Tony Ross
British writer of children's books
When I discovered my cat was blind.
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At a function for the True Colors Fund, where formerly homeless gay and transgender kids were telling their stories. It was heartbreaking.
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Last week I saw a moorhen feeding her chicks, and became overwhelmed by the miracle of parenthood and maternal sacrifice. And I hadn’t even been drinking.
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Driving home on my own, thinking about the last 18 months, which have been really difficult, and getting back to playing tennis again without any pain in my hip. It was happy crying.
In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
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Long walks with my husband. Being with my family. Making music, and writing when songs just fall together. And maybe a cannoli. Just one.
Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.
My son. He is a teenager.
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