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Mark Cyphers's avatar

Great story! Yeah Grandma!

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Lynn Stewart's avatar

I love this, Connie. Your wisdom is spot on: "How adults sometimes don’t see their own limiting beliefs and project them onto the young. How a single sentence can shape or shatter a dream. How belief in ourselves, even when fragile, is the most important kind." My first grade teacher told me I was "stupid" and "couldn't do anything right." My crime? I asked for help zipping up the head on my chicken costume (for the class play). I looked up to her. And I took her words to heart. Sometimes I have to remind the little-girl me that I'm not stupid and that I can do lots of things right.

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