the word i used to describe myself by was "defective". i don't feel that way now but at one time it made me even more depressed.
i personally don't feel that you are a mistake, jme.  my life would have an empty place if you weren't in it.  i bet your mom doesn't think of you as a mistake either. 
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
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