Byron,
Don't feel bad because you are still you! You are a special individual, different from all the others but just as important.
I'm glad you're you, because if you weren't you, you'd be someone else, and we have NO idea who THAT is! But we know you, and we're all glad to know you. I don't want to know who you could have been if you weren't you because you are the friend I've known for a few years now and I like you.
So, be glad you're you. I'm glad you're you. I'm sure others are glad you're you...like your mom and dad for example--how do you think they would have felt raising a stranger??? EEK!!
Glad to know you,
Your pal and mine,
F
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