Advice from a small town girl

We all know that person.

Sometimes we are that person.

He or she is the one who always sees things in the black and white of an old photograph negative.

And usually they see the dark side.

They are the person I frequently try to avoid, as encounters tend to be unpleasant.

I always come away from conversations with this person feeling as though I’m not good enough.

And it tends to be the kind of not good enough that doesn’t inspire me to be better. It tends to be the kind of not good enough that makes me want to eat an entire package of cookies.

Because, of course, that will help.

Some of us we...