My name is Leanne Bright Cloudman and yes that is my legal name. I have lived my entire life in the state of North Carolina, though the woman who gave birth to me could never remember for certain which county I was born in and chose to have even less memory of who might have sired me. Since nobody wanted me, I was turned over to the North Carolina Baptist Children’s Home who eventually found someone to raise me. I apologized numerous times to that poor couple who took me to raise. What was described as determination and curiosity when I was small became stubborn and sass as I grew older. It more...
