Thank you for another great article written from your heart. I agree, we are all a product of how we grew up and what we experienced as a young person. Even if we do not WANT to be that person now and then, we are. From what you say, you have had a very difficult life when young, and yet have risen above what could have been. To where now you having a loving family, that from what I see on here, has been very successful and a very happy place, and you...as a good father and husband.
I agree, we are very complex beings, and things come out now and then that are the 'other side' of us. All we can do is be the best we can be day to day, and move on in our new life that we try to create out of the positives. The negatives are always there, but we put them where they do not rule or define us.
Wow, I really went on there, but you've inspired some thoughts in me, which is the sign of a good writer. Keep up the good works, and have a most wondrous day.