My Relationship with my Parents

My relationship with my parents is complicated by the fact that they don't communicate what they think about what I want to do with my life. They're too busy trying to live my life for me, solve my problems, protect me. It's born out of something they know better than I do: love. I understand that. But it doesn't make it any easier.

My mentors were always a combination of different people and my imagination. There's an Uncle who was absolutely Regal - to a T my definition of success - but I didn't know him that well. And he lived in a different country. In truth, I just didn't know if my family was out of bounds or not. Where was it safe to talk about - understand - what I had so many questions about.