For a long time I did not accept that I stuttered, but as I got older, I finally accepted it and I am now completely OK with it. I love challenging myself even with all the fear I have. I spoke at the last two Stuttering conferences, and it felt great. I’m even writing a course to encourage others to speak up with a stutter. We have one life here on earth and I was tired of living it in fear of speaking so now I speak whenever I want. If anyone has a problem with it, it is their problem, not mine. But I have never had anybody who had a problem with it except my dad . I am the same person who wrote the comment above, but wanted to give an update on where I am now. 😊