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Antibullying photoshoot : 2017 Photo Credit : Miss A . Wait
I named this column
Why ?
Because I ’ m still on it . I ’ m still learning everyday - and I ’ m equally making mistakes and digging myself out of those downward spirals everyday too , but in making those , mistakes I ’ m finding in myself the strength to accept the things that part of me might still not be ok with .
Somedays I write columns . Some days I present seminars .
Other days I don ’ t want to look in the mirror but each of those days are part of the journey .
I don ’ t think I ’ ll ever be ok with being called names on the street - but to be ok with the body I am in , so that I learn to not believe them .
That ’ s where I want my journey to lead me . That ’ s the path I am on .
A journey of self-acceptance . . . that continues to be a work in progress .