Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing

1.  What would you like people to know about your mother?

A. She was a beautiful woman. My grandfather used to call her "Liz" after Elizabeth Taylor.

2.  What would you like people to know about your father?

A. He's a handsome man.

My father (left) with my brother in 2007.

3.  What was your childhood bedroom like?

A. I had white furniture with a canopy bed. The canopy was purple. I also had a rocking chair.

4.  What was your favorite activity as a child?

A. Reading.

5.  What was high school like for you?

A. I was introverted and did not have a lot of friends, but I had enough. I wasn't one of the "popular" girls - not a cheerleader or anything like that. I played in band, though. I was a straight A student but also a little wild at times. I think sometimes my peers had no idea what to think about me.

6.  Write about your cousins.

A. My cousins Tamae and Rhonda lived in California (Rhonda still does). They were the city cousins, and apparently quite wild. Tamea died in 2010. She was three years older than I.

7.  What was your favorite food as a child?

A. I remember being fond of cucumbers and Three Musketeers bars. Not together, of course.

8.  What was your most memorable birthday?

A. I remember one year my mother made me a butterfly cake. We didn't make a big deal out of birthdays, though.

9.  What world events were significant to you as a child?

A. I vaguely remember the Vietnam War on TV; Uncle Butch was in the Army at that time. I remember the Patty Hearst kidnapping had an impact on me. Watergate was in the background, but I didn't understand its importance.

10. What did a typical day look like as a child?

A. If it was summer, then we went to my grandmother's where I played with my brother and my two young uncles. We rode our bicycles around and around the block, played in the Roanoke River (which we weren't supposed to do), and played on the swing set. We played board games on rainy days. My older uncle always cheated at Monopoly.

11. Write about your grandparents.

A. My maternal grandmother had a lap as big as Texas and a heart that encompassed the world. She was always there with a shoulder to cry on, and she would wrap you and fiercely sing "Daisy, Daisy" to you while she rocked you hard to calm you down. I remember watching her do that to my brother many times; as the youngest he had the most tears to shed, I think.

12. Did you move as a child?

A. Yes. My father bought a farm, and we lived on a trailer for a while, then he bought another farm, and we lived in the old house until he built the home he lives in now.

13. Who taught you to drive?

A. My father taught me to drive a stick shift when I was 13. We had driver's education in school so learned there for our actual permit.

14. Which job has been your favorite?

A. Freelance writing.

15. What was the best part of your 30s?

A. My mother died when I was in my late 30s, which obviously was not the best part, but I grew up a lot after she passed away. I also began freelancing for real in my 30s, doing that as my sole source of income. It was very freeing to be away from an office.

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