– Ruth’s Story My father was a truck driver. When we moved to Los Angeles, my older brother and I travelled with my father in the truck. I remember breaking down in New Mexico and just hanging out. It was the best time I ever had with my father. Our home was never a very […]
The Spark – Day 59
Denise’s Story I’m 53 years old. I was born with cerebral palsy. My mother went into labor when she was just 6 months pregnant. My dad wasn’t there to bring her to the hospital, my aunt took her. The nurse held my mom’s legs together for 20 minutes and it cut the oxygen off from […]
Being Okay – Day 58
Chloe’s Story My story is about exploring the gap between making a go for an extraordinary life and not having really arrived there. It’s a pretty uncomfortable place to be in. Some people are really rooting for you but they secretly think that if you fail then it’s a reason for them not to go […]
The Climb – Day 57
Lorca’s Story When I was a little girl, my father was a climbing guide; I lived with and watched climbers. There were climbers that had accidents so very early on I was made aware of mortality in a context that this as a good way to live; the right way to live. This was how […]
Gentle Flower – Day 56
Kamala’s Story I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, the eldest child and first grandchild in a predominantly Irish Catholic family. My father had studied for the priesthood, bringing ‘shame’ to the family when he left the seminary. Even though there were far darker family secrets, Gramma saw Dad’s marriage to Mom – […]
From Heaven – Day 55
– Shimshon Meir’s Story I was raised to be a song and dance man, not a psychologist, but a real actor, stage and screen. My mother owned a dance studio until my teens and I’m an only child and a momma’s boy so I grew up with tap, ballet, jazz and my mother’s real passion: […]
