n manager at Ford Aerospace during the day and a fashion model during the night. Later that year, she joined TWA to be a flight attendant and she left Ford Aerospace. In later years as her children became more expensive, she also took on extra work as a product importer and banquet caterer. Donna didn't do the fashion shows every night, but when she did, she used to take Eddie and Leslie to work with her and have them finish their homework until it was time to go. She also took them to show them that what ever they wanted in life, they had to work hard for, sitting on their tails and praying to God wasn't going to get it.
             Eddie attended Catholic grade schools for six years and like most other boys that age, he loved sports. But his mother also made sure he was exposed to many other things. Ballet, theater, playing the drums, and scouting were just some of the things that he did. Eddie was a boy who never wanted to lose, after his friends would get tired of running and go inside, he would go inside and challenge his grandmother to an Atari game. He was close to being the perfect kid, involved, respectful to his elders, conscientious and caring. He was doing the right things, then he turned 15. "That's the year he shot up," Donna said. "He was looking down on all of us. She meant how much taller he grew that year, but there was a figurative meaning in her words as well.
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