moral core of american virtue, great place to raise a family, three dodge boys, a girl named angie, whose birth occasion, brother brent remembers, the biggest celebration of all. that was a pinnacle of all for my parents to have a baby girl. she learned about independence early on. who grew up busy and strong and stubborn. nobody got in her face because she would take care of you. she was 5 11 and strong. but, of course, big could be a problem for a girl. as a teenager, she was too tall, too awkward. she struggled. to make it worse, her parents marriage fell apart. that s when angie went and just made friends with whoever accepted her. among her new friends, jessica martinez. we both had very poor image because we had weight problems, and we wanted to be accepted not