Throwback Thursday. ❤️
BB/Before Braces.
Have you read See You Later?
Have you seen inside this 8 1/2 year olds heart?
I was belittled and told that braces would fix how I looked. I was told by my father that the gap and overbite, that I inherited from my mother, desperately needed fixing, and then I might become prettier.
I looked in the mirror and saw someone homely or hideous. I was in 3rd grade. I absolutely hated how I looked.
What the f?
Who does that to their child?
Never did I dig for compliments, because I never felt deserving. This little girl was on the honor roll and reading 15 books a month from my school library. It’s only now, looking back at old photos that I received a few months ago, that I can realize Tom was right.
I was not ugly, I was simply conditioned. 
Maybe one day, my mother will see it as a positive to let go of other photos of her daughter and give them to me, because my family would cherish them like treasure.
Nah. It won’t happen.
See You Later

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