Seeing them started young

     There are many things you don't elaborate on in your youth. It isn't that old age makes you honest. Far from it. As you age you can grow to care not what others think. The flip side are those who care so much that they wind up with high blood pressure and heart disease.

     I know early on not to tell anyone my secret. I have my father to thank for that. He really was a dumb ass. Ridicule, sarcasm and mockery. That's enough with him.

     I was in the second grade because Mr. Brownstein was my teacher. On my way home I saw this tall thin blonde haired man standing at the doorway of the barbershop. This was a Puerto Rican barbershop. Turns out the tall blonde man that would step out to look me in my eyes was the previous owner of the shop. Who, was now deceased! It scared me because no one else could see him. I was the only one. And he knew it. I tried to explain it to my father, hence I knew I was on my own with this one and the many other times that were to follow!