“I guess…I guess it started not long after we moved here… I was bore

“I guess…I guess it started not long after we moved here… I was bored and was hanging out in the Mall when that Lady came up to me. I thought she was gonna chew me out like everyone else did – ‘cause I was totally Goth then. You know. I don’t even think I owned anything that wasn’t black…

Anyhow. she just…well, she just smiled at me and gave me my first Pearl bracelet. She said it would suit me and that I would understand. I was gonna tell her to Fu..uh go away, but somehow the Pearl bracelet ended up on my wrist. Don’t really remember how.

And it was like…I dunno…like some sort of fog lifted. Like for the first time I could see, and everything was sunny and warm.  And nice. And I decided right then and there that I needed to make a change.

So I did.

Now I always dress like a proper young Lady should. And I’m always volunteering: helping out in the community. Everyone is so proud of me. And I feel so happy. Happier than I’ve ever been.

And I was even given a second Pearl bracelet…”