Dear Bettie! It’s strange how when we are children, words spoken by other children or adults stick with us for life, and pierce our heart many decades later. I remember a boy in elementary school calling me "horse" and "dudley do right." I carried those hurtful words for many years, long into adulthood. Looking back, I think the boy may have liked me, as it was about the time boys and girls start liking each other. Lol! I remember being a young child and standing in the kitchen with my mother and telling her a story someone told me at school. Her reaction and I will never forget it was, "and you were stupid enough to believe that!" I was totally crushed! My weight doesn’t define me, nor should it define anyone. That would discount all the good things we are. Do what you can in whatever areas of your life you can, and "forget about it!" Spoken in a thick Italian accent. Carole
