I went through life thinking I was a regular Joe. I had no idea how far my life was from regular. I was 3 when my mother walked out on us. I was 8 when my father kicked us out. Yes I didn’t know my mother enough to mourn her but I grew up knowing she packed up and left, and somehow, to me, that felt normal. When my dad kicked us out, I didn’t feel a sense of loss. […]