Allegra Huston — English Writer born on August 26, 1964,

Allegra Huston is an English writer and editor... (wikipedia)

Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.
When I moved to London at age 16, tired of the shuffle around other people's houses and ready to live on my own, I met my English brother and sister, who instantly claimed me as family.
With my stepson, it is very important to me that there is no drama around the fact that he has two families.
If you have security, you can rebel; if you don't, you hold on to any scraps of it that you have.
I see myself as part English and part American, with a dash of Irish thrown in, and a pinch of Italian from my mother's ancestry.