KathrynA Story by Kathryn SmithYou ran off with it all When my mother was expecting me, I wasn't growing. The doctors advised my mother to get an abortion. If she didn't get an abortion I would most likely be handicapped and mentally disabled. I would never be able to walk. I would never be able to talk. Well, here I am. Nearing 25 years old. Walking.
Normal. And I am grateful for each and every day. But to be honest...I feel guilty. Why did I get to be "normal?" And I didn't mean to take my mother away from my siblings for such a long time. None of it was my fault. I often look back and picture myself as a little girl. For such a tiny thing, I was a firecracker. I didn't care I was tiny. I would sit on the laps of the elderly. I befriended all those who looked lonely. I ran wild through forests and fields. If you could meet yourself as a child, would you? I would have loved to meet myself. I'd hold my tiny hand. And I'd tell little me that everything would be okay. To please do not get discouraged over who I was. To not be sad that part of my life was looked back on as something bad. Had I known who I would become. What would happen to me.. I would have been alarmed. Alarmed and amazed. I've had a wonderful life so far. And I am so proud of myself. What I've been able to get through. How I have risen above obstacles. I might not be your average 24 year old girl. Living on her own, a solid job, married, a mom, or a wife.. But I'm getting there... Little me with big brown eyes and ambitions ran off. She ran off with my future plans. And I have been looking all over for her. © 2017 Kathryn SmithAuthor's NoteReviews
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