Lane Beachley

So I know my dad grew up in a tough love environment.

So therefore, my brother and I grew up in a tough love environment.

And

Dad was very loving, very supportive, but not in an encouragement of words kind of way.

It was more of a freedom of expression, clear boundaries, clear disciplinary action in the

the environment that he was crafting for us.

You know, when Valerie died, which was my mother that adopted me, so Jason's biological mother, she died when I was about seven.

And Dad really...

took the time to create a safe space for us to make us feel like we were all at home.

So, you know, put a pool in the backyard and took us on holidays and just brought us together as a family unit after that devastating loss.

So he was a very loving, supportive, nurturing father that gave me a lot of freedom to roam, a lot of freedom to explore the world.

I don't know how many dads in the, you know, in the 90s or even late 80s would have said, you know...

I said to Dad, I'm going to go to America to compete in the tour next year.

He's like, okay, good luck.

Well, yeah, I often say that I had the benefit of youth, so I didn't truly understand the concept of forever at that moment in time.

But when I reflect back on, like if I look at any seven-year-old kid that I know and have the

the sadness of losing their mother, I would wrap my arms around them and just go, you're going to be okay, but it's going to hurt.

It's going to hurt for a while.

So I remember crawling into my brother's bed and I remember having a lot of nightmares and just looking for safety, looking for love, looking for reassurance that everything's going to be okay.

And