As a 7-year-old I was riding my bike, playing with neighborhood kids, having a blast on a warm summer day. I was hard on my jeans and when the knees wore out or the jeans got too short, my mom would cut them off and I would wear them as shorts. I was wearing cut-offs, as we played that day, and one of the kids teased me about the birthmark on my left calf.
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