Having A Stutter Has Made Me A Stronger Person And This Is Why

I’m at the kitchen table flipping through thick college catalogs, not yet being crushed by the weight of my mental health issues. I’ve wanted to be a pediatrician for as long as I could remember, and now the stage was set. Optimistically, I hold two booklets up. “Which has the better pre-med program?” I ask, almost to myself. Then my father, King of Brutal Honesty, a trait I’ve grown to fear and admire, chimes in. “Amanda. Doctors don’t stutter.”