Part One can be found here
There were two passions that drove me forward when I was young, and by ‘young’, I mean YOUNG.
Music…and reading.
Unfortunately, this was during a time when children were encouraged to leave the house and stay out of mom’s hair as often as possible.
Why stay in when there was a whole world out there to explore?
Mom needs to concentrate, cook, clean, chat on the party line, or drink vodka out of a coffee cup.
Junior and Sis might get hit by a car, abducted by Aliens, or eaten by Dinosaurs…but the laundry would be done, the roast would be in the oven, and Mario’s Evil Twin would perish in a freak accident on Days of Our Lives.
If the kids get in trouble, the cops will bring them home….