kim and her dad didn't think it was going to end up that serious. The doctor gave her mother six months to a year to live. On page 242 she says, "Everything in me is hurting now. I honestly don't know when I've ever felt so bad. So hopeless. So frightened.". When Kim says this, I can feel her emotions and pain through the words on the page. When Kim leaves the hospital, she tries to distract herself by reading a new letter from "Just Ask Jamie". The letter ends up asking "Jamie" why good things happen to bad people because the writer's grandmother got hit by a car and died. Kim immediately connects to it because of her mother and writes her back. She doesn't know if her answer is the perfect answer but she has the impression that it is coming from God so she continues to write. In the letter, Kim writes how she has to have faith as she follow God's direction and trust him. Writing this letter ends up helping Kim with her emotions as well and makes her feel better.
Kim and her writer from "Just Ask Jamie" are similar because they are both going through similar problems. The writer is going through her grandmother's death and Kim is going through her mother dying of cancer. Both characters have similar feelings.They feel as though this shouldn't be happening to their loved one because they're both good people. If I had to add myself to the story I would become in contact with this writer so we could help each other go through the same process.
What are your impressions of Kim? Do you agree or disagree with any of her decisions? Do you think turning to God is the right decision to look at the problem?
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