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This is me

I’ve always known I was different.  There have been times I’ve tried harder than others to fit in, but it really was of no use.  I’ve always been a little bit rowdier than the rest.

I’ve never been accused of being a rule follower.  

Chasing baby frogs and crawdads in the creek with my sister Kim.  Go cart racing with friends wearing giant sunglasses to protect our eyes from the sloshing mud flying.  Enacting stoplight fire drills by making my friends get out and run a circle around the car before the light changed.  Not shying away from a dare to tube naked across a quiet lake.  Sky diving with a friend on a moment’s notice.  A lot of people thought I was just an obnoxious kid who was always making a scene, but I’ve grown up to embrace that kid, especially in the last few years.  Because this is me.

The world doesn’t …

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Why fit in?

While we were sitting in standstill traffic the other day, the boys noticed a glittery bright purple car in the lane ahead of us.  “That’s so cool!  Mom hurry up!  Get up next to that car!”  Right.  Let me just hover right on over there boys.  They were completely smitten at the sight of a car painted entirely in purple glitter. (gotta love the McLovin sticker on the window) In all their years, they’d never seen anything quite like that.

So naturally, they were dying to see who was driving!

Just a few days before, we’d seen a huge, very pink, pick up truck, followed by a very similar conversation (and attempt to chase).  I love the childlike joy about the fact that they thought those cars were cool.  While their minds were reeling with ideas of all the cool things you could do with car paint, I have to admit, in …

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A tale of two trees

Once upon a time there were two little palm trees planted by the water.  They didn’t choose to be there together, but they were glad to have each other’s company.  As days went by, they swayed and laughed in the breeze.  On dark nights, they were comforted, knowing they were never alone.  Together, they weathered raging storms and blistering heat.  The sound of the lapping ocean, mixed with the laughter of children below, was the soundtrack of all their days.  They both grew to be beautiful, tall, and strong

But as they grew, they began to notice their differences.

One of the trees grew straight and just a little bit taller.  As a result she felt embarrassed, awkward, and strange.  She spent her quiet moments wishing she could be shorter and more curvy like her friend, so she would feel more normal and fit in.  She tried to squat and hide and bend, but …

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The broken one

When you were a kid, did you ever try sit on a beach ball in the water?  

I used to try to fool my friends in the deep end of the pool.  I’d push that ball down as hard as I could with my arms and then slowly put one leg at a time over the top, until finally, I had a floating chair.

Then I’d call out, Hey look at me, I’m standing!

Inevitably, as soon as they’d look my way, I’d lose my balance and the ball would come flying up into the air with the force of a giant splash.  I would fall under the water and everyone would laugh.  My cover completely blown.  I’d rise from the water like a drowned rat, my pride damaged.

I still try to sit on beach balls sometimes.  

I caught myself doing it recently.  When asked how I was doing, I responded with …

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