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acceptance - by Elaine - manners & mystery

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becoming a better caretaker of my child parts

Kaoru Kawano, Child and Mask, 1955 Through most of childhood, I was terribly shy. Even just raising my hand in class to ask a question felt impossible. I think part of this was because of a sudden change in environment. My family moved from downtown Toronto, where I was surrounded by Chinese people, to the suburbs where there weren’t that many people who looked like me. So I became conscious of my difference and unsure how to interact with others. I was sick of being the “shy girl,” so when we moved again (from Canada to the U.S.), I wanted people at my new school to see me as anything but…

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