DUE DATE

I was born 5 weeks early. I couldn’t wait to join the rest of the world, and that is exactly the moment my enthusiasm ceased. The nurses tried to take me so my “mother could sleep.” But she refused to let me go. I’m sure ultimately, I ended up in a common room for newborns. And I’m sure ultimately, I lay there comparing myself to the other babies. Wondering if I were as smart as they were. Or as funny. Or as beautiful. The avеrage baby weighs 8 pounds. I weighеd 5. The average baby is 20 inches long. I was 14. And it was on my first day on Earth that I realized I didn’t measure up, and I never would