FEATURE
LIFE LESSONS By Michaela Sumner
Tory is not famous, and no one you have heard on the news. Yet, she is someone who helps others, has created an amazing life for
herself and has done it overcoming the odds that were not in her favor. We are telling her story to help you realize that no matter where you come from and where you are right now, you can change things and create a life you love. It is never too late and never too far out of reach. I was born in 1970 in Everett, Washington. My mother was a crazy hippy feminist and my father was a nice guy, who made bad choices, impaired by his drug habit.
When I was 3 my mother left my father and moved us to Anchorage, Alaska. Here, under the allure of the Last Frontier, she hung out with bikers and drank, professionally. Shortly after we arrived she married her 3rd husband, a banjo playing, pipe smoking,
