Kids can become cruel when they notice difference, but Marcus never seemed ashamed of me. Proud, if anything.
In middle school, another boy once asked him during basketball practice, “Isn’t it weird having a dwarf dad?”
Marcus answered, “No. Weird is asking questions nobody invited you to ask.”
The coach laughed so hard he nearly dropped the whistle.
By high school, Marcus had become everything energetic and unstoppable. Sports, running, lifting weights, hiking—if it involved movement, he loved it.
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