Adrian Dunbar
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If I was 40 again.
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If everybody was kind.
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A driving licence.
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View profile →That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
Now is pretty damned good.
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