Something you'll come to realize sooner or later Al is that everyone has a story. I dare say most if not all here have had to navigate over and around rocky shoals. Some of us traveled more treacherous paths than others but we all have the scars and then there's those wounds that never seem to heal left from that journey.......all of us. For instance I never had an ever love'n moms knocking me around because she loved me it was for her own inner demons. For instance I've been on my own since I was 13 going on 14 because she kicked me out......yeh we all got our stories.Your words in bold answer your first question?. And as far as I'm concerned, I shared my personal experience to provide folks with a perspective of what I went through and hoping that it would be inspirational. Now, you all can fly in any direction that you want with it, I really don't care.