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Went to camp with Andrea B. AND got poison ivy on my face--torture--need I say more
Never regained my social footing at that school but made good friends at the other three I went too (yes, I was a problem teen)
Grew out of my tricky adolescence into a moderately off balanced woman
Continue to find myself in classic "Why" and "What If" situations such as
Why didn't he like me, what if I'd said/done/been different, what if I'd been there instead of here, etc.
that illustrate the difficulty in breaking patterns set early in life (some shrink talk for you)
Remember in my darker moments that yellow afternoon and am able to reaffirm that not knowing
why does not mean there is something wrong with me, and is not the end of the world
Still occasionally wonder why Andrea decided to hate me, but now understand that
it doesn't matter and never did
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