
I want to change my corner of the world
As children grow up, they always have something they want to grow up to be/do: nurse/doctor, veterinarian, policeman, fireman and the list goes on. My father had big dreams for me; he always told me the world was at my fingertips and I could be, and do anything I wanted to do.
I wanted to grow up to be the President of the United States of America. (He actually wanted to name me Keep Florida Greene, because back in 1969 (the year I was born) all the billboards up and down the interstates, in Florida, said “Keep Florida Green.” He had told my mother that when I grew up, I could run for governor of the state of Florida and have free advertisement all over the state – but that’s a