Feet First

My Father & I

Since all stories have a beginning, lets start with the fact that I was literally plopped into life here on earth feet first to the dismay of my parents who had expected an at-home birth.  Having heard the story so many times I'm almost positive I heard my cousin (there to assist in a natural birth) scream: "Something's terribly wrong! I can see the baby's feet!"  After a phone call for an ambulance I managed to appear under the operating room's spotlight with the assist of an alcoholic doctor who later that day died in a car accident. 



To make things even more interesting, be it known that my mother had been paralyzed from the waist down due to the Polio epidemic of 1916 and had chosen not to have a doctor during her pregnancy since she had been advised she could not bear a child. She certainly proved the medical profession to be wrong and I proved it possible to slide into life feet first.  There began my first journey of a lifetime.