My grandmother had six kids - one died as an infant - and she was dirt-poor...
My dad like many Southern men is this very emotionally expressive person...
My dad doesn't like religion much but I grew up very close to the Baptist...
It absolutely helped - to write the father in both 'Juicy' and 'Beasts ' I...
I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS a marriage and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.