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Being first born, I got to do things first. Generally an advantage, but not always. Read More

  Compared to most mid-century couples, my parents married very late. Dad was 34, Mom 29, and they figured they had no time to waste in starting a family. My brother Danny, born August 25, 1949, came first, and for a brief time he reigned unchallenged, the celebrated prince. For Dad, it was a long-deferred… Read More

Never get in a fight with the youngest kid in his family. It took years to make that deduction. Finally, it came to me when someone said, “My big sister hits harder than that.” I was the oldest in my family. Not only could I not take a punch, but I was afraid of hurting… Read More

When you are the oldest, your parents practice on you. So you receive the benefits of more attention and bear the brunt of their mistakes. Read More

I am the second born of a set of identical twins. Does our birth order – he (Twin A) older, I (Twin B) younger – make a difference? Did it ever? If I recall, it made a difference with Cain and Abel. And my father always said that the ancient Romans considered the second born… Read More

In 1961, Elvis sang "Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done." But I was always trying to do what my big sisters did. Read More

I was one of five children growing up. Larry was about four years older than I was, Ricky four years younger, and Keith and Kevin six years younger. So in our family hierarchy, Ricky and I shared billing as middle children. Read More

The last person to know me from moment one was reaching the end. What did she want to hear from me? What did I want to say to her? Read More