i never grew up in the house on the corner with my mother and her boyfriend, walking to the bus stop in hand-me-downs and old socks. So I don't know what it's like to be stared at in school by blonde girls with tiny waists and high voices, who whisper and giggle when I walk by. The school didn't give me my lunch for free, because my mother didn't work two jobs to barely scrape by. Our car didn't break down every time we drove it, so I have no idea what it's like to hitch hike or walk miles in the pouring rain, with nothing on but a faded hello kitty shirt and jeans that were so big and so wet that they fell down when I walked. I have never seen a birthday or Christmas where I didn't get everything I wanted and more. My father never left my mother right before I was born and then disappear from my life for twenty years. I never worried about where dinner would come from, or my mother's deteriorating health. I didn't get a job when I was still too young, because my family didn't need the money. I never lost a nights sleep from being overworked and over exhausted. I didn't worry about doing well in school, cause my family could pay for college. I never worried about much of anything. My life is perfect. Isn't it?