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The Doclopedia #388

My Family, Part Two..: Cousin Amy

Unlike many of my relatives, my cousin Amy was not mentally “different”, had no strange religious or political affiliations, didn’t obsess over anything and was, in general, a nice ordinary young lady.

Except for being invisible much of the time.

Sadly, Amy was afflicted with Chronic Disappearing Syndrome starting about age 3. She would be as opaque as you or I one minute, then slowly fade away to complete invisibility. This would last for several hours, then she’d fade back into view. Seeing this unnerved the hell out of most folks outside the family. Around age 6 or 7, she took to carrying a small bottle of talcum powder with her, which she would sprinkle on herself so we could see most of her. She always smelled like a room full of freshly diapered babies.

Eventually, around age 16, Amy met a fellow CDS patient and they eventually got married and had four kids, none of whom has CDS. She and her husband run a private investigation firm and have done really well for themselves.