I was ecstatic! Finally, I got the two-wheeled bicycle I begged for after two years. All my friends already had theirs. My eight-year-old self squealed with glee one fine summer day. I hopped onto it, wobbling along our gravel-and-tar road way out in the marsh countryside. I became a two-wheeled pro in a matter of days—no training wheels for this girl! Nope. One day, in my mother’s last month of pregnancy for my brother, I decided to show off my new-found talents. “Look, Mom. No hands!” I shouted.…