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MY NAME IS JAMES MATTHEW HUDSON AND I WAS BORN ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER IN 1980 IN A SMALL TOWN, SERIA, IN THE COUNTRY OF BRUNEI, ON THE ISLAND OF BORNEO. MY DAD, JAMES SR., WAS AN OILFIELD ENGINEER AND BRUNEI WAS OUR HOME FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN MONTHS. BECAUSE MY DAD'S NAME WAS JAMES ALSO, MY FOLKS CALLED ME BY MY SECOND NAME, MATTHEW, OR "MATT" FOR SHORT.
WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG I LOVED THE SONGS OF WINNIE THE POOH AND ESPECIALLY THE ONE BY TIGGER ABOUT HIMSELF. YOU KNOW THE ONE; IT GOES;
"THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT TIGGERS IS TIGGERS ARE WONDERFUL THINGS!"
WELL I WOULD LAUGH REAL HARD WHEN SOMEONE WOULD SING THIS TO ME AND BOUNCE ME ON THEIR KNEE. THIS ALSO MADE MY DAD HAPPY AND HE STARTED CALLING ME "TIGGER". TODAY HE STILL CALLS ME EITHER TIGGER OR JUNIOR.
AT LESS THAN A YEAR OLD I WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE AT BIRTH AND HAD DEVELOPED WHAT THEY CALL CEREBRAL PALSY. THOUGH I CAN SPEAK, READ, AND DO MANY THINGS WITH MY HANDS I CANNOT WALK AS YET. I THINK THAT HAVING TO SPEND MY TIME IN A WHEELCHAIR HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND AND LOVE DOGS MORE.
THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALL THOSE DOGS THAT I GOT TO KNOW AND HAVE MADE ME SO HAPPY