But I also feel very privileged now, realizing how well my family life has gone. This memoir helped me remember how I want to reach out and help others in any way I can, because everyone has hard times and difficult moments, I believe it depends on how you react to them. Even though I had bumps in the road with my family, I was able to overcome them and nothing traumatic ever happened. But when he was very young he had bumps in the road and also had to deal with traumatic events. Fire Shut Up in My Bones opened my eyes more and showed me how privileged and lucky I am to have my family beside me. Blow's experiences differed from my childhood with mild similarities. Each of us has a different past that makes us who we are, so in the end we will all have a different personality and a different outlook on life. “A heart still works even when it breaks.” (Breath, 2014,