Friday, September 17, 2010

More blasts from the past.

Here I am thinking for all of my life I was an ugly child...teenager  Nope.  But I WAS a beaten-down, tormented-by-peers child.  I got to regularly hear about how ugly I was.  I was not ugly though, what a relief.   Seriously, though, all those kids who tormented me have no idea what they did to my self-image.  I wish I could go back and have a little more confidence, but I suppose I am kinder an more attuned to the struggles of others because of my own.  I am better for it.  However, bullying and tormenting another child because, say... they are poor, should not be tolerated at all.  It really did a number on me.  One I still struggle with.  I was cute though!! REALLY cute ;-)


Age seven with my cousin, Chad

So this one... not so cute, I have ALWAYS hated this picture.  I was nine and firmly in the "my teeth are too big for my face" phase.  In addition, my mom tried out her hair-dressing skillz on me- first a (really bad) perm, then fix with a "trim." I  preferred my hair long and never, ever, ever have come close since 4th grade to allowing a haircut like the one above because I was SO scarred for life.  PS.  This was the RETAKE, there was actually a picture worse than this one ;-) Jason and David are pretty cute though.


Awww, we were all cute

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