When my family moved to Ohio last summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing no one. I had bright red hair and large glasses. In addition, I was1 and shy.
Getting on the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on 2. I could hear someone say quietly," She's huge!" Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I walked past them, took a3at the back of the bus and sat there in silence all the way.
The following day was even4 I did not notice a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle. As a result, I5 on the bus, dropping everything I was carrying. While I was embarrassingly6 my things, I could hear someone laugh," That felt like an earthquake!" Looking out of the window, I held back the tears in my eyes.
It was then that I started to make a 7. I began walking everywhere. I would wander through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a 8 about two miles down the road, where I would chat silently with God. I began 9 the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then amazingly, I started losing 10. As I became content with myself, I began making friends.
One of my newly-found friends also fought with her weight, wanting to be a "perfect" cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood, 11 we would meet and walk together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing along the way - different from the12 walks. I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to be perfect. I just had to be me and be happy with myself.
Looking back on that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am13 I made it through. I always tell myself "This too shall pass" 14 I am fighting with any other problem in life. It's possible for us to get over all the difficulties if we face them 15 and keep on trying.
