“It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I wasn't. Things were said, but via the language of action.” PeopleFeelsSaidActionLanguageDadMy FamilyMy DadTherapy Author:Leigh Newman
“My dad felt pretty strongly that I know about the basic workings of a plane and so he taught me how to read and set the instruments, as well as the basics of taking off and landing.” KnowsWellsFeltTaughtDadInstrumentsMy DadPlanesLandingBasics Author:Leigh Newman
“After the age of seven, I began living between my dad in Alaska and my mother in Baltimore. Every three or four months, I would fly the 5,000 miles between the two. And having grown up in Alaska, Baltimore was astonishing.” TwoAgeMotherThreeFourMonthsDadSevenMy DadMilesAstonishingAlaskaBaltimore Author:Leigh Newman
“Even as my family fell apart and things were at their most hopeless, my dad and I found a lot of happiness in the wilderness - sleeping on the cold gravel and killing as many things as we could get our hands on. Even as my mom got progressively more crazy, we found a happiness, in flashes.” HandsFoundSleepCrazyMomColdDadMy FamilyKillingMy DadMy MomWildernessHopelessFlashGravel Author:Leigh Newman