‘I don’t want to stick out like a weed in a feild of wildflowers.” Is a saying I have heard one to many times, a saying my grandmother used to try telling me as if it was some kind of rhyme. I used to believe it, I used to think that it was true. I hated being different, so I decided to try something new. I began following trends, and all the latest fads.

I’d straighten my hair everyday, making m...