hugs james
dont worry i dont think your family is horrible

every family has its "problems" (thats not the word im trying to think of... grr to my brain) anyway i have had problems with my family- and i think it really hurts and gets to us as much as it does because they ARE family and we love them to bits at the end of the day. my darling family over evrything else has been the biggest cause of my depression over the years but yet i love my family soo much, my parents are wonderful and i love my big sister... blah!
what im trying to say is its ok to feel how you are and we are here for vents, rants etc... it helps to talk to people rather than keep it bottled up.
thats really neat you want to study to be a midwife it would be such an amazingly rewarding job.
oh and yeah money is yuck. im also a person who doesnt want to be rich just enough to be happy in life is all i ever ask for.
liz-wow what a great thing your friend did! how inspirational that she couldn't read at 15 and is now qualified early cildhood teacher! that is so neat.