A+ Roundtable: 13 and Mortified

Being thirteen, as a general rule, is pretty embarrassing, just every day! I’m sure we’ve all made choices as 13-year-olds that are perplexing to us as adults, that sieze us with red-faced shame when we remember them — or maybe, on the flipside, if we we felt like our souls were about to depart our bodies at the time, we might be able to find a little more grace for our thirteen-year-old selves now. I hope that if you like, you'll share your own in the comments!

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