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I was really poor.

I was struggling and I was very anxious as a single parent of two sons.

My sons and I had moved to this ground floor

apartment in LA because it was near the middle school within walking distance.

It was also near Chippendales, which is a male strip joint. Some of the staff were our next-door neighbors, so the nights were kind of rowdy.

Our home was really tiny. At night, I would cook dinner for me and my sons and it was probably very cheap something

like pasta or meatballs but it tasted good and we'd sit at that rickety table and we would just talk about our day.

And as the three of us are eating and talking together, I remember thinking,

God, I really am enjoying. and talking together. I remember thinking,

God, I really am enjoying this.

We were doing nothing except eating.

And I remember thinking, I am really happy right now,

right this minute. I am really happy right now. Right this minute. I am really happy.

It's a real delight to have Joanne Rockland here today on our show.

Joanne has this incredible career of teaching in schools and being a practicing clinical psychologist

and has won just about every award you might imagine for her writing for children.

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