Monica Loughman
👤 Speaker
137
total appearances
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The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
You know, the amount of times I was called a cow and stupid and all the names, but names don't hurt you.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
It's when they come and beat you, that hurts you.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
My God, Monica.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
But my father was beaten by, you know, certain people, you know, not his family members, but, you know,
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
It is.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
Yes.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
I'm sorry about this.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
I am adopted.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
Yes.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
I'm adopted.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
I love both of my parents very much.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
I was thinking about this this morning.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
How do you describe adoption?
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
There's kind of two ways.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
And I can only speak from myself.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
And...
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
It can be dark and it can be very light.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
For me, for the first 20 years, 23 years, it was very light.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
I felt like a Disney princess.
The Claire Byrne Show
What Made Me: Monica Loughman Ballet Dancer and Teacher
Always, yeah.