Writing is easy, you can always revise.
Life is first draft.
My parents had planned a family of two children, a boy and a girl, two years apart. My sisters, Carolyn and Joanna, are approximately eight and six years older than me. Life has a way of deviating from even the best-laid plans. I have dim memories of being a talkative, happy child until I contracted Scarlet Fever at age 3. I was shy in school and spoke softly.