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“We expected our first child to be perfect.” Most parents have thought so.
I know that’ s what I 36 with our oldest son, Joe. He would be perfect. Joe would sail through 37 from learning ABC' s to being awarded a Ph.D..
Joe, 38 , had other ideas.
He was always a 39 kid. He wasn't the kind of boy who threw 40 at passing cars on a freezing winter day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August.
But he wasn’t perfect. Especially when it came to that nice little 41 that I had about sailing through school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled—with scissors and handwriting and math. Always
