Tomorrow makes me curious
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Last published Sun, Sep 24, 2017
Albert Einstein once said, "I have no special talent, I'm just passionately curious".
My name is Shaila Green, I'm seventeen years old and I have no special talents, I'm passionately curious about everything. If you met me on the street you would probably not notice anything extraordinary about me. Even if nothing makes me stand out at first glance I live a pretty different life than what most people would call normal. I'm no super hero or child prodigy, if that's the first thing that came to your mind, I was born with a disease: cystic fibrosis.
I am not here to make you pity me or look up to me as a « very brave young lady » as people tend to call me when I break the news about my illness. These attitudes bring no good to anyone, at least that's how I view things. I am writing this today to tell you my story, to try and give you a little insight into what my life is, so that, maybe, you will see life and "different people" a little bit differently than you used to.
(This is what I have written to be the prologue, I just can't seem to write a satisfying summary for now so bear with me and my perfectionism if you will, I would be very grateful if you did )
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