My younger sister, Julia, is having a lot of problems in school lately. There is this one boy named Mike, who has constantly been making fun of her last name... it's a regular and normal last name, nothing is wrong with it. Whenever she goes home from school on her best friend's bus, that is also Mike's bus. He makes rude comments to her outloud... i.e- "EW!" "You're so ugly" "You're gross!" "Get out of here!"
I've been trying to tell her that it doesn't matter what people think about you, as long as you believe in yourself. I also told her just before that if you think you're beautiful, you are. I'm not just referring to beauty of appearance, I'm also referring to the beauty within the heart. The beauty that if you're confident, you believe in yourself, and you know that things are going to be okay, they will.
In August 2007, she was diagnosed with moderate scoliosis. She has been wearing a boston brace ever since, and that has been an emotional rollar-coaster for her.
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