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comment by Owl
Owl  ·  3832 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lil's Book of Questions: Were You Planned? Did It Matter?

I'm here now and my parents love me; That's all that matters. I was supposed to be aborted. If I wasn't I was expected to be born with severe birth defects. Turned out fine, as far as I can tell. Apparently others say I have an above-average intelligence, and among my family I'm considered the smartest one, though I think I'm pretty stupid myself.

It took me a long time to learn how to tie my shoes, though. Stuff in that vein was (maybe still is) pretty difficult for me to wrap my head around as a child. Handwriting was always messy, but that's because I was a lefty.