I've always been self-conscious. I've always been clumsy. I fell down about 5 sets of concrete bleachers once at our high school homecoming game-it was raining. All kinds of people were there and got a good laugh at me. Then we had to go to the gym for something and I fell 2-3 times in front of a guy I thought was a cutie.

And I never looked at him in the eye again.

I was able to use that to my benefit later though. In 12 grade, my English teacher made us write about an embarrassing experience. So I wrote about that night. I got an A.
My dad's drunkness would embarrass me. I wouldn't invite friends over because I didn't like for them to hear him yell at me.
My friends would embarrass me when I was about 12 yo. I was built like a 16 yo.
When I was in high school, one of the teachers knew me from the time my mom brought me home from the hospital. She'd walk down the hall reminiscing about how cute she thought I was when I was a baby. That I was very quiet until I needed to be (mostly during church).

There's also the story about me ruining this nice ladies' pearl necklace in church when I was about 9 mo.

I still hear that story when I see her or that other lady.
