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Bill Murphy Jr.'s avatar

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I am 75 years old and not very tech savvy. I have tried a few times to respond to something in Understandably, but was unsuccessful. This one time, I think I have something worth writing about..

At my college graduation in 1969, the speaker was militant about population control. We should all only have one baby--two per couple. Just enough to replace us. The world can no longer sustain growth in population. Recently I heard another speech insisting that we are experiencing a dangerous population decline and need to have more babies. What a switch in 53 years!

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Not exactly a quote from a speaker but a moment that still sits with me today.

I graduated with a class of 550 students. We had all been together since 6th grade. One of the class members had Down syndrome, his name was Adam and everyone was his friend, I mean everyone! He was in all of our normal classes (with an aide) and walked the halls just as every other kid. Adam was not suppose to live as far as he had let alone walk the stage at graduation. When Adam walked on stage every single one of the graduates and their family’s stood in praise with loud cheers and a long lasting applause. Adams last name started with the letter “M” as you can imagine, no one after him received such a cheer. (Mine starts with “P” haha!)

Sadly, Adam passed away a few years ago, 6 years after we had been out of high school. He was married and live a full and happy life. It’s simply wonderful knowing he was able to beat the odds that we’re put against him, and the biggest take away for me was never let anyone tell you you can’t or won’t be able do anything!

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