I was in the living room with Leslie and our mother. Our mother and I were nearer to the entrance of the living room, and if memory serves me well, she was getting me dressed for something, perhaps for school. Little Leslie was standing near to the entrance of […]

Sickle cell trait describes a condition in which a person has one abnormal allele of the hemoglobin beta gene (is heterozygous), but does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occur in a person who has two copies of that allele (is homozygous) […]

I recall it was on or about my brother Leslie’s 1st birthday, I was at home with baby Leslie, our father and someone else. I don’t recall if our mother was present on this occasion. Baby Leslie was hungry and started crying for food. Our father went into the kitchen to heat up […]