Under the Wire

You’ve heard it said of someone who is really good at their job, “They are a natural.” These lucky folks just seem to have been born with all the talent necessary to be successful in their chosen field. Even though they might work at what they do just as hard as others, for these “naturals” things just seem to come out better. Then there are the rest of us.

While some seem to be born with the proverbial silver spoon in their mouth, talent-wise, there are those of us whose spoon was plastic. For us, … OK ... me, when they were passing out the extra servings of talent, I helped myself to a small...