Ellen Hefner

Really, I do not know how we survived it.

Really, I do not know how we survived it.

Bruce came into my life as a friend, just gradually, the way friends do.

Bruce came into my life as a friend, just gradually, the way friends do.

We all walked to school together, and we would walk down off Mulberry, and Bruce would come from Broadway, and he would meet us all, because you would develop a tribe of people by the time you got to school.

We all walked to school together, and we would walk down off Mulberry, and Bruce would come from Broadway, and he would meet us all, because you would develop a tribe of people by the time you got to school.

It had a very delightful character to it. It just was what you would picture in an old historic town.

It had a very delightful character to it. It just was what you would picture in an old historic town.

He was always tried to do things just right. And he was a little bit edgy or nervous, but a very kindly, thoughtful kid and always treated everybody with the utmost respect.

He was always tried to do things just right. And he was a little bit edgy or nervous, but a very kindly, thoughtful kid and always treated everybody with the utmost respect.

His mother controlled everything. She controlled his environment, every little piece of what he did. And she also controlled her husband's life. And she did not treat her husband very well at all.

His mother controlled everything. She controlled his environment, every little piece of what he did. And she also controlled her husband's life. And she did not treat her husband very well at all.

I think she was a little disappointed in the way her other two boys turned out. So she was going to make him be the success that maybe she wasn't.

I think she was a little disappointed in the way her other two boys turned out. So she was going to make him be the success that maybe she wasn't.

Like, I'm telling you, two hours max before it was orchestrated that she pick us up. Everything was orchestrated. Like, this is how I'm supposed to do things.

Like, I'm telling you, two hours max before it was orchestrated that she pick us up. Everything was orchestrated. Like, this is how I'm supposed to do things.

I saw how much a parent could affect a child's life. and the control and the emotional devastation and toll that can take on a child.

I saw how much a parent could affect a child's life. and the control and the emotional devastation and toll that can take on a child.

I saw him, and he met me on the corner. He's Ellen. He said, I am just doing so well. And he was so excited about the person that he was becoming. He thought it was like, I've made it.

I saw him, and he met me on the corner. He's Ellen. He said, I am just doing so well. And he was so excited about the person that he was becoming. He thought it was like, I've made it.