If you're someone who's got some familial emotional baggage, you may be well-acquainted with the creature Tanya Hart talks about: the Gremlin.  It's the embodiment of that feeling that you don't belong, that you aren't cared for, or that you've been forgotten.  It can take years to identify it, look it square in the eye and defeat it.  Finally finding and meeting her birth father helped the amazing Tanya Hart slay that Gremlin - or at least give it a good slap in the face. 

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