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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen was a young man, I was mixed up. I was ravaged by acne and had parents
basically left us alone to grow up, using us pawns in a nasty divorce.
I'm not blaming them, my mom started a twenty year battle with cancer when I was in fifth grade. My dad was an alcoholic of the worst kind and was never able to break out of the family curse.
My Mother made a second mistake when she remarried when I was going into seventh grade. She was a fighter and a strong willed woman who tried very hard.
I just wanted to put that out here.
Thankfully, there were a few songs I remember that truly spoke to me.
This is one....
At 17...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)but thank you.
CaliforniaPeggy
(151,743 posts)I think many of us, as teenagers, could identify with her. I know I did.
It was unfair, what was done to you, but nevertheless, you grew up with integrity and honesty inside you.
And those qualities have benefited everyone who knows you...
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)my family was a wreck with alcoholism and major health issues. no divorce...just an angry, bitter parents.
one of the songs that truly spoke to me (i had no idea what the lyrics are until just now HA!
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)"brown eyed girl in hand me downs, whose name you never could pronounce"
'twas me
I loved her song "Society's Child" too..
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)To strive to be everything better than them, to grow beyond their hatred and indifference, to become your true self beyond the damage they caused you. Keep on going, your good karma makes this life worth it.
ReRe
(10,690 posts)...I'd bet 95% of us lived through a ton of crap. Every family seemed to have it's own dysfunctionality. It's a wonder any of us lived thru it. But we did and here we are. Hope you're doing OK, Mr Green. Best wishes to you and yours and all of us hump-babies. And I loved Janis Ian.
lastlib
(24,661 posts)God, it nailed my high school perfectly!