Unbroken

Being Bullied/A Friend for Life

After my diagnosis I missed so much school that I had to repeat the first grade and switched schools. These two girls Kate and Liz accepted me into their little group right off the bat! I couldn't do a lot of things the other kids could. I couldn't run, jump, or play on the monkey bars. I didn't look like they did. My jaw line was really crooked, my face was shaped funny, my forehead was wider than my chin, my arms and legs where really bony and I was smaller than everyone else.
Everything was going well until Kate noticed that I was different...she started being rude to me and telling everyone I was a freak. I told her my bones were soft and I couldn't help it. She continued to call me a freak and told Liz that she couldn't be friends with me...I didn't accpect Liz to choose me over Kate. After all shed only known me for a few weeks, shed known Kate...longer...but she chose me. And ever since that day she has stuck by my side no matter what! Liz was my only true friend from 1 to about 6 grade and still is. I was bullied all through grade school. I recall one instance when Kate told me I would never be anything but a brittle boned freak. I thought to myself that she was right. I was a freak. I was different...and I was actually ok with that. Things got worse before they got better....