Q is for Quirky!

Q is a bit of a tricky letter

I decided to go with quirky

As it was one of only a few I could think of

I like quirky

Quirky clothes 

Quirky hair

Quirky colours

I especially love quirky people

And I am a bit on the quirky side myself

I can remember growing up

I desperate to belong 

To find people like me

A place where I didn't stick out like a sore thumb

As a teenager 

I experimented with lots of different styles

Preppy

Sporty 

Hippy

Gothic

Prim and proper 

But I never felt I quite belonged to any of them 

I really had no clue who I was 

What I was about 

And what people I wanted to be around

For me 

Clothes are a big part of my identity 

It was only really in my late twenties 

That I found a style I liked

And felt comfortable in

I wear a lot of jeans, hoodies and trainers

But I like quirky ones

Surf type wear 

That relaxed 

Laid back 

And comfortable in style 

I love to meet people who are a little bit different 

People who March to the beat of their own drum

I'm attracted to people who I can be myself around 

As there really aren't many out there 

That's why I get on with my sister so well

She is quirky to the point of being eccentric 

And I love that about her 

She is also bat shit crazy

I know she won't mind me saying that

As I am too

I swear 

Some of the conversations we have are hilarious 

And I've been threatening to put a go-pro camera in the car to capture some of our funnier moments 

A sense of humour is so important I think 

Especially in the darker times 

My family have quite a dark sense of humour 

And it has got us through many of the tougher times 

Without it

I would have gone completely off the wall long ago

Remember in school

When being different or quirky was a bad thing?

It seems like the end of the world when you don't fit in

But as an adult 

It's endearing and interesting to be quirky or different 

Who wants to be like the crowd anyway.....?