This is a Fresh Start

Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 8 p.m.

We were all deprived or hurt in our childhoods. Even the best parents left something to be desired. Maybe we were ignored. Or maybe we were pressured too much. Maybe Mom\u2019s insecurity was a burden to us. Or Dad\u2019s sense of humor cut too deeply. Maybe our family was poor. Maybe our family was too rich, too materialistic. We wished then that things would be different. We wished that they could just understand. That they could just give us what we needed. It didn\u2019t happen. And that hu...