Teacake, I have never thought of myself as "gifted", actually, I always felt that I was less than and was always treated that way by my older sister though too. All I saw of myself is that I was very resourceful. My art teacher told me I was gifted too, I did not believe her because I often was lax and put together things for her "last minute" and didn't spend a lot of time thinking much about it. I did have limitations, I was not great at everything, I didn't sew like my older sister did, there were things she could do that I could not.

Gifted, means something different to me, it feels like a big kick and it feels lonely and sad.
I have deep values in things that others simply do not, that is sad to me.

OE