The reason I look old is because I have a very rare genetic disorder. We all have a gene that regulates our growth hormone. That’s why most people age at more or less the same rate. But, for some reason, my gene does not control my growth in the same way. As a result, my body grows four times faster than it’s supposed to. When I was just a year old, I looked like I was 4. And when I was five, people thought I was 20. At eleven, I looked like a forty year old woman. And now that I’m fifteen, I already look like I’m sixty. Because of this, I’ve had a very unusual life. How do you live when you look 4 times older than you really are? That’s what I want to tell you about.
