Use Your Words

When I was a boy, my parents always told me, "Toby, you're so smart and handsome!" I didn't know any better, so I believed I was smart and handsome. When I started attending school, I heard something different. I heard whispers from my teachers to my parents about how they thought I had a learning disability. Around that time, my parents started telling me, "Toby, you're smart, handsome, and you…