Posted by Kirk.

We all have an instinct to belong to a family. Some of us are born into one, others join a family by choice, some create family, and some of us have a little bit of each those.  I was raised in Uniontown, Pennsylvania at the foot of the Laurel Highlands mountain range.  I wasn't born there, but it is where I spent the majority of my childhood. Uniontown, population 12,000(ish), is about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. In the 19th century it was at the center of coal mining production. Even today, it actually has a pretty spectacular skyline for a town of its size.  It's a very blue collar kinda place, although both of my parents work in the helping profession. They have been caregivers and helpers all of their lives.