[ WP ] In this world , physical appearance depends entirely on personality . All babies are born identical . Beauty is achieved gradually through good thoughts and deeds , while the opposite is true for ugliness .

Joanne was n't conventionally attractive, but she had made it far in life. 
 
 
 Considering the circumstances, she had come out unscathed. 
 
 
 Born into a failing family, the youngest of five children with a alcoholic father, an abusive step-father and a junkie mother, it was surprising that she was a straight A student. 
 
 
 Crooked, hawk nose with a pale complexion, thin down to the bones with hand me downs as her regular outfit. High rise forehead and a troubled past made for stressful times, and that does n't help through puberty. 
 
 
 It was her smile though. 
 
 
 Cute dimples at the edge of her smile, the way she tied up her hair in an adorable pony tail. Even when she raised enough money to get braces, her smile carried her through. Strengthen with the motivation to fight through everything, I did n't know whether she had dyed it or whether it was natural. Either way, the phoenix had risen from the ashes to a new day. 
 
 
 Since then, she's only gotten stronger, and more attractive. But I suppose I can only watch from a far. A dumpling pouch on the verge of becoming a cake shelf with greasy dark matted hair with dirty, chips and mountain dew stained hands, I closed the Facebook tab and Alt-Tab'ed back into Dirty Bomb. 
 
 
 Some of us are stuck between a rock and hard place.
