My Backstory series offers stories about my upbringing and background. You can find the whole series under the category “Biography,” if you’re interested. It was 1986 and late June, not long after my parents’ wedding anniversary – not that I ever saw my parents celebrate their anniversary, ever. My last surviving grandparent, […]
My Backstory series offers stories about my upbringing and background. You can find the whole series under the category “Biography,” if you’re interested. Today happens to be my parents wedding anniversary date – it would have been their 42nd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My mom was one of those indomitable women, the working ones who […]
My Backstory series offers stories about my upbringing and background. You can find the whole series under the category “Biography,” if you’re interested. We just celebrated Father’s Day, and I loved seeing all the photos of everybody’s dad popping up in my Facebook feed. It reminded me that I promised y’all way […]
…. I was celebrating my 18th birthday, having just graduated from high school. This photo is rare for a few reasons. One, the reality of anyone over the age of 15, every photo from my pre-digital age is still packed in a box somewhere. So I have to resort to bootleg […]
My Backstory series offers stories about my upbringing and background. You can find the whole series under the category “Biography,” if you’re interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don’t know about you, but my earliest memories stretch back pretty early. I can’t prove it, but I’m pretty sure I have fuzzy memories of being 2. […]
