I’m going to use this forum to work through something that’s been on my mind lately.  Growing up, my siblings and I were all fairly healthy.  Despite a “Worrier’s stomach,” I was never seriously ill and was never sick more than a day at a time.  I never had the Chickenpox, Measles, or Mono – even though my cousins seemed to suffer from chronic Mono and Tonsillitis.  The only time I stepped inside a hospital was to see my mom and new baby sister.  No broken bones or sprained anythings, though that was more luck than carefulness.  My point is I was pretty healthy.  And my siblings were very similar except my younger sister did have a case of the Chickenpox.  At one point, I remember my brother commenting on the fact we were all so vigorous and wondered if we had some sort of strong immune system.

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