My mother and I were extremely close.I suppose when you have your first child at home as a teenager you tend to have a close relationship.People often thought we were sisters.She was truly my very best friend.

My father didn't know how to be a father.His mother died when he was born and his father gave him to his grandmother and step grandfather to raise.No role models at all ,just work,work and work from childhood up.

Neither parent ever spanked any of their children.