I’m the youngest in my family.  And the only girl.  I have three older brothers; 7 yrs, 11 yrs, and 13 yrs older than I. That’s quite a significant gap.  As my sweet Mother used to say, I was “of God’s planning rather than man’s.”   In other words, I was a “Surprise!”   Story goes….when my 3 brothers learned my Mom was pregnant, they exclaimed with disappointment, “Why would you want to mess this up?”  Laaaaawsy!  Now, I love my big brothers.  But truly.  I learned to hold my own at an early age.  lol My husband, Paul, is 11 yrs older than I.  Tragically, Paul’s first wife died of…