Mika

So that part of it for me didn't have any consequences, but it kind of conditioned the family in a way.

And we were evacuated by the Navy, the American Navy.

And my mother said that she wanted to go to France.

She didn't want to go back to the States.

So we went to France and we went to Paris.

My dad ended up getting caught again in the first Gulf War and was a hostage actually in an embassy.

in the American embassy for about eight months.

And life fell apart.

How old were you then?

I was young.

I must have been seven or something.

But it was strange to have life fall apart.

you know, everything just kind of fell apart.

Well, when your mother makes you, when the CNN or whatever the news is on constantly, your dad doesn't come back.

But I mean, it was always working.

But then when your mother kind of makes all four kids, because at that time, my little brother wasn't born because I'm one of five.

All four kids, every single evening, do the rosary all together.

Yeah.

Trust me, I never did the rosary ever again after that.

You're going to remember it.