It’s my 7th birthday, a Monday, the start of a new school week. I’m a first grader in a new school, still with that new-school-year feeling. A few months ago my mother gave me the choice of continuing in public school, or going to a Catholic school. I’m not exactly sure why I said Catholic school. Maybe it sounded interesting, or she seemed hopeful or expectant about my answer? So the choice was made, and it would affect my life for many years to come.
Monday, September 28, 1981
It’s my 7th birthday, a Monday, the start of a new school week. I’m a first grader in a new school, still with that new-school-year feeling. A few months ago my mother gave me the choice of continuing in public school, or going to a Catholic school. I’m not exactly sure why I said Catholic school. Maybe it sounded interesting, or she seemed hopeful or expectant about my answer? So the choice was made, and it would affect my life for many years to come.
I was born on this day, three weeks after my actual due date….I was 9lbs 8oz! Waterloo, IA
I’m in some of the pictures of the day in 1982 when Janus Circus went to Europe. On this day, my birthday, I was 26 years old. Wow.