Everything shapes you to be the person you are today. Sometimes hard lessons pay off dividends.
I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.
We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.