careful,” Mitchell says. “Your mom’s a stickler.” Sam says, “Next year is high school and that counts for college.” Mitchell smiles, but he says, “Hey, I had a strict mom too.” Mitchell’s mom, Samantha, passed on before Sam was born. She was a tough cookie and a teacher. Sam is named after her, but not exactly. Sam’s whole name is Sam, because she is her own person. “But I appreciate Samantha now,” says Mitchell. “She made me read, even though I didn’t want to.”
