When I was born, I was born with a birth defect — a pulled ligiment in my knee. I spent the first 6 weeks of my life with a cast on my leg. My mom wasn’t sure if I would ever be able to walk normally, but with the cast and physical therapy, I was able to grow up with 2 normal legs. I learned to walk and run and for the most part, didn’t display any signs of having something wrong at birth. One thing that I wasn’t able to do was sit Indian style, when we would all sit around in a circle to play games at recess. As an adult that would include sitting yoga position. But, all in all, that is a small price to pay for birth defect when you were born in the ‘50. The medical field has come a long way and many things that seem horrendous when a child are born can be fixed and the child goes on to live a happy and normal life. I was very blessed !