In November 2019, the entire Detloff family went to the happiest place on Earth! This is a big deal for me, personally, because I grew up in a poor family that scarcely had money for necessities, let alone a trip to Disney World. I had never been there and was super excited to share my first time there with my daugher, Zoe, and my twin sister, Cara – none of us had had the Disney experience. It may sound sorta funny that ‘going to Disney’ was such a personal milestone for me. “Finally, I made it.” In my mind, I made it not just to a physical place, but to a higher economic standing. Finally, I was part of the ‘middle class’.
