Everybody Has a Story - Day 10: Shontel

This post is dedicated to all the "mean girls" out there.

Junior High was not always the most fun years for many of us. Luckily for us, we can all look back on it and laugh—at least out loud.

Shontel found herself in one of those moments, that could be the most embarrassing thing that could ever happen. Shontel was a tall, skinny girl that often found herself the target of the school snobs.

To avoid some of the ridicule, Shontel usually waited until after all the other girls were done showering after gym class. Imagine her surprise when one day she got out of the shower to find her locker completely empty. With only a towel to cover her up, she set out to find her clothes. Much to her dismay, she located them outside the locker room door lying in the grass.





It would have been easy to just simply pick up the clothes and scurry back into the locker room and forget about what happened. Not on this day. The clothes were far enough from the door, that she couldn’t hold onto the door and grab the clothes. She had to walk far enough away from the door that it shut and locked behind her. Not only was she outside in just a towel, but there was another class awaiting her arrival in her terry-cloth ensemble. Shontel, with all her dignity, ran around the building and back into the nearest bathroom to ditch her unwanted towel-of-shame.

Despite what happened this day, Shontel grew up to be a beautiful and successful woman with happiness in her life.



Well this is proof that the nice girls really do win. So in real life, the mean girls may not get hit by a bus right before prom or grow up fat and ugly, but they certainly can end up with less joy in their lives.

May all the girls in that awkward stage in life look at Shontel and remember that it is what is inside that is as important as the out and eventually, it all comes together.



Stay tuned for the extended family session to see how the beautiful and happy Shontel met her amazing husband. :) In the meantime--here are a few shots of Shontel with her family.