To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

It is one of the ironies of my life and in many lives that whenever you are the happiest, all of this stuff from the past will come pushing up and demand to be noticed.

You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.

We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn't as nice here so there's no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles.

My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.

The typical family of four with employer-based health insurance is not the same as the typical family of four. It's better-off.