Contributor: Amy Cornelius - - I have seen unspeakable things in my life. People always say you are the master of your own destiny and that you can’t blame anyone else for your life. That if you want to change it, you can. But those people haven’t met my dad. He was born and raised on the streets of Detroit and he was tough as nails. He came to Australia when he was in his twenties and, now that I’m older, I suspect it was to escape his violent past. Of course, all he did was bring it with him. I never understood why my mother married him. All their years together I never can remember her looking at him with anything close to adoration. But then, I reckon it was more fear than love that made her agree to his proposal. She died when I was only eight years old. I don’t recall that night all that well. All I know is that she went into...

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Author: Amy Cornelius