Grayling, Michigan. I was not born there. My life started out in the lower part of the State. Oh what a kid I was, in both places - it was like I was two completely different kids.
Two different kids...
Before I moved I was a very outgoing child, loud and boisterous. Such an outgoing child that with friends all around the neighborhood. An Extrovert, even at the age of 5 standing on a coffee can in my grandparents house telling everyone after I finished singing a song, "Now clap for me!"
I moved to Grayling in 1976. I was just 11 years old. It doesn't sound so bad but at age 11 peer groups are already formed. I did not fit into any of them. My sister Lynette did not have such trouble fitting in as when we moved she was only in 3rd grade.
What happened next wasn't anyone's fault; it was just a combination of not fitting into any peer group, I was the new kid and a overweight one at that so I was an easy target for teasing.
The names I allowed people to call me (remember "Fat Anne?" or people singing "I feel the earth move under my feet" when I walked by? LOL It is funny now looking back!) I accepted those names. I never stood up for myself.
At that point in my life the me who was the extroverted child became the overly introverted, hardly saying anything. Sometimes, not even saying a word all day unless a teacher asked a question of me.
You know what. It was my fault. No one elses'. I never allowed anyone to know the REAL me. LOL How could I? I didn't know the real me!
It took my moving away and working in a BAR to get me to start talking again. I even joined a band for a short period in my life. YES I was a singer in a band!
So that is it... the one thing I am really sad about - the fact I didn't have the chance for anyone in Grayling to know the REAL me.
I hope that by my Facebook and my blog that YOU (even if you are not from GHS) will get to know me too.
And also Dakk part of me too. Oh yes I forgot to tell you ---My nick name is Dakk - Long internet story but it has been my gaming internet name has been Dakk for over 10 years - in various forms. Latest is Dakk McDunnough in Second Life. I am also waiting for the new Star Wars Online game to come out... I will share Dakk and her blog and Facebook and flickr with you if you ask nicely. LMAO
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