I cried this morning when I was meditating, for the first time. I had this real feeling of gratitude that my dad survived his addiction.
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View all 193 →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.
Watching the 2015 movie Aloha.
This morning: I lost a couple of friends recently and it’s been tough.
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View profile →In 1989, in Cuba, about to board a plane for Milan, where I was going to school for a year. The visa didn’t arrive in time, so I couldn’t board. The plane crashed and people died.
The time I told my father I hated him, causing him a lot of pain. He passed away six years ago, and my mother eight years ago.
Selling stolen mangoes to pay for a cinema ticket, aged eight.
As someone who made a difference.
A 1955 Jaguar XK120. It was not in very good condition and, little by little, I brought it back to its former splendour.
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