i am sitting here now thinking about the early years, the influences... my earliest memories of school are in kindergarten.. i had a real hard time with counting to 20, but once i got through that, i could go on to a million! that was power! i couldnt wait to show the teacher and i annoyed the whole class with it..

later, in 1st through 4th grades i was between Kansas and Colorado due to the divorce... some kids were picking on my sister.. they were pretty big but i knew that couldnt be a factor in stopping me.. i defended her anyway and in those days it was only fists and wrestling.. i guess they werent expecting that and they might have decided we'd both be tired by the end of the school year... sister and i have grown close and apart at different times. right now it is pretty sensitive...