Mothers, wives, sisters and daughters

These four women have formed my basis for understanding everyone around me and, therefore, where I fit in the world.

I think my father, brother, son and friends (sorry, no gay lover to reveal) had more to do with defining my view of my role as a father, son, friend and brother. The boys are extensions of me, similar to me, much easier to figure out. Unemotional, like me.

These females (and a woman therapist) have have helped me understand that life is not composed of binary decisions--right v. wrong--but of a multitude of world views and beliefs that, even when contradictory, may be both be honest and true.

I am usually right, but not always.