But she cannot believe that, and she cannot remove from her mind the memories of school dances when all her friends would be chosen and she would be left alone. At 5'10' she stopped growing, and now, as a woman, her height sets off her good looks. When Bonnie was nine she grew five inches, and during junior high school she was always the tallest girl in the class. How was it that Bonnie possessed so many outwardly beautiful attributes, but lacked the self-confidence to draw men? It came from her old memories of rejection. She desperately longed for someone who would give her love.Īs I listened to her story, I thought, 'Surely, a woman as good-looking as this must have plenty of dates and many opportunities to fall in love.' She talked of her loneliness and of her hunger to find love. Yet she had the appearance of a frightened bird. Let's call her Bonnie, but there are many people who could fit her description.
