My mother and dad were big animal lovers too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them – both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.
The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old with my older sister and younger brother I knew that he was gone.
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I didn't know my Dad – he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life.