Family Sins

For some people, family is everything.

They learned early on that nothing on earth matters

more than the confidence that comes from

knowing you belong-and knowing you are loved.

But there are others who bear the burden

of their blood and spend most of their lives

putting permanent distance between themselves

and the people with whom they share a name.

I dedicate this book to the people who are wise enough

to find their tribe among a circle of friends

and the places life takes them.

To the misfits in all of us.