TAG - Five Unusual Things About Me

Tagged by Quilldancer, I list the following things I think are unusual about me.

1. The only fruit I have tried is an apple and pears. I still eat apples but not pears.

2. Both of my kids were born five weeks early. With both kids, my water broke just after midnight, first contractions were at 12:21 and hard contractions started three minutes later at !2:24 and were every two minutes for eight hours - no epidural. Both were born healthy enough to come home the next day.

3. I have worn hearing aids since I was five years old. I was diagnosed with RP when I was 18 and told I would be totally blind by the time I was 30. I am now 40 and although it is close, I am grateful for the sight I do have left. Normal periphial vision is 80 degrees, mine is less than five degrees.

4. My greatest personal achievements are graduating college without debt and walking the marathon three years ago.

5. I did not really like kids until I had my own. Now I love all kids, even ones I do not know.

I tag Crazy Object B, Pete, Pennie, Pat and Betty.