Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.
We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.
My father was one of ten children.
Til I was 10 years, I didn't know I had only two siblings. I always thought I had 10 and that they were all my family.
All I can say is that I had an extraordinary childhood.
Our father died when we were very young, so our mother raised six kids. We saw the world filtered through her eyes, being a minority woman raising six kids.
We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.
I grew up in a family of nine kids.