Mark Epstein (via tricycle.org):
When I was 9 years old, I was mercifully helped by a speech therapist my parents found for me who distracted me with board games while telling me stories of grownups who stuttered worse than I did. She once mentioned a man who couldn’t make a w sound and would therefore never introduce his wife as his wife. The w’s can be particularly difficult for some people, she explained. I knew this to be true and was comforted by the knowledge that I was not alone in my affliction. I felt sorry for this poor gentleman and hoped that a similar fate would not befall me.
Reading this article made my heart hurt for this guy. I’ve been there. I’ve done it. I’ve experienced the frustrastion. The humiliation. The discomfort with self that comes along with the aftermath. It’s terribly painful.
But you get back up and you go again. Just like he did. Kudos, Mark!
