A loving family’s secrets, struggles, and triumphs

~ All my life, I’ve asked myself why. What was the reason, the purpose, the lessons I was meant to learn, being born into the family I found myself in? On the inside of my mother’s wedding ring, which she still has but no longer wears due to her frail condition, is the inscription “We three against the world.” I fought against that worldview for a long time, as it seemed to forever place us—and me—in a never-ending adversarial position with all of humanity. It put me at odds with life.

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