I was born on September 25th, 2001, at 9:42 in the morning. It was a Tuesday, only fourteen days post-9/11. I wasn't due until November; my mother used to always say the tragedy scared me out of the womb. It sounds silly to say that that sentiment defined my childhood, but I cannot think of something more accurate than my arrival to the world being laceβ¦
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