While working today I realized I’ve shared very little about my family background in this blog.  So here is a quick list of me. 

1. my father is the eldest of 21. 
2. 21 – I’m not kidding
3. yes, from one mother. 
4. no, there were not any twins.
5. yes, she delivered most (if not all) natural birth.
6. therefore my father is an amazing man with crazy stories and experiences. 
7. he reminds me of Bill Cosby.
8. well minus the dr. part and plus farmer joe?
9. my mother is a city girl.
10. i think that’s where I get it.
11. i have 2 siblings
12. older brother & younger sister
13. my sister was a foster child when i was 13 and she was 3
14. we then later adopted her
15. no, this is not something we talk about much in the family
16. but it’s an experience i cherish
17. my brother was always the “favorite”
18. he says i was
19. this difference in opinion came out (loudly) at thanksgiving dinner a few years ago
20. and of course has not been mentioned since
21. i have some close relation to jews
22. yea no clue why
23. but my life mentors and those i closely respect have all been older female jews
24. i love them
25. maybe the black and jew thing hand in hand
26. similar struggle?
27. yea that sounds like a pile of crap to me too
28. i went to BU for music
29. classical
30. how did a black farm girl get into classical?
31. i ask myself that (LOL)
32. but my parents told me my brother had football – so i needed to find my way to college too
33. the family land (sorta farm) was what my fathers side was given after the slavery times
34. 7 acres and a mule?
35. i don’t know what happened to the mule
36. i kinda wonder if they got one

That’s it for now.