Weird is just a side effect of awesome , I'd rather be weird than normal any day.
My mother once asked me as a child, "why can't you just be normal?" I looked at her sadly and my only answer I could offer her was, "I don't know how to be, I only know how to be me." She cried and held me and apologized for saying it. I kept that memory tucked away all this time, it's bittersweet to me, the pain of knowing I'd never fit in but the realization for us both that, I didn't need to.
It sounds like you have a wonderful mother. And, though it was so hard, it is so wonderful to know we were never meant to fit in. I am grateful for it everyday. ❤️
It was a beautiful moment learning that so early on, it made getting through school alot less tough. They use to tease red heads like me relentlessly growing up. That whole "Gingers don't have souls" phase was a pain.
