Wearing a Suite of Armor

Good Afternoon! Yesterday I met a older gentleman who is also a burn survivor. He was burned when he was one years old. He said that he remembers eveything like it was yesterday. He told me that growing up with the scars kids were very cruel. They use to call him "alligator hands" and other names that wasn't very nice. I agreed with him about kids were cruel. It's amazing how tough you become when you have to deals with those type of comments as a kid. I called it" Wearing the suite of armor". I know kids are just being kids some understand and some do not. It's sad to say that some adults still have that same mentality today. After everything that a burn survivor has been through the mean and cruel comments still hurts. Some people don't have to say a word you can tell by the facial expressions what's on their mind. A burn survivor has to wear a suite of armor everywhere they go at all times. Because they never know when they are going to have a encounter with a inmature human being. If a child ask me what happened I will not hesitate to tell them. I have always thought that I would be saving a child from going through what I had to experience at their age. I will always treat people the way I want to be treated with love and compassion! Until next time...Tiffany...