Growing up can be so challenging sometimes, especially in those pre-adolescent and adolescent years. It's a stage in life where so many changes are happening, physically, emotionally, cognitively and socially. It's a stage where we are given more freedom to choose and make decisions - a time that I discovered more about who I really was. Despite this knowing however I found myself quieting parts of myself in order to avoid judgment and feel accepted. If I would have only known that the parts of me that I neglected would one day become so l[...]