Sounds to me you pulled a decent mentor role for some kids and likely still do if life falls that way. You've done
it tough and learned a lot of lessons. That experience would be appreciated and valuable to some youngsters.
I like the Xoie update too. Sounds good. How does she feel about it?
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”