One of the biggest things That Kate had said/announced in this book is when she told Anna she didn't want to live anymore. That she was tired of trying and tired of fighting. Even though her mom talked to her about everything, and they were always together, she never told her that fact about her. This was a self to self connection because I also go to my sister first, before my mom and I tell my sister everything. The sad part about this is that her mom doesn't even believe her because she had never talked to Kate about those feelings and she couldn't believe that Kate wouldn't tell her.