I grew up in Rowan County here in North Carolina
in a little crossroads called Enochville,
which is near Salisbury, Kannapolis, China Grove area.
It was great, small community. Most people in our area were either farmers or textile workers. That's generally what you did.
My dad had retired from the service at that time and he worked at the VA hospital in Salisbury
and my mom worked at Cannon Mills in Kannapolis, so I guess she worked there for about thirty years.
But it was great. They didn't go to college and none of my immediate aunts or uncles did
but it was important for my parents to make sure that I did and so I'm first generation.
My sister actually went to nursing school but even though she's older she did that a little bit later in life,
so I was technically the first person to go to college in my family.