Tom thought Mother McCann disliked having a disabled child. He was a chipper kid but he always felt bad about Mother’s attitude. Father usually sided with Mother. “Listen to your Mother.”
One day Father McCann’s leg, which had been loose, fell off. Cheryl taped the leg back on as a prosthesis. Tom felt that after he became an amputee, Father was a lot more understanding about his son.
When Cheryl died two years ago, I inherited the McCann Family and all their possessions. It has taken most of my lifetime to appreciate the courage and imagination of my sister. Placing the McCanns on stage – directing their actions, brings me back to our childhood and to memories of an extraordinary woman.