Courage is: Admitting When You’re Your Own Worst Enemy

["Courage Is"is a guest post series of readers sharing their personal stories of courage and what it means to live courageously. This is Laura W.'s story.]

I’ve struggled with body image issues and being significantly overweight since about grade 4. When classmates started to notice (and care) that I was heavy, I started to get made fun of for it. Kids can be mean. They said things no one should have to hear, and even wrote things on bathroom walls for me to find during breaks between high sch...