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Last Monday was a really emotional day for me: my last son graduated from high school and he’s going on a mission for the Mormon Church soon. I’ve already experienced it four times with my other sons: my oldest went to London, my second son to Italy, my third to Scotland and my fourth the Netherlands. They come back, but the little boy stays out there. He never comes back.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗
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I got very emotional yesterday with a dear friend who was telling me about his relationship falling apart.
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23 June last year. The fact that certain people have chosen for us to come out of Europe is one of the saddest, divisive and unthought-through events in my lifetime.
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When I broke my toe.
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