Each step in our life is so fragile, yet so carefree and exciting. We as children go on as if nothing will ever go wrong, as if nothing will ever happen to us, as if everything is just so perfect. It's a wonderful state of mind for the time that it lasts. My parents worked very hard for all of us all of the time. They planted us well in the soil of Sacramento. I love and thank my father for who he was and love my mother for who she is. They are the very essence of my soul