Marian (Mim) Berger:  

Wow! It's challenging putting 50+ years in a little box and trying to start at the beginning... I was different. I didn't quite fit in where others did... Sort of like trying to fit a circle into a square hole. I wasn't a group person... I'm a loner and love to be by myself but didn't realize this until I matured which is the opposite of what high school personifies. So high school was difficult for me in that sense even though I was friendly with everyone. I did manage to have friends in many, many different groups. I was and still am very intuitive and quick thinking but tried never to show that to others because when I shared my intuitive side I was told I was wrong about this or that situation (even though everything I said came true, maybe not right away but it did and that's scary for a teenager) and therefore some people thought I was odd too and that's why I didn't fit into any specific group of people and I ended up moving from one group to another but I was more a loner than someone who needed to be with people... I only hope that along my path of awareness I didn't hurt others because that was never my intention. I was just a kid trying to find myself as we all were. I was always trying to be authentic to myself and to others. That was my belief then as it is now... but other than that I was a "normal" gawky teenager... was friendly with all groups of people in high school from freshman to seniors and greasers to collegiates and those in between. My brother was a greaser as were his friends. And since he was older there were always lots of kids at our house. I was on the gymnastics team in school and had always been active throughout high school and have even carried this into my adult life with running 5K's and running...Expand for more