You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
My opening sentence would be: I grew up thinking life would be straightforward; it rarely was, and that turned out to be a gift.
I once said to a friend that almost nothing in my life had gone the way I expected, and I did not mean that as a complaint so much as an expression of surprise. It usually exceeded expectations.
Life held far more twists and turns than I had imagined, but even so, I was rarely without good people, meaningful work, and something worth hoping for.
Looking back, I can see that while I spent much of my life trying to help other people grow, somewhere along the way I was being changed as well.
Daily writing prompt
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
The Afterword 
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