twice saved.

twice i was saved from mediocrity, and then i chose it for myself.
this is me, at age fourteen, half a lifetime ago, when life offered hope and i, briefly, still believed i would conquer..
in the other version of this photo my mum retouched by hand, my nose ring, because
without better suited her version of a daughter.
i wonder if i should have gone with the airbrushed one myself.