They Called Me the “Ugly High School Graduate” in Front of Everyone — and My Family Expected Me to Smile and Accept It

structures are not the ones that have never been damaged but the ones that have been damaged and repaired by people who cared enough to do the work.

On the drive home from that dinner, I passed the high school where I graduated fourteen years ago—the building where I wore a cap and gown and walked across a stage and received a diploma that my father continue reading …