Friendship?
I lay in bed last night, unable to sleep due to fact that my pooch, Boo, was hogging all the bedspace between B & I. I thought about getting out of bed to come write this blog that came to mind in those sleepless moments, but I decided to finally nudge Boo so I could get some zzz's. I hope that Ayla has a difference experience of "friendship" than I did for most of my childhood and teenage years. Its not that I didn't have any friends or that my friends were bad, it's just that the number of negative and traumatic experiences I had far outweigh the good. When I was in elementary school, I was tormented and teased about everything from my red hair and fair skin to my "nerdiness." I am not sure how or why I was such an easy target. I was a really sweet, nice girl who would play with anyone and help anyone, but it just made me a target for hate-filled attacks. By 5th grade, I was the favorite target for a classmate, who did everything from pr...