"There comes a time when you stand up and shout:

'This is me darn it! I will look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.'

When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad--you will be amazed at the opportunities life presents you."

-----Stacy Charter