I saved this installment for listening while cleaning the garage, which is the closest I get to religious worship. So the subject matter was right on the mark. I think it's remarkable how you are able to bring your parents to life without papering over their faults. So I guess that's it. To bring someone to life, you have to reveal their faults. And their beauty, and toughness, and strangeness, and capacity for love and hate. All of it goes into the pot if you're being honest. And dishonesty just doesn't get the job done. I love what you're doing, Stephen. Keep going
I understood what you meant, Bridget and I love that way of describing it. I still can be so hardhearted in this life, and writing all of this has softened my heart for my parents, other people and the biggest one, myself. Wonderful choice of words.
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Thanks for listening, Sara!
I saved this installment for listening while cleaning the garage, which is the closest I get to religious worship. So the subject matter was right on the mark. I think it's remarkable how you are able to bring your parents to life without papering over their faults. So I guess that's it. To bring someone to life, you have to reveal their faults. And their beauty, and toughness, and strangeness, and capacity for love and hate. All of it goes into the pot if you're being honest. And dishonesty just doesn't get the job done. I love what you're doing, Stephen. Keep going
Thanks, Jim.
I've said it before, I hope people hear this as a straight up love letter to my parents and sisters...to the whole family.
To be clear, I refer to my own hardheartedness.
I understood what you meant, Bridget and I love that way of describing it. I still can be so hardhearted in this life, and writing all of this has softened my heart for my parents, other people and the biggest one, myself. Wonderful choice of words.
Thank you Stephen. Difficult to listen to this chapter of yours and remain hardhearted. Also, your mom's last words. How cool.