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Subject: When I was born Author: Lynn7 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:46:40 11/14/02 Thu I saw this topic on the Mantel and I thought it was neat. I'll start it here because I don't post there anymore. I've also posted this on one other board for those that don't post there. The day I was born was apparently a rather thunderous, mid afternoon, April showery day in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. My mother told me that I let everyone know I'd arrived when I came out screaming and fiesty. I think I was around 7 lbs 15 oz but I can't be sure. It was the 27th of April in 1965. I was born deaf and regained some hearing at the age of two. I occasionally use hearing aides now but they are more of a pain. I was the third child and sibling to an older brother (Ben-now 41) and sister (Rachel-now 39). My birth name was Linda Michelle Turaza de Bodt Rosenland but, when I was 11, my step father legally changed my and my siblings' names. Mine changed to Rebecca Lynne. I found out two summers ago that my mother left me in the hospital for my Aunt Judy and Uncle Roland to take home. I'd always been especially close to them and never understood why. I guess bonding does do something. They raised me for 10 months until my mother came back to abruptly collect me because she and my dad had, once again, got back together. That certainly explained a few things for me, knowing what had really happened. I had 3 nicknames growing up. Spider for my long fingers which were longer than my sister's, who was two when I was born, and they still are (she has these dainty little fingers and my fingers are now 3 inches, pinky, or excess-piano/violinist hands). Angel because I am just so darn nice (no wise cracks..LOL) but more likely because my hair was white until I was three and went white each summer. Sunshine because I always woke up with a smile especially when it was sunny out (I can't say that nick has stood the test of time..I like sleeping in these days). How about you? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: When I was born Author: Pam [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:12:52 11/15/02 Fri I honestly don't know anything about my birth. I never thought to ask my mother about it, and both my parents are dead now so I guess I'll never know. I was a little bitty thing, not premature, just small, and it wasn't until I hit adolescence that I finally caught up with everyone else in the height department. My mother told me that I wore toddler size clothes well after I started school. I managed to hit 5'2", which is pretty damn impressive considering that the men on my father's side never got over 5'6" tall, and my grandmother was a whopping 4'10" tall. I was an only child and raised pretty much around adults, there weren't many kids living in my neighborhood, so I matured quickly. That's all I know about my early years.

[> [> Subject: I think there's a lot Author: Lynn7 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:09:55 11/16/02 Sat to be said about not knowing certain things about your birth though, for me, I would have had questions. Curiosity more than anything. Having only two pictures in our family albums of me, in the early days, one as a newborn, the next as probably a 1 year old, I wondered if I had been adopted. I only had to look at my older brother to know that it wasn't a possibility since we are near clones of each other, even the down to the blonde wavy hair. The difference is that he is like 6'3" and I'm 5'6" (though Hope will tell you I'm 5'5" because she measured me about two years ago-brat, ruined my self image..LOL..I'm shrinking!!!). You were tiny!!!! I was always tall for my age then I stopped growing and everyone grew up around me. My nick in grade 2 was big feet..LOL...because my height and my feet were so big for someone that age. Thankfully I grew into my feet and they are now average.