Wonder

Part One - August
Fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle... —Natalie Merchant, "Wonder"
Ordinary
I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things.
I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess.
And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds.
I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.
If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all.
I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing.
Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend I don't see the faces people make.
We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom and Dad, Via.
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