Love didn't always solve the problem; sometimes it became the problem.
I would lay awake nights and cry a lot thinking, is my dad gonna come home? Is he gonna go to jail again? Is he going to get killed?
I think I realized early on that my family wasn't like other families.
The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
God hears a mother's prayer.
I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.