13. Lice and Chicken Pox

My hair was thick and long with ribbon curls – the kind of hair women paid lots of money for. I had beautiful natural blond highlights that framed my face my brown face. When Mom took me to Texas at 6 years old, my personal hygiene was completely left up to me. I learned to […]

12. Christmas and Mexico

Christmas rolled around and Mom spent a lot of time and effort buying gifts for Mr. Dennis’ daughter. I’d never met her but apparently she and I liked the same things. Mom laid out Barbie dolls and Barbie clothes, cute shirts, stuffed animals, play food and play money. I helped her wrap the gifts for […]

6. Suburgatory

There were very few trees in this suburban purgatory I found myself in. Granted, it was southern Texas and hotter than Hades but the lack of trees bothered me more than the heat. In Southwest Louisiana we had big beautiful trees to climb and sit under and our grass was green and soft under your […]