Havana

I was in kindergarten when my mother told me that my dad would take care of me and my younger brother while she went to the hospital to deliver another baby brother. Instead I took my brother to school with me, but school was closed as it was a holiday.
Dad found us and took us to Aunt Lula’s house, but I had other plans when she said it was time to take a nap. I didn’t take naps, so I left and went to my grandmother’s house around the block. Grandma wasn’t home because she had gone to the cemetery to decorate graves. It was a long time ago, but I remember it was raining. Cousin Otto formed a search party and found me crying at grandma’s back door. He told me that I wouldn’t have to take a nap, and for a bonus I watched as he made me a banjo out of a cigar box.
Jerome Edward Springs was born on May 28th.