Wow, Brando, I love reading your stories.

When I got out of the hospital after giving birth to my daughter, we had a horrible snowstorm. One the way home the roads were ice covered and my dad took great care to get us home safe. That is the night the Gulf War started. I rocked my baby while my mom and I watched the coverage.

My mom was a republican all her life. She encouraged me to be like her, so I registered as a republican. Mom and I talked politics every day. She encouraged me to learn all t…