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[quote=Anonymous]My father was in his mid-60s when I was born (20 years older than my mother). He had a stroke and a couple of heart attacks before I was in kindergarten, and my mother quit work to take care of him. It was wonderful to have both parents at home. We also lived in poverty and without health insurance. He died after another series of heart attacks when I was 16. I got a scholarship, worked multiple jobs, and slept in my car to get a university degree, and went on to complete medical school. I married too young, and then divorced. I think a lot of my life choices were a desperate attempt to impose normalcy and order on the chaos that had become normal in my childhood. I also always knew I was loved, and I brought many strengths from that childhood, too.[/quote]
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