I’ve deceived myself my entire life, well maybe not my entire life. I’ve been wearing masks ever since I was a 6 year old child, going into my dresser every morning and donning on a new mask. It became a daily routine: get up, brush teeth, get dressed, wear mask. It was a defense mechanism, a way to protect myself from what I believed would hurt me – other people. A free-spirited young child, I was light-footed and truly free until I started being contaminated by the real wor