Getting Old Alone
Hello, Believe it or not, my name is Nicole "Mickey" Maschke. My mother, who I loved all of her life until she died in 1996, was basically nuts and crazy when she named me. I mean, I'm a guy, obviously, and 5'10" tall, and fairly athletic. When I was 16 I told my mother that she should have named me "What". In any event, I…