I was born February 19th, 1886 as
James Gatz. My childhood was a bit
rough. It was difficult growing up in such an under privileged
environment; I tried to always make life easier on my parents, but I
never seemed able to do quite enough. It was very hard living in poverty, as all
the other children in the neighborhood had infinitely more luxuries it seemed. As a result of this I kept mostly to my family, but being an only child my life was sometimes difficult. I felt at times I lacked someone to look up to who I could relate to, my parents were there, but they felt distant from the life of a child.
