I feel like a human thesaurus and honestly, my stutter is probably why I became a writer. Some of us are great at manipulating language so we can speak more fluently. In the last 10 years, I don't try to avoid trouble spots. I just go for it. I'm tired of doing all that mental work. If I stutter, I stutter. I think part of my acceptance is grown because I have 2 kids with speech disorders - one has a stutter like me :) . So, I think more than ever, I need to learn to be comfortable being me.