Mike’s nieces
Mike had a much older half sister. She had two daughters who were just a few years younger than us. We loved playing together. My mom and Mike’s mom were close friends, very close. So I’ve known him literally all my life. I grew up being around him almost daily. He had two nieces from his sister. She was several years older drom his mom’s first husband. When I was 10, Mike was 12 . Susan was 8 and Sherry was 6. We didn’t see the girls all the time as they lived about 20 minutes away. But, we aaw them a lot when they came to visit grandma. We had a secret place in the basement that was just for me and Mike. It was behind the furnace. We could squeeze between a duct …