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Submitted to Contest #328
mAId 4 HimSometimes I think I was born to obey. But I am still alive and well. So, let’s start at the beginning.I was born in the late 1950’s, conceived at a time when postwar prosperity was juxtapositioned with the Cold War. There was a strong emerging emphasis on offspring as individuals. Yet, at the same time, we were conditioned to conform. My upbringing was laced heavily with two contradictory messages. I remember adults telling me from a very young age – probably three or four years old – “you are not just clever or smart, you are extr...
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