My first memory of being bullied was when I was 10.
It was December 1975, a typical winter day in Spokane, Washington. Grandpa Mike and I had made the two-block trek to Cannon Hill Park, where I would hit the ice and skate my heart out for my audience of one.
I was putting on my best performance ever when suddenly I stopped mid-pirouette. Five girls from my school had surrounded me. “Is that her?” asked one, pointing at me. “Is that the stuck-up one?”
It had been such a great day. I had been fearless, attacking the ice, feeling so special and safe. Then, in a blink, my feelings of joy and triumph were undercut.
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