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( Things that I did while growing up... )

 This sorta makes me thoughtful about the opportunities I got that others don't receive. Because my parents are educators they put a HUGE emphasis on learning, reading and thinking. I think they knew that the logging town I grew up in could become a cage for me intellectually, so they taught me to think differently than other kids I knew. On the other hand, my dad being the type of person who is always a Devils Advocate, he also taught me to think like those kids so that I could understand that the world has a lot of perspectives.

 

I feel like I am incredibly lucky to have had the parents I have.

 

I don’t think I ever thought of myself as ‘underprivileged’ (although raising a large family on two teacher’s incomes wasn’t easy). To this day I am more at ease with folks who aren’t money oriented;  even though I find myself worrying about it more and more.