Dear Barbra, You have been my idol all my life. I am so happy to be able to actually say something to you. I was a teacher for 42 years in Flint, Mi. and actually was honored to see you in Detroit one year. You and I are one day apart in birth 4-23-42 is my birthday. Your music has always played in our home whether I was correcting papers, cleaning house, traveling to N.Y.C. (my husband is from Manhattan)-in other words-everywhere. Your voice makes me both soar and at times cry. I feel that we have similarities, probably because of being Tauruses.Read more »