Ronald Calhoun:  

I was born in Columbia, S.C. to military parents. When I was 5 years old Dad got orders to Ft. Ord Ca. (Patton Elem. k-2nd).While I was in the second grade we went to Ft. Benning Ga.(Dexter Elem. 2nd & 3rd). Left there headed to Ft. Campbell Ky. (3rd-5th). Unfortunately, when I was in the fifth grade my parents decided they didn't want to play house anymore, so Mama, Ronette and I packed up and made it back to Columbia. There, my wonderful mother completed the difficult task of single parenting. First stop, Atlas Rd. Elementary school (for only about two months).This was a completely different world from whence we came. It was truly a difficult adjustment for me in more ways than one. As a boy, I was very close to my dad and then one day he was reduced to a voice on the other end of the phone that sent a check once a month (I didn't see him from age 10 until about two day...Expand for more