I choose not to think of my life as surviving, but coping.
To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits.
I have a healthy body, free of the chemicals that once controlled it.
I was born in a blender.
I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.
The one thing I never questioned about my mother was whether she loved me.