Wiser
“Before that, I was Sandra Webber, Midwestern girl wonder.
Of course, no one ever really called me that, either.
Kids in high school loved to call me “Webbed Feet” thanks to how far out into the Tennessee hills my family hailed from. To them, living in rural areas automatically denoted incest.
Before any of my classmates could wrap their minds around the ideas of incest, though, I was simply “Weirdo.” I liked to dress myself in strangeness, brightness and nonconformity more important to me than ...whether pieces actually looked good together. I had no problem donning teal leggings beneath a Tennessee Titans jersey so big on me that it hung off my shoulder, and finishing off the look with a long, faux-pearl necklace and a pair of pumps pilfered from my mother’s closet. Other looks included wearing sneakers with formal dresses, elaborate costume jewelry with a sweat suit, or showing up in my father’s three-piece suit, complete with tie and cufflinks, that he only wore to weddings and funerals.MoreLess
Of course, no one ever really called me that, either.
Kids in high school loved to call me “Webbed Feet” thanks to how far out into the Tennessee hills my family hailed from. To them, living in rural areas automatically denoted incest.
Before any of my classmates could wrap their minds around the ideas of incest, though, I was simply “Weirdo.” I liked to dress myself in strangeness, brightness and nonconformity more important to me than ...whether pieces actually looked good together. I had no problem donning teal leggings beneath a Tennessee Titans jersey so big on me that it hung off my shoulder, and finishing off the look with a long, faux-pearl necklace and a pair of pumps pilfered from my mother’s closet. Other looks included wearing sneakers with formal dresses, elaborate costume jewelry with a sweat suit, or showing up in my father’s three-piece suit, complete with tie and cufflinks, that he only wore to weddings and funerals.MoreLess
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