I could hear it from my bedroom upstairs – the velvety smooth voice of Johnny Mathis. My Mom was cooking dinner. I slumped slowly down the stairs as any minute, my Dad would be home from work. As I ran circles around my mom while setting the table, she continued to sway to the music […]

I’m the youngest in my family. Normally, that wouldn’t be such a big deal…except that I’m the youngest out of all FIVE of my brothers and sisters. There are 18 years between myself and my oldest sibling. We’re all spread apart though – the first three arrived before 1974 – and then there was a […]