I was born in rural Michigan. My mother had been raised Catholic & when she married my biological father she converted to Methodism. So I was baptized into the Methodist church as a baby. Obviously, I have no memory of this. About 3 years later, my biological father left my mother for another woman. He fought for 2 years to get custody of my 2 older siblings & myself. It was decided there would be a 6-month split. He would get us for 6 months, leaving my mother with one weekend a month to spend with us, & then it would be reversed. She would get us for 6 months, leaving him with one weekend a month. He went first but before that first 6-month split was completed all 3 of us had been kicked back to mom, he wanted nothing to do with us. I never saw him or heard from him again. Nice guy, right? Leaving my mom to raise 3 kids on her own in rural Michigan. I don't know what his demons were & frankly I don't care. Karma sorted him out. When I was 15, my mo