7th grade I got 10 shots in my head to see why my hair was coming out. Late September, they find out why. Alopecia areata. That's what they said I have. Alopecia areata is a hair disease that makes your hair come out & leave bald spots sometimes on your head. But that's not what I say to people when they say "why do you wear a wig?" I said "My mom put a perm in my hair when I was in 4th grade & she told me not to go swimming but I didn't listen to her & there was chlorine in the water and my hair started falling out". If I knew that my life was going to be this hard cause of one bad decision I wouldn't have stepped foot in that pool. However, that's what I said to people when I lived in New York, but now I moved Upstate & there's over 2000 kids in my school. Can you imagine that? A thousand kids talking about you , staring at you, saying "hey girl is that a wig?" or "is that your real hair" and walking away as fast as you can. However , when I'm in class its totally different. I cant run anywhere. I cant walk anywhere. I just gotta do my work & hear them talk trash about me as if I did something to them. I gotta act like it doesn't get to me when really its killing me inside. I hate going to school cause the worst part of it all is people bullying you when they don't even know you. They might know my name but they don't know my story. I pray that everyday would be a better day from yesterday. I look over my shoulder all the time. I'm worried all the time. I have to get used to it. I probably wont ever have a worried free life but I love the life I live because beyond all those things that make me feel bad about myself I got so much more stuff that makes me smile and be thankful for the life I live. But before you start throwing words at me remember this. I am not a girl that can ever be defined.


P.S. The pool part is TRUE. Its not just a "story" I tell its what led me to have Alopecia.