1 in 7 Billion

Odd, strange, weird, unusual, not normal, peculiar, uncommon, oddball, freak, geek; all words used to describe someone that is different, all adjectives that have been used to describe me. I will be the first to admit I am different.

I am different in my likes and dislikes, I am different when it comes to allergies, and I am different when it comes to my profession. I have come to face the fact that I am different.
I don’t like turkey or seafood, I am allergic to NutraSweet and I am a woman that is a technologist. I am an enigma.

Throughout my life it has always been this way and it hasn’t always been easy to be different. Now I enjoy and appreciate my uniqueness and I know that when my husband tells me that I am “1 in 7 Billion” like he did one afternoon this week, it is a term of appreciation and endearment and not derogatory.

I am fearfully and wonderfully made to be the unique woman I am and I will cherish my difference.

Unique (def): Being the only one of its kind; without an equal or equivalent; unparalleled.