“All my years of being upset and disappointed by my mother, and all the choices she had made, came down to one truth: She did the best she could with what she had. That truth has set me free.” PainHurtChildhoodTraumaFamily Drama Book:This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever Source: This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever