I was never pretty strong (relative to my relatives...lol).

I was also seen as 'the slacker' relative to my relatives.

Then I joined the real world and realized how the opposite was actually true (relative to my non relatives)

My relatives were just workhorses, and I never knew it. Tough people.

I'm but eighty seven thousand shadows of my former self.

I remember those days- when I was only eighty seven thousand shadows of my former self ! lol