I was an odd kid, naive, trusting, and without much social interaction before preschool. Even then there were countless times I was pressured by my parents to “just walk over and make friends with other kids playing” but something about how I spoke, how I carried myself, the fact that my mother was “ancient” in kids years. Born when she was 44 plus I came out a bit askew. My nose was never right, various asymmetries in my face, and started with a bit of a lisp. I had a nice old woman in North Brookfield as a babysitter, my…