In 48 years, I've experienced a painful childhood, academic and professional success against all odds, cancer that torpedoed my career and left me nothing like it found me, the death of our daughter in the midst of a global pandemic, a homeless mother, an absentee father, and our entire town burning down. I've learned to roll with the punches and enjoy this life, that is nothing like the one I had planned. kayesteinsapir.substack.com