Childhood reflections with a touch of grace: Always trade up

Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. By first grade, I was ready to enter the business world. My neighborhood friend was always good for teaching me something, especially early presidential history. This was due to the fact my friend and his father were named after U.S. presidents. It worked well for them, since their last name was Adams. The Dad was named rather curiously after Theodore Roosevelt, though there is no indication that Roosevelt was ever an Adams. The son fared better, having been named “John.” Anyone that knows me may have noticed that, I’m a big fan of boots. On one occasion, that got me into some trouble, even though I thought I had made the deal of the century. I