Green flag Click, space, or right arrow for next Left arrow for previous I made a picture with a picrew for each year since when I was 5 <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 5: Kindergarten Madison, she/her ~ Your local goodie two shoes kid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 6: First Grade Maddie, she/her ~ We moved and I went to a new school ~ Decided to go by my nickname ~ Mom said I should try having short hair, but I didn’t like it very much ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 7: Second Grade Maddie, she/her ~ Started growing my hair back out ~ Started all-star cheer ~ Got my ears pierced ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 8: Third Grade Maddie, she/her ~ Was bullied :( ~ Was in a different class than most of my old friends, but I made better friends ~ Mom really liked curling my hair ~ My “friend” of 3 years betrayed me ~ Learned about Scratch for the first time by accident (I didn’t like it) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 9: Fourth Grade Maddie, she/her ~ Quiet kid (because I wanted to ig lol) ~ Hair had grown back out to original length ~ Switched schools at the end of the year ~ Was the shortest kid at my new school lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 10: Fifth Grade Maddie, she/her ~ We moved ~ Switched schools again, had to wear uniforms ~ Started middle school ~ Began learning French ~ My hair randomly became a little lighter and wavy??? ~ Became friends with the popular kids ~ Playing Warriors Cats games on Scratch became a trend at my new school (I was now obsessed with it) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 11: Sixth Grade Maddie, she/her ~ Some of my old friends switched schools ~ Some friends convinced me to make a Scratch account, named it @Amberpaw_Amberleaf due to my obsession with the Warriors books ~ Acne happened ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 12: Seventh Grade Maddie, she/her Ace ~ Learned about lgbtq+, realized I was ace ~ Very talkative kid ~ Got “made fun of” in Math, but it was all in good faith (I was okay with most of it) ~ Covid became a thing, and we learned about it in Science ~ Went to Australia and New Zealand during Winter Break ~ Got called the rich kid ~ Lockdown began in the spring :( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 13: Eighth Grade Maddie, she/her they/them Pan, ace, genderfluid ~ Covid :( ~ Thought I was genderflux, then later genderfluid ~ Decided that I was alright with they/them pronouns :) ~ Wore my hair in a ponytail ~ Mental health was not going so well for me :( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 14: Beginning of Freshman Year Maddie, she/they Lesbian, ace, genderfluid ~ Made my current Scratch account ~ Started high school ~ Extroverted artsy kid ~ None of my friends went to my school anymore, so I made some new ones again ~ Thought I was lesbian and got a gf ~ Decided to go by any pronouns, but that didn’t last long ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 14: End of Freshman Year Maddie, she/they Lesbian, ace, genderfluid ~ Cut my hair during Winter Break as an attempt to be more affirming (it worked at first) ~ Quieter kid out of embarrassment for my beginning of freshman year self ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 15: Sophomore Year Maddie, she/they Aro-spec, ace, lesbian ~ Quiet kid still ~ ‘Daydreamed’ a lot ~ Wore makeup for the first time ~ Very into music ~ Got platinum highlights by accident, and it made my hair look really light blonde ~ English teacher was extremely rude to me, but my friend saw what was happening and was always there for me <2 ~ Gf moved away, so we agreed to break up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 16: Junior Year Maddie, she/they Aroace, demigirl ~ Found out I was aroace and a demigirl ~ Figured out how to style my wavy hair ~ Joined the school play/musical ~ Finally moved on from the embarrassment I previously felt from freshman year!! ~ I was in general the happiest with myself that I had ever been :D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 17: Beginning of Senior Year Maddie, they/she Loveless aroace, demigirl ~ Started exploring my gender identity through my clothes (though I gravitate toward more fem stuff) ~ Got a job :0 ~ Started experimenting with different hairstyles (not shown in the Picrew lol) ~ My hair finally got past the “awkward length” ~ Visited Hawaii for my senior trip ~ Joined the school play again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 17: End of Senior Year Maddie, they/she Aroace, demigirl ~ The weather got warmer, and I was able to wear my favorite dresses again :D ~ Joined the school musical again ~ Got fired from my job :/// ~ Had to prepare 42,576 different senior speeches >:// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age 18: Maddie, they/she Aroace, demigirl ~ Graduated high school! ~ Got accepted for the scholarship I needed for college! ~ Started getting back into makeup ~ Visited Iceland and France ~ My hair reached a new record length (waist length!) ~ Will be starting college in a few months!
Wowzers, if I ever update this again, I’m gonna needa use Notes and Credits box because of how long this is getting haha Anyway, the background represents what my favorite color was during that year. Also, if you want to, you can check out my old version of this, but tbh I do not like the way I made some of the pictures/worded some of the description there haha. Also, age 16 on that one was fully inaccurate smh. That’s what happens when you make a Picrew for your future self, dear past me. Picrew I used: https://picrew.me/share?cd=L88oWvvZty
