My name is Kyra. I’ve always liked my name, even though no one pronounces it right the first time. One of the things I don’t like about my name, however, is that it starts with a K. Every time I went to a summer camp, every first day of school in every class, there’s always that game. The game where you go on a hypothetical picnic and everyone brings a food that starts with the first letter of their name. First, I should mention how ridiculous that is. What a strange rule for a picnic. If you did that in real life, no one would go to your picnic. Make better rules. Anyway, I hate that game. It’s really hard to think of things that start with K; especially food. I usually just go with ketchup. Sometimes people laugh, sometimes they just sit there in silence, probably wondering, “Do they know that’s a weird thing to bring to a picnic? Good lord, I hope so. I’m not inviting them to my picnic.” This is the reason I didn’t want to choose the acronym prompt. My name only has four letters, but half of them are horrible for making acronyms. I think the reason I did end up choosing this prompt is very indicative of my personality. I’m very prone to finding something that should be impossible for me and trying to prove it wrong. Even though I can’t prove a bunch of words wrong, it’s a moral victory.
	For the letter K, I would choose the word “kind.” I try every day to be as kind as possible—to people, to things, to myself. The last one is especially important. I’m too hard on myself sometimes. Everyone is! It’s good practice to forgive yourself and cut yourself some slack; because that’s what you would do for a friend. For the letter Y, I choose the word “yoghourt” because I think it’s really funny that that’s a word; and I think I’m pretty funny, too. For R, I should probably choose “responsible,” since that’s a good quality to have, and it’s what would make me look the best. That’s such an impersonal adjective, though. It tells you nothing about who it’s describing. It’s something you would say at a job interview, if you were trying to impress your future boss. It’s something that doesn’t stand out, since everyone says they are in order to be looked at in a good light. It’s also not responsible to lie; so I won’t. I’m not very responsible. I never eat the serving size of ice cream. I forget to lock the front door, often. I don’t even match my socks in the morning. So instead, I will choose this word: “rambler.” For my last letter, the letter A, my word is “adaptable.” Take this essay, for example. I chose what I thought was the hardest prompt for my circumstances, and I went with it anyway. That’s one of the traits in myself that I’m most proud of. If I’m facing something that I’m sure I can’t overcome, I try anyway. There’s always the option to go the easier route; but that’s not always the most interesting one, and I keep that in my mind at all times.