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“Are You Self-Supporting Yet?”

My Aunt Saxon Cathcart asked me, “So, Jimmy, are you self-supporting yet?” The year was 1979 in San Diego. I was 33 years old and a full time professional speaker earning about $1,000 for each convention speech I delivered. I was giving close to 100 speeches a year. Yes, I was “self-supporting.”  But, Aunt Saxon only knew me as “little …