Mary "Smokey" Cazual As a kid, Mary was always running around and playing. She was never still for a moment, and her parents could hardly keep up with her. She was always getting into mischief, like the time she climbed to the top of the barn and got stuck there for hours before anyone found her. Her parents used to joke that she must have been part rabbit, the way she moved so fast. As a teenager, Mary began to piece together who she really was. She realized that she wasn't like other girls her age - she was different. And that difference set her apart from everyone else. It made her feel like an outsider in her own life. But instead of shrinking away from it, she embraced it. She started calling herself Smokey because it suited her more than anything else ever had. As an adult, Mary has come to accept who she is and what makes her different. She knows that it's not something to be ashamed of - it's something to be celebrated. And she's finally found a place where she belongs - among other misfits and outcasts who have also found their way to the margins of society. Wise quote: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
