Dr. James Doty
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2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 29 Jul
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And a mother who had had a stroke when I was a child was partially paralyzed, had a seizure disorder, and chronically depressed and attempted suicide multiple times.
And we were on public assistance.
Well, you can imagine overcoming that baggage is very, very hard.
But this is also an example of how one person can intervene and change somebody's life.
And so what happened was I had an interest in magic, and thus, actually, the name of this book is My Magic.
And it ended up, when my parents would, some event would happen, which was traumatic, I would get on my bicycle and ride as far and as fast away as I could.
And I ended up at a strip mall, and there's a magic shop there.
And I walked in and there was a woman there who was, as I described, this radiant person with this incredible smile whose very presence embraced her.
And I was 12.
Wow.
And I was filled with despair, hopelessness.
And, um,
It turned out she was the owner's mother.
She knew nothing about magic.
Really?
Yes.
But we began a conversation, and she was giving me chocolate chip cookies, which was great.
Exactly what you needed at that time.
But the thing is, she asked me actually some personal questions, which frankly...
You know, who wants to tell somebody you're poor, your father's an alcoholic?
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