Lauryn

At the time my ‘then’ photo was taken, my parents were in the middle of a very bitter divorce and subsequent custody battle. This photo was taken at my mother’s parent’s house at Easter while I was visiting her. I remember this time in my life because it was when I first became aware of […]

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Nikki

I was SO proud of my purple Saturn planet shirt! (you can’t really tell they are Saturns in this photo here.) I was a socially awkward, weird, nerd girl who was poor and from a recently divorced home. I felt bad and shy for a while- but ultimately decided to retreat into my art and […]

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Tamy

My picture is me in 6th grade, 11 years old, I had braces and was trying to do the “no bang” style with my big old forehead. I have had bangs ever since. At the time we were living in Raymond, Washington, a small town on the coast of Washington State. My parents moved from Logan, […]

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Leah

This is a picture of me at around 10 years old. My mom, my sister, and I were living in a small town in northern Jersey at the time. Making and keeping friends was always difficult; my parents were divorced (at a time when that was not the norm) and we were one of only […]

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