Throwing it back a "few" years and remembering the girl I was then. . Perhaps others saw me differently than I saw myself. But what I remember is a sometimes shy, but mostly happy girl who loved to dance and enjoyed making people smile and laugh. Desperate to be liked and hopeful for a boyfriend, yet not at the cost of my values. I didn't drink, attended few parties, yet loved to be social. Most weekend nights after games were spent with a couple of close friends, out for dinner and then back to one of our houses to watch movies. . I didn't realize it then, but I see now that I was a strong and focused young girl. I didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up, but I knew I wanted to "help people". I just didn't know how. . I was a bit lost and very insecure, like most teens. I often felt like I was missing out by not attending parties. I knew it minimized my chances of having a boyfriend. I was often quite lonely in that aspect. Yet never enough to go against what I felt was right f...