Incident

Small conversations often have lasting impacts on the way young people think about themselves, we are very impressionable. In 8th grade I was drinking pineapple Fanta, I have always really enjoyed tropical flavors, like mango, pineapple, etc. One of my friends came up to me and told me that I drink so many my teeth had turned yellow. This resonated with me and had me think, I brush every morning and night, but I would sit and look in the mirror wondering why. I would brush for 10 minutes trying to fix the color, just so I felt like I could eat the foods that I really enjoyed. In reality, my teeth were not yellow, I was drinking something with yellow food dye, and I stained my lips yellow too, it was a small comment that made a huge impact on me, and the way I thought about situations like that later.