My Story

Mom watched a soap opera on TV each weekday afternoon, sometimes 2, probably as a coping mechanism for having 7 kids. "Don't bother me it's time for My Story" is what she said to announce to anyone within earshot that she was unavailable for the next hour or 2. I remember watching them with her after morning kindergarten (back in those days it was a half day). I was pretty much clueless about the plot, but there were certain characters that I found interesting most of them for reasons I have long since forgotten. However, I always enjoyed seeing Dr. Hardy on General Hospital – he was such an approachable and kind character and was seemingly content and even-keeled all the time. I was, of course, blissfully unaware of the drama surrounding his character which I just now read about in Wikipedia. Back then I assumed the character you saw on TV was a real person and not a character being played by an actor. Sort of how I assumed that teachers only existed in school.