My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.
I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

