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aikoaiko

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14. My son was born without a sense of smell.

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 04:50 PM

Jul 2014

Everything else is fine, but its really not there.

At 8 years old, he asked me what he was missing.

I told him there are some nice odors out there, but I promised him that there were things out there that he will be glad he will never smell. He'll see other people freak out and he won't.

I told him it will be his superpower some day.

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