Yes, I was abandoned beginning in childhood; never knew my father (met him at 33); mother was emotionally abandoning (verbal and physical abuse)..married a man who abused me for 31 years, got a divorce and then my whole church abandoned me...voting me out of membership with my name up on a big screen, followed by the words, "Conduct Unbecoming a Child of God."

However, I wrote about my life and won a scholarship and am a Sophomore (social work) at 67!