Kicked Out at Christmas: My Turning Point

My mom was a very powerful woman and, uh, had four different fathers,

and she kicked my dad out on, on Christmas Eve. She decided I was on his side,

so she kicked me out too, and I had nothing and I had to figure out what to do.

She kept my 1960 Volkswagen I wor- earned at $40 a week. And don't get me

wrong, I love my mom, but she abused alcohol and prescription drugs,

and when people do that, they're not themselves. They do little crazy things.

But I'm- I am who I am because of her, and part of that was even that first

step where I had to just figure out what to do with my life, but it was incredibly