Surviving Through the Suffering

After much encouragement and a lot of persuading by Kim and Heather I am attempting my first post for Balance. Here’s to hoping I can properly express myself and deliver a message that hopefully speaks to at least one soul when they read this. 

I was never one to be an attention seeker. I was much happier sitting back and filling in the gaps wherever and whenever needed. I had no amazing skill growing up and never fell in with any “crowd”. So picture grade school and me shying back as they selected players for whatever game was being played for recess and I was typically the last chosen. High school me, you may ask, was no different. I simply just wanted to stay out of trouble, make decent grades, and survive. I dreaded public speaking, social gatherings, and anything that would direct all attention on me

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