BEING RELATABLE
Too many years ago I was transitioning-from a 9th-grader in middle school, to a Sophomore in high school. It is a cruel turn-about, from the status of the oldest class in middle school to the youngest of the high school rankings, all while acne and hormones are raging. Across Highway 214 from high school, however Was Burkes Big Wheel, for soft ice cream, a block from there was Smith's Corner Grocery. The convenience store of today, 7-Eleven and Plaid Pantry, did not arrive until the late 1970s. To call it a corner grocery was an exaggeration. It did sell cigarettes and candy. The Smiths had a son in his mid-20's. He was male because that was the only option he had. Some of us called him a 'morphadite', a mis-application of hermahrodite, which people 1000's of years before our time, new more about than Republicans today. As time progressed gays and lesbians were finally allowed legal humanity. Transgenders have not yet achieved that status. In June of 2024, I becam...