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My son got a book for me for Mother’s Day called, “Mom, I want to hear your Story.”

He knows me well. I love “homework.”

I thought it would be a fun idea to blog some of the answers to the questions in the book, maybe as a way to reveal more about myself without having to come up with my own rhetoric.

1. What is your birthdate? July 10, 1987.
2. What was your name at birth? Megan LeAnne Smith.
3. Were you named after a relative or someone else of significance? I never could tell if my Daddy was joking, but he said that I was named after a little girl that my Gran (his mom) used to babysit. Whether or not that was true, my middle name is made up of two names – Lee, after my great grandmother on Mom’s side and my Uncle Dan on Daddy’s side – and Anne. Ann is my mom’s middle name.
4. In what city were you born? Somerset, Kentucky.
5. How old were you when you started walking? My baby book says I was 10 months.
6. How old were your parents when you were born? My dad was 21 (almost 22), and my mom was 19 (almost 20).
7. What notable events occurred in the year you were born? I know the stock market crashed in October of that year. Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – the first ever female to do so. And the world population reached 5 billion.
8. What song was at the top of the Billboard charts? “Alone” by Heart.
9. What were the prices of:
   • A loaf of bread – 55 cents.
   • A gallon of milk – $2.28.
   • A cup of coffee – at a diner or store, between 50 and 75 cents.
   • A dozen eggs – 65 cents.
   • A new home, on average – $92,000.00.
   • A stamp – 24 cents.
   • A new car – $10,300.00.
   • A gallon of gas – $1.00, on average.
   • A movie ticket – $3.42, again, on average.
10. What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? Chocolate. Butter pecan is a close second.
11. How do you like your coffee? With just sweetened creamer.
12. If you could live anywhere in the world for a year with all expenses paid, where would you choose? A cabin in the mountains of Tennessee, away from everybody.
13. How do you like your eggs? Over medium – I like runny yolk but NOT runny white. Ewe.
14. What is your shoe size? Between a 7 and 8, depending on the shoe.
15. What superpower would you choose for yourself? Invisibility.
16. Do you have any allergies? Nope.
17. What is your biggest fear? Dying alone.
18. What would you order as your last meal? A filet, medium rare.
19. Have you ever broken a bone? I broke my ankle in 2016 by tripping over a microphone cord at a karaoke bar.
20. What is your favorite flower or plant? White lilies.
21. How would you describe yourself as a teenager? Sad. But I hid it well. Insecure. Smart-mouthed. A little lost. But also relatively popular and book smart.
22. How did you dress and style your hair during your teens? I spent the early 2000s in high school, so…low rise flare jeans, American Eagle shirts, Old Navy flip flops. I wore my hair down and curled and parted on the side.
23. Did you hang out with a group or just a few close friends? Are you still close with any of them? I think a lot of people knew me, or knew of me, in high school. My friend “group” consisted of about 4 people – Christina, Scott, Tate, and Kristin. I am friends with Christina and Scott on Facebook, but I haven’t seen or talked to Take or Kristin since high school.
24. Describe a typical Friday or Saturday night during your high school years. I was in marching band. So Friday nights in the fall were for football games, and Saturday nights in the fall were for marching competitions. If it wasn’t marching season, I spend those nights working. I didn’t really go out much – I wasn’t allowed. When I turned 16, Daddy let me “car date” one night a week, and that was usually on a Friday.
25. Did you have a curfew? On date nights, I had to be home by 10. Otherwise, I had to be home right after work, and the restaurant closed at 9.
26. What were your grades like? Always honor roll. It was expected.
27. Did you have a favorite subject and a least favorite? I enjoyed English and history. I loathed biology and calculus.

I’ll stop there. I may do more of these as I complete pages in the book.