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I didn’t grow up in a very loving family. 我不是在温暖的家庭里长大的孩子 In fact, 事实上 there are few, if any, happy memories I have of my childhood involving my family members. 在我童年的记忆中，有家人在场的欢乐记忆少之又少，几乎没有 My happiest moments were spent with the few friends 我最快乐的时光是与少数几个朋友一起度过的 I was allowed to have. 他们是我被允许拥有的仅有的伙伴 My family eventually alienated all the neighbors, 但最终，我的家人把所有的邻居都排斥开了 so the time came 这时 when I didn’t even have neighborhood kids to play with. 我甚至找不到一个邻里间的玩伴一同玩耍 This was the time before internet. 这是互联网诞生之前 So, I learned to occupy my time 于是，我学着用各种方式填满自己的时间 reading, 阅读 discovering nature 探索大自然 and setting and achieving small goals for myself. 给自己订立小目标并实现它们 I became quite serious, 我变得十分严肃 just to hide my pain. 其实只是为了隐藏内心的伤痛 There was another family in town that, | 
