I Am Strong

I am strong, intelligent, determined, focused, funny, sassy, and energetic.  Well, at least that is how my family and friends describe me. I specifically asked them to describe how I was as a teen and young adult, as opposed to now, over 20 years later, and their answers were much the same. I can remember how I felt back then, and I believed all these things about myself (perhaps because I was lucky enough to have family and friends who wholeheartedly believed those things, too).  I also knew I was loved and supported by my family and friends and that if I confided in them that I was in trouble, they would have done anything they could to help.