Growing up in the US had made me a bigger girl. I was at my highest weight ever and although I wasn’t overweight and my doctors often reassured that I was the picture of health, I was absolutely miserable. My weight, I felt, defined me much more than my personality or my intelligence, and it […]
Although my ‘Awkward Years’ photo was of me in the first grade, my years after then have been far more awkward. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures of those times that I’m willing to share. I am currently a sophomore in high school, and throughout the years, people have picked on me for my brains, […]
Going into my sophomore year of high school I was 4’11”, 125 lbs and I had a year left on my braces. I was the shortest male I knew and there weren’t a lot females shorter than me. It was tough. I wasn’t happy with physical appearance and it had its challenges. I lacked confidence […]
My name is Stacie, from Ikes Fork West Virginia. This is a yearbook picture of me when I was about 8 years old. The biggest thing about me was my hair. I was picked on because of my size, I was actually very tiny in grade school. Yeah, hard to see with that mane, and […]
I was always the girl to smooth things out … The one to make the group One. The Everyman. Then I got my braces and perm, with a darkening of my hair from summer blonde. I was the same person but looked different. Literally, my friends couldn’t look at me and disowned me. I was […]
I was a quiet kid growing up who kept to myself for the most part. My mother had me involved in piano lesson and scouts. Although these were great programs that brought structure to my life, they were nothing I wanted to brag about in Jr. High. The thought of being rejected or made fun […]
8th grade was probably my worst year growing up. On top of not knowing how to tame my curly/frizzy hair and wearing braces, I also had to put up with a friend bullying me and pushing me out of our circle of friends (it had to do with jealousy, I was later told). Everyone around […]
Hi, I‘m Kaori. As you see in the picture, I hated my smile. When I was very young, my top teeth were behind my bottom teeth when I close them. (anterior crossbite?) So, my parents took me to the dentist (There weren’t orthodontists back then.) and I got a retainer like brace. After a while, my […]