Were There Good Times? Or Was It Just My Innocent Perception?

By Tara Overzat

Despite everything that happened, I had happy times as a child. In retrospect the things that made me happy were so minuscule, the things that children in healthy families take for granted. In addition, I think some of it was just my perception of happiness and my warped perception of what was normal.

Before I was old enough to look around and say, “Hey something’s wrong here…” I remember times when I got along with my mother. Read more »