Dash #23 Peggy Bird
My mom’s birthday is June 29 th . Our neighbor, Peggy, had been born on June 28 th . Mom had been raised in San Francisco, California while Peggy had been raised in American Fork, Utah. Peggy already had one son when she and my mom were both pregnant with Danny and me. I was born at the end May and Danny was born in early June. We were raised together by both moms. Until Jimmy was born in 1970, there were six of us: Daryl, me, Danny, Patrick, John and Matt (in that order). We would spend time together doing different things. They’d invite us to go on outings and do things with them. I remember camping with the Bird family when Jimmy was just a baby. I remember going to the amusement park with them. I also remember Patrick and I going to Birds’ house after school after mom had gone to work for a few weeks. I also remember staying the night ...