My childhood was tumultuous.  I did not meet my parents until I was 8 1/2 years old, and when I did reunite with them as total strangers, my dad turned out to be emotionally abusive.  I had first encountered God when my parents, who were not Christian, sent me to Lutheran school starting in 6th grade, but I started walking … Read More

My brothers and sisters are all much older than me – I was an accident, and my parents had me when they were quite old. I was brought up in the church as a Roman Catholic. I was half Catholic and half Jew – which is the same as being a normal Roman Catholic but when I went to confession … Read More