Maria

It's the Hoffman Institute where you go to look at kind of patterns and process in your own family and how you can kind of look at your parents with not, you know. With a greater sense of empathy. With empathy, not blaming. them, but understanding them, what happened to them. And that was really the first time that I thought about what had happened to them. And did you see them differently?

It's the Hoffman Institute where you go to look at kind of patterns and process in your own family and how you can kind of look at your parents with not, you know. With a greater sense of empathy. With empathy, not blaming. them, but understanding them, what happened to them. And that was really the first time that I thought about what had happened to them. And did you see them differently?

It's the Hoffman Institute where you go to look at kind of patterns and process in your own family and how you can kind of look at your parents with not, you know. With a greater sense of empathy. With empathy, not blaming. them, but understanding them, what happened to them. And that was really the first time that I thought about what had happened to them. And did you see them differently?

Yeah, I See You Now. I didn't, you know, I wanted my father to stand up to this terror that I felt as a child. And I didn't understand his quiet strength. I didn't understand, you know, the way he was showing up in the world. And I didn't, I think, until I went to Hoffman.

Yeah, I See You Now. I didn't, you know, I wanted my father to stand up to this terror that I felt as a child. And I didn't understand his quiet strength. I didn't understand, you know, the way he was showing up in the world. And I didn't, I think, until I went to Hoffman.

Yeah, I See You Now. I didn't, you know, I wanted my father to stand up to this terror that I felt as a child. And I didn't understand his quiet strength. I didn't understand, you know, the way he was showing up in the world. And I didn't, I think, until I went to Hoffman.

until I thought of how scary it must have been for him, how he himself was trying to navigate this big competitive Irish Catholic family, how he was trying to be a different kind of man in this family. And I didn't have any sense of that. I just saw him as somebody who wasn't... Did you think he was weak? I did. I did. I wanted to get a different kind of a man than my father.

until I thought of how scary it must have been for him, how he himself was trying to navigate this big competitive Irish Catholic family, how he was trying to be a different kind of man in this family. And I didn't have any sense of that. I just saw him as somebody who wasn't... Did you think he was weak? I did. I did. I wanted to get a different kind of a man than my father.

until I thought of how scary it must have been for him, how he himself was trying to navigate this big competitive Irish Catholic family, how he was trying to be a different kind of man in this family. And I didn't have any sense of that. I just saw him as somebody who wasn't... Did you think he was weak? I did. I did. I wanted to get a different kind of a man than my father.

Will you read that poem? I see you now. I see you now. You see, all I wanted was for you to stand up, to rage against it all. But now I see that wasn't your way. You had a way of doing things, a way I didn't understand. I wanted you to speak your mind, to yell out loud. I wanted you to take charge. but you had a different plan. You had your own way. Wow. And I didn't know that about my father.

Will you read that poem? I see you now. I see you now. You see, all I wanted was for you to stand up, to rage against it all. But now I see that wasn't your way. You had a way of doing things, a way I didn't understand. I wanted you to speak your mind, to yell out loud. I wanted you to take charge. but you had a different plan. You had your own way. Wow. And I didn't know that about my father.

Will you read that poem? I see you now. I see you now. You see, all I wanted was for you to stand up, to rage against it all. But now I see that wasn't your way. You had a way of doing things, a way I didn't understand. I wanted you to speak your mind, to yell out loud. I wanted you to take charge. but you had a different plan. You had your own way. Wow. And I didn't know that about my father.

I just felt like, what is going on here? Why don't you stand up? Why don't you get us out of here? Why don't you do something? And I didn't give him the benefit of what he actually was doing. I didn't understand him. I didn't understand the strength that he had. And I remember thinking to myself, I need to go out and get a different kind of man than this.

I just felt like, what is going on here? Why don't you stand up? Why don't you get us out of here? Why don't you do something? And I didn't give him the benefit of what he actually was doing. I didn't understand him. I didn't understand the strength that he had. And I remember thinking to myself, I need to go out and get a different kind of man than this.

I just felt like, what is going on here? Why don't you stand up? Why don't you get us out of here? Why don't you do something? And I didn't give him the benefit of what he actually was doing. I didn't understand him. I didn't understand the strength that he had. And I remember thinking to myself, I need to go out and get a different kind of man than this.

And that's, yeah, and you also write about... And I did. Yeah, you did.

And that's, yeah, and you also write about... And I did. Yeah, you did.

And that's, yeah, and you also write about... And I did. Yeah, you did.

Right. And I think the more they thought it was a phase, the more I dug in, the more I was like, OK, I'm out of here. I also wanted to find my own path. I didn't want to stay on the East Coast. I didn't want to run for office. You didn't want to be in politics. Yeah, I didn't want to be in politics. I didn't want to work at Special Olympics at the time. I didn't want to work in the government.

Right. And I think the more they thought it was a phase, the more I dug in, the more I was like, OK, I'm out of here. I also wanted to find my own path. I didn't want to stay on the East Coast. I didn't want to run for office. You didn't want to be in politics. Yeah, I didn't want to be in politics. I didn't want to work at Special Olympics at the time. I didn't want to work in the government.