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Moving Away Narrative

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December 1986 as families prepared for the holidays of gift giving and traveling to see love ones I embarked upon a journey in my life that I never saw coming nor could have ever imagined. I along with my family were in preparations for the holidays and on a Friday evening as we started out for the mall to finish up last-minute shopping. First there was one stop we needed to make and that was at the barbershop. My older brother had gotten a job there running errands, answering phones, cleaning up, and keeping track of customers in order as they came in. Upon learning that the family was going shopping he immediately quit his job on the spot. Trust I am laughing at that too, what a great way to learn about the workforce. However, the owner of

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