I spent the first year of my life growing up in the small city of Bradenton on the Gulf coast of Florida. I lived in a small trailer, in an old folks park called Trailer Estates, with my mommy, Big Mama, and Poppy. Mommy kept me very close to her because she believed that I needed all the love and support and attention that she could bear to give to me, since I was so little and needy and all. Mommy and I even slept together in the same bed. I loved this. In fact, some nights I refused to go to sleep unless she went to bed with me...I love my mommy :).