Dave's mother forbade his two brothers from acknowledging his presence. He ate the leftovers from the dog's dish, and often went weeks without food. In one of his mother's alcoholic rages, she pulled his arm out of it's socket and did not take him to the hospital for 18 hours. On another occasion, she stabbed him and was too afraid to take him to the hospital for fear of exposing her secret. At 8 years -old, Dave …showed first 75 words of 248 total…

…showed last 75 words of 248 total…teachers for giving him the sense of value he knew he had within his tortured body. Dave has accomplished a tremendous amount since his childhood days. He's served nine years in the Armed Forces, got married, and now has a son. Both of Dave's parents have passed away. He look's at his mother's life as a tragedy, and finds that he learned the absolute power of forgiveness from all he endured as a young boy.