Pity Is A Benign Form Of Abuse.

I Can Say, "i Don't Have Anything I Regret!" But I Can Also Say, "i Can Go Forward In My Life The Way It Is And I Don't Think I'll Accrue Any Future Regrets."

I Can Get Sad, I Can Get Frustrated, I Can Get Scared, But I Never Get Depressed - Because There's Joy In My Life.

In Terms Of What Happened Over That Hiatus That I Took, I Just Rested. I Spent That Time With My Family, During Their Really Formative Years, And Enjoyed That, And I Messed With Pills And New Medications That Help Me To Deal With Dyskinesia And Some Other Things I Was Struggling With, That I Don't Have As Much Now Because Of Medication To Counter The Side Effects. So, It Just Seemed Like The Right Time To Do It.

After All That I'd Been Through, After All That I'd Learned And All That I'd Been Given, I Was Going To Do What I Had Been Doing Every Day For The Last Few Years Now: Just Show Up And Do Teh Best That I Could Do With Whatever Lay In Front Of Me.

I Always Feel Very Connected To Canada. My Reference For Everything Is My Canadian Background, My Life In Canada. Particularly On This Issue Of Refugee Immigration: I Couldn't Be Prouder Of Canada.