My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.
Certain struggles never end.
Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.
I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.