Born October 11th 1975 in a small township in Missouri. Reared by a stay at home mom and a furniture factory working step dad. With three siblings plus myself all my parents could afford was a simple existence, but, I wouldn't exchange those days with anyone or for nothing. I'm second to the oldest child with an older sister 👧 three years my senior. A brother 👦 three years younger than me, and our baby sister 👶 three years younger than my brother. Twenty days after my twenty-first birth on Halloween 🎃 1996 we suffered the loss of our precious mother. Our lives were altered instantly. Nothing for me has been normal since. I've found a "new" normal yet it's nowhere near the same. When 2020 began, I felt my mother was extremely near and she hasn't left. It will be soon and I'll be in her arms again.