Hello, My Name Is BOLD
I'm not, you know. Not BOLD . Far from it, in fact. I've been accused of being timid, shy, standoffish, a wallflower...but never bold. That's why when she handed me the name tag, I looked to the next person in line. I was waiting for one that actually described me. Perhaps I should start at the beginning. I never had a problem making new friends; I just had a hard time keeping them. I went to a small Christian school and when we would occasionally get a new student I would usually be the first to befriend the girls. Sound bold? Not really. It took a while for the other students to warm up to them, invite them into their tight-knit circle so to speak. I was just trying to make them feel comfortable and hopefully find a friend of my own in the process. But I was too timid to be myself around the whole group and usually wound up feeling like the outsider. Yeah, I was a lot more comfortable one-on-one. As a teacher now, when I have to make my students practice spe