My experience in the 1960's Civil Rights Revolution in New York City changed my life. Idealism instilled by Christianity and literature motivated me to search everywhere for passion. My years of high school and college were happy. I participated and excelled in everything, and felt rewarded and affirmed by teachers, classmates, boyfriends, and God. But deep inside, unknowingly, I was numbed from my home life. My family problems were never made conscious...