By Marie, December 10, 2015 — I’m going to tell you the story of my birth. I was born in Upstate New York. There are two cities across a river from each other, Newburg and Beacon. My parents moved when I was due to be born. My mom thought she was having renal problems, perhaps a kidney stone, so they set out to cross the river to get medical help. It was snowy weather, when they set off on the ferry to cross the river. Surprise! While they were still on the ferry, I was born. I guess my mother passed an over-seven-pound kidney stone! So what is my birthplace? My birth certificate says “Beacon,” I say I was “born at sea.”
