What a great, genuine and very real entry! 👏🏼

I felt every single word in the first part - hits very close to home for me. Some kids can definitely be cruel at times (speaking from personal experience, which I laugh at now, but it took ages for me to outgrow my nose insecurity).
I also think a lot of this (the appearance insecurities) has to do with the fact that we are women and as such, most of us (if not all) were raised to try and fit the image of the perfect girl/ woman/ mother. Something that society has been pushing onto us for ages. Instead of celebrating our uniqueness.
Your empathy, music and your cooking skills are great confidence boosts for sure - coming from someone that struggles with cooking unfortunately 😅