Thank you so much! By not being popular in that neighborhood due to my speech problem, meant that I had no popularity or status in the group to lose. I was actually relieved to not be one of those kids that had to join in on the cruelty to others in order to maintain their favored place as one of the "cool kids."
One little slip-up and they were out. Those kids were devastated when they lost that status, but I was just fine having never had it in the first place. This meant that I could build my own person and grow up to be my own man. A silver lining indeed! :)
Indeed it is. The things we count as important when growing up. Thank goodness you kept a level head. More grace🙏💕