Now I'm moving on to high school
"I started working in the fields when I was five. After that, I worked construction for thirty years. Eight years ago, I was betwe…
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The moment I became content with taking small steps, I started moving forward again.
"I think all the pressure that I put on myself has been paralyzing. When I graduated from high school, a lot of people wrote in my…
"What brought you to New York?"
"This spot in the park reminds me a bit of Massachusetts, so I come here when I'm feeling homesick.""What brought you to New York?…
And I thought: 'Did she just bargain with me? How did she learn how to bargain?''"
"I never know how she learns things. I made her a sandwich, and she told me: 'I don't want to eat.' I said, 'Well, you need to eat…
There was a popular song back then called 'Gema,' and he changed it to my name, 'Gena.'"
"We lived in different cities when we first met, and once a month he'd come to visit me. The first time he made the trip, I woke u…
I never learned the specifics of what happened to my family. I never wanted to
I was the youngest in the family. I went to Israel first, and the rest of the family was supposed to join me. Nobody made it. We s…
He’s like an angel
Hes like an angel. When he was younger, he would pass by our store everyday. He couldnt speak back then. He couldnt even say his n…
Captain, no disrespect, but if you bump me one more time, I'm going to knock you on your ass
"I was a convoy commander in the war. One time my men drove all night from Kuwait to Turkey, and the Captain tried to tell me that…
"What's your biggest fear for him?"
"He makes me want to know about little things, so that I can teach him. Like when we sit by this lake, I wish I knew what kind of …
Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?
" "Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?""December 15th, 2010. That was the night I tried to commit suicide.""What happ…
