I have been a lifelong resident of St. Louis and grew up in the South City on a street called Alaska. The mosaic of my early years is like a collection of tiles in a multicolored mural. The tiles were pieced together by many hands --my loving and stable family, the tightknit neighborhood, my grade school friends, and the compassionate nuns at St. Cecilia's School.Come back and visit those years with me. Perhaps my grade school adventures will make...