One of the people in my life that I remeber most is a girl in my fifth grade class. She was on of the snobby girls. She was always knocking me because I was so different from everyone. I was the tallest person in my class. Also, I was not what you would call a rail. I had curves and she made sure to point them out almost everyday. She was average height, normal body type, and always had the best clothes. She always had these famous sleep overs that I was never invited to.
One day in particuler stands out to me. Being a girl we obvisously at one point in our lives start to experience a change if you know what I mean (a period). I was of course the first person in my class to start and she made sure she told everyone. This was one of the most embarresing moments in my life. It was also the most tramatic moment that I can remember about her.
After time we did become friends and I don't talk to her as much as I used to, but if I could imagine what she would be like in ten years, she definitly would be still married. Have two children, a boy and a girl, and have the most average, normal life. She will have the perfect job, perfect friends, and a huge house. She would live in the city in a subdivision. She will also be very successful in everything she does because she is just that kind of person.
When I ran this person through exercise 27, I found that I picture this person as a normal human being. This is also a problem that I have because what does society see as normal? Everyones version of normal is different. I also found that most of the things that I wrote down were things that I would have as well. This got me thinking that maybe we were not so different. Maybe we are similar in many ways except our looks. No matter how bad I would like to have changed that day, I am glad it happened because it made me look at myself and realize I didn't care what people thought because I was happy with who I was. I am not normal and I enjoy not being normal. That is what makes life interesting.
That's an interesting question, Nikki -- what does "normal" mean? It would be interesting to see her version of normal - and what in her life might set her apart. We're all the stars of our own movies -- I wonder how she sees the protagonist of her own story? There's probably something in her life that she would imagine sets her apart from normal -- I wonder what that would be?
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