There once was a little girl who loved the sun. During the winter, she would layer on clothing, grab a good book and sit on the concrete well cover outside in the yard. She did this for years, until she got to high school. Her friends there started making fun of her, because she looked really silly all bundled up outside in the winter, especially when all she did was sit and read. “You can do that in the house, like normal people.” So the girl who was not so little anymore stopped sitting outside. For the next few years, the not-so-little girl began to suffer, especially during the winter. She was very sad and listless and eventually began to draw away from her friends, her work, and herself. One day things were so bad that she decided to get help. She was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder and told that things could get better. Her first line of treatment: sunlight. The woman (for that’s what she was now) realized that the people who had teased her had nearly taken her life. She decided that, despite popular opinion on the matter, she would live every day of her life alive.
