[Bookie]

And "The Mother Factor" would be . . . ?

I ask because our mother abandoned us when I was six. Abandoned literally. Dropped us off at a Saturday matinee and let town. Neighbors had to call my father at work to come home and make arrangements for his parents to take us in. Anyway, I wonder how much of my focus on financial security and self-sufficiency stems from the experience. That and the reluctance to trust.