Between my sophomore year and junior year of high school, my parents moved from the Chicago area to Virginia Beach, Virginia. After giving it some considerable thought, they decided to take me along with them.
Born in the Cajun parish of Jefferson Davis (Jennings) in the mid-50’s, I had bounced around as a kid. Detroit, Chicago area (different towns), Wisconsin, but now I was headed back to where I was born – the south. I didn’t particularly mind the cold weather as a kid, but compared to Chi-town, Va. Beach was like heaven for a kid who was 15 when we ...