title: The Pain Behind My Smile: Unveiling My Mask
author: Adrienne Logan
description: Adrienne Logan is a New Author, Certified Life Coach, and a Psychology Student. She is also the mother of 3 and is expecting her 1st grandchild any day now. Adrienne realized her purpose was helping others. She began to set out to share her story to help others that maybe dealing with similar situations. She wanted to show that if you dig deep within yourself, you can overcome obstacles, and strive into perseverance.
zlib_text: To all my Golden Stars
  
   One 
  Head up, legs crossed. Tummy tucked, shoulders back. Smile like the whole world is
  your best friend. I repeat the mantra in my head as the camera pans across my face.
  The corners of my lips turn up in a perfectly sweet “don’t you want to tell me all
  your secrets” pink-glossed smile.
  But you probably shouldn’t. You know how they say three can keep a secret if
  two of them are dead? Well, that couldn’t be truer for my world, where everyone
  is always watching and your secrets can actually kill you. Or, at least, they can kill
  your chance to shine.
  “You girls must be thrilled!” The interviewer is a middle-aged man with oily,
  slicked-back hair and fair skin. He might have been handsome if his garish hot-
  pink satin tie and red shirt combo weren’t so distracting. He leans forward eagerly,
  his eyes gleaming at the nine girls seated before him, a sea of perfectly tousled
  beach waves and unblemished faces glowing from years of skin-brightening face
  masks, choreograp