Marilee Stephens:  

t of you did but I finished nonetheless. Now I am a partner in a financial services firm. I am happily married with two grown, beautiful, educated and successful children and one grand daughter to boot! Success is never measured by how you start the race, rather by how you finish. I may have stumbled and fumbled my way out of the gates, but I see very few that have the love, joy, peace and contentment that I have found. I spend a lot of time volunteering through my church affiliation. I like working with little girls and have a soft spot for the one others may say doesn't fit in. I learned a long time ago to embrace that I was not like anybody else. While the rest of you were trying to fit in I was happy just to be me. That's what I want to pass on. That it's okay to be different and beauty is never measured by what attributes one carries on the outside. Beauty comes from personal morals, values, character and how you treat others.