I was born with a partially unformed lower leg on the left side - the doctors immediately amputated the stub at birth. I got my first prosthetic leg before my first birthday, but by the time I was in elementary school I was able to ride and bike and...
posted 5/3/2008 4:12:18 PM by
MattA -
Buffalo, NY
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My older brother died when I was 13 - he was 17, and had been fighting leukemia. I just remember how sad the entire family was. My father didn't go to work for a while, my mother couldn't get out of bed ... I did a lot of growing up...
posted 5/3/2008 3:58:15 PM by
KareemN -
Chicago, IL
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I was born in Cuba, as was my entire extended family. They're all still there - I'm the only member of my family who made it to the United States. When I was very young, my father fashioned an old car into a floating raft that held 20 of...
posted 5/6/2008 4:09:50 PM by
AlejandroA -
Miami, FL
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