Buzz,
Lots of us here were late bloomers. Kids don't necessarily realize that the reason that they are 'turned off' from school is that they want MORE. If we weren't ourselves late bloomers then we have siblings who were late bloomers, some of whom grew up to be 'never-bloomers.'
So if you ever look at the kid(s) and think "I don't know where or how they got 'it' but they sure seem to have 'it' - I wonder what to do now...." Remember that we are here and willing to try to help you figure out how to 'do right' by your kid(s) given the resources available.
You might be 'relatively normal' and still be gifted enough that you need that identity some day, it just depends who is in the denominator that you are comparing yourself to.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
