I mentioned before that I'm being forced to live with my parents this year. But there's a problem: my parents don't act like they love and accept me for who I am; they love and accept the straight-A student, conservative, uber-feminine daughter they wish they had. They don't want the less-than-perfect, socially rebellious, nonconformist, hippie tomboy that I've become over the last 19 years. I've been searching for weeks for a job so that I can begin earning my own money, buy a car, and eventually move out, but that will take time. I wish my parents could love and accept me for what I am, not for what they wish I was. I want them to realize that what I am is never going to change, and I want them to love what I am, not what I'm not.
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."- Mahatma Gandhi