{"id":119,"date":"2013-03-08T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/2013\/01\/i-once-had-a-bully.html"},"modified":"2018-12-09T17:53:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T17:53:43","slug":"i-once-had-a-bully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2013\/03\/i-once-had-a-bully.html","title":{"rendered":"I Once Had a Bully"},"content":{"rendered":"
I once had a bully.<\/p>\n
She was tall and had white-blonde straight hair. She was popular and walked around with confidence. She was one year older. She had striking blue eyes and was quite beautiful.<\/p>\n
I had never hated anyone before.<\/p>\n
Until I returned back to school shortly after my father had passed away and this girl, who had no reason to even utter a word in my direction, made fun of me for losing my father.<\/p>\n
Of course she didn’t put it like that.<\/p>\n
“Losing my father.”<\/p>\n
And thankfully I have now forgotten the words that once hurt so badly.<\/p>\n
But I haven’t\u00a0forgotten\u00a0her.<\/p>\n
Her words immediately sent me to tears, hiding in a corner from the giggles and screams from the other children playing.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t let them see me crying.<\/p>\n
And she walked away, flipping her blonde hair in my face as she turned. Even looking back at my tear-stained, ghost-white cheeks before she exited the gymnasium.<\/p>\n
I was stunned. Frightened. And only seven years old trying to figure out why someone could be so cruel.<\/p>\n
I saw her again in high school and immediately felt anger and disgust. Luckily, we didn’t cross paths often. I am not even sure we ever made eye contact. Or if she even remembered me.<\/p>\n
I can still see her in my mind.<\/p>\n
If I saw her again today I doubt I would say anything to her. But I do wish she knew how much she had hurt me at that time. If anything to learn how just words can stick for a lifetime.<\/p>\n
I have no idea what she is doing today. Or what she looks like.<\/p>\n
I wouldn’t be disappointed if she were fifty or so pounds overweight, though.<\/p>\n