My mother was the same way.  She smoked, too, and I was premature - 3 months early - and weighed only 2 lbs at birth.  It's amazing my CP is as mild as it is and that I wasn't mentally affected.

My two sisters and I gave our parents our share of hassles and worries whilst we were growing up.  I remember once, when I was home from college, extolling the benefits of pot, when my dad told me that if I ever got arrested for possession of marijuana, he'd not lift a finger to help me.  It certainly made me a lot more careful, I can tell you.  I never smoked pot again after graduating.

My youngest sister was the biggest hell-raiser of us three, and I remember it wearing my parents down rather fast.  I don't think they were prepared to handle a teenager and her problems at their age, and she ran wild.  She's settled down a lot, though.

Kat

-------Original Message-------
From: Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 06/02/03 12:54 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sterilization (was Re: My Job)

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>  My Mom was even older when she had me, she was 39, and dad was 40.   So,
it's no wonder she didn't want to help raise any kids I might have had.
I'm
surprised I got by with just CP, she smoked 2 - 3 packs a day and could
have been
premature, or had downs syndrome.  As it was I was very sick for 9 months
after
birth and cried constantly, wore her out to the point that my tears in
adolescence she had no patience for my crying spells.

Mag
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