Born October 11th, 1975 in a small township in Missouri. Reared by a stay at home mom and a furniture factory working stepdad. 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 birthday on Halloween 🎃 1996, we suffered a tragic loss. Our precious mother took her last breath, and 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 could feel my mother's presence more than I have since she was alive. It won't be long, and I'll be in her arms again.