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School Days
Beginning kindergarten at White Oak in 1979, I navigated yellow buses, chalk dust, brown bag lunches, school plays, and field trips. Between coloring papers, home tutoring, summer school, and theme park dreams, early education mixed wonder, frustration, and constant change. Read More
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Early Childhood
Born in 1975 under dangerous circumstances, I grew up in a large Maryland family shaped by resilience, faith, hardship, and warmth. From hospital scares to attic adventures, factory work, train tracks, and “Happy Day,” childhood blended struggle, imagination, and determination. Read More
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Moved to Westminster, MD
A memoir-based reconstruction of my early childhood in rural Westminster, Maryland, blending Super 8 film, family stories, and my mother’s final journal to preserve a fragile, loving homestead before our move to White Marsh. Read More
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Moved to Clement Ave, Parkville, MD (Camper)
After a last-minute delay in securing a home loan, my parents and I spent our earliest days living in my grandparents’ camper in Parkville. Between teething pains, close quarters, and family lore, the experience became an unexpected beginning. Read More