Our lives are shaped by many forces over which we have little control. We did not choose and cannot modify our genetic makeup, our sex, race, size, or basic energy level. Our place in time and space was thrust upon us. We were born and raised in city or country, boom or bust, war or peace, freedom or repression, without much say in the matter. We did not select our parents or our grandparents or …showed first 75 words of 586 total…

…showed last 75 words of 586 total…over the past 15 years. My mother was a divorced parent of seven children and I watched her raise us the best she could and I watched my brothers and sisters take advantage of the situation. I vowed then that if I ever was in her place that I would hit the problem before it became a problem. So far it has worked, will it continue to work, I do not know only time will tell.