I have never been very good at taking criticism.  Ask my mom.  Go ahead.  I will wait. I was always a weird sensitive child.  I have mentioned before that on a scale of 1 to 10 my self esteem as a child and teenager was about a negative 5.  Don't know why.  I had no reason to feel that way.  I had a loving family--parents who set wonderful examples, who expected the best from me but did not push me to do things that I was uncomfortable doing.  You have the picture.  But I never was … [Read more...]