I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got.

My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.

There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.