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The Way I Learned How to Walk

My biggest fear at in terms of my physical health and walking in general is losing the ability to do so. You see, I did not learn to walk until I was 3-years-old when my Dad taped my hands on the Mattel Tous Tuff Stuff Shopping cart that at the time was still being researched to see how children liken the product. What he did was put some bricks in the basket and then stood behind me and pushed me ro walk forward. This was one of the best things that my Dad did for me when I was very young and still living at home. My Mom of course was sitting on the porch cry, I was told, believing in her heart that he was hurting me. She quickly changed her mind when I started to walk.

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I am more myself in solitude. For in solitude I am myself.
-(c)Melia Benjamin, August 2000

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