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Find Your Fit

As a kid, I had quite a time figuring out my niche.  In gym, I was the kid that tripped over the ball and lost the relay for my team - I have bruises to prove it.  When we played basketball, I was the one who cringed every time a pass was thrown my way.  I quickly figured out that I was not the "athletic" type BUT, I could jump double dutch well enough to play with the teenagers at 10 yrs. old - what an honor. During grammar school, I joined the glee club, church choirs and every other chorus that would have me - I wanted to be the next Stephanie Mills! Over time, I realized being mostly tone deaf did not serve well for harmonies and solos.  I was nobody's songbird HOWEVER, I could dance.  I was such a good dancer that I was selected by the principal for special school programs and I even got to be one of the Thriller dancers for the annual Labor day parade once. Fast forward a few years.  I took a 3 day Java development course - coding i...