The older I get, the more it bothers me. I hold it all in. I wear hats and hoodies while I work as a bartender and manager of the bar I work at. As each day progresses I find the beauty within myself as I see others focus on my hat. When will the day come where I am free from these chains that I've put on myself? I limit my work aspirations - because I live in fear of being ridiculed and stared at for all the wrong reasons. As a kid I was loud, boisterous. As an adult I'm hiding more and…

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I started a discussion...and it started me thinking.

I am continually amazed by this site, which, after posing a heated discussion not 24 hours ago, has already filled 5 internet pages with encouragement, stories, and advice on my issue of HIDING under a hat and how to be free. I have struggled my whole life to find commonality with women (and man) in this; my friends all understand, but from an outsiders view, but they still lovingly style their hair each morning, and complain of having… Continue