The storm hit in ‘94. Truth is, if I had known about the rain, I would have planned ahead.

I was never privy to churches. At some point in the beginning it was decided for me that the “Truth” would never be part of my path. By the time I was 10, I had caught on that my life wasn’t like every one else’s.

“Don’t ask so many questions, hon, it’s just so unbecoming,” she’d say each time the pit...