At 18, I felt I was too young to think about having my eggs frozen.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you are brought up as a frozen child, you go on freezing. It wasn't until I had my four sons, who have brought me immense joy, that I began to thaw. That I realised how utterly extraordinary my childhood was.
When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.
I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.
I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could.
I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion with 600 other kids, no home-cooked food, no made-to-order clothes. It was a shock, but I adjusted.
I don't think I really realized what being an adult and being a real grownup was until I was at least twenty-eight.
I guess I am going to think about freezing my eggs.
My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.