School Story:
I never felt totally accepted at school. I remember the sting of cruel words, the rejection because of my differences. It's funny how when you're a kid you think that school is "real life". School was at times a place of struggle, not with learning but, with feeling un-conditionally loved and accepted.
There were days, I couldn't wait to go home and feel the love of my parents and family. As the years went by in school I came to a place where I began to love myself not based on anyone's acceptance of me. I remember that day, I was 16 and I looked in the mirror and the girl looking back, I knew, I loved. There was times she was scared like everyone else, but she was kind, she loved God and people. She was someone that I could be comfortable with.
That day I embraced her, something changed in me....not just at school but, in life. A new Cindi came forth. :) It was a start of embracing life, people and loving who you are no matter how you look. My looks were given to me by my parents, but my heart... my heart was given to me by my Father God... If I can reflect Him... that is what I want to do. I love you all.