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In middle school, my schoolmate gave a presentation about how we all have something that makes us different. She went around the room, asking each of us to say what our different characteristic was. She pointed to my friend sitting at the front of the class, leaving me second to answer. My friend and I had the same thought: There’s no way I’m answering this honestly. We wanted to blend in, and were desperate to be as “normal” as possible, hiding our differences. Needless to say, the activity flopped pretty quickly. Now I look back and wish we all answered the question with more candor. Maybe doing so would’ve helped us embrace our differences instead of masking them. After all, it’s our differences that make us unique and interesting. The post McCall Hoyle: She’s Got the Write Stuff appeared first on On The Dot Woman.