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Society

Powerful Storytelling

Through the eyes of many people, my life was incredibly average. I am a 5 foot, 3 inches tall, average weight, White, and now middle-aged, female. I grew up in suburban Chicago to parents that are still married today. Most members of my large extended family lived nearby when I was a child, so I had plenty of cousins as friends. My mom stayed home and raised her kids, but babysat for neighbors and did the odd…