for lil rebbitzen,

I had a similiar experience with being betrayed by something my mother told me......when I was eight, I asked, ..'..Mom, do you ever wish you had a different daughter?..' Her reply was, "I DO wish I had a daughter more like, she named a girl in my class, a friend of mine, she said she wished she had a daughter that loved to read and was shy and quiet"

I feel the betrayal to this day.

I tried reaching out to teachers, camp counselors, friend's mothers, and aunts and uncles....I grew from these other adults seeing me for who I was, someone who had a lot of promise with the right environment in which to grow..

and I do believe you have a lot of promise, to become someone, well, to keep becoming more and more YOU..............

How did it go last night?