It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.
“Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.”
“My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.”