I watches this episode of Family Jewels. So touching. One of his siblings showed the letters Gene sent his dad. Obviously kept by a very proud father. His mom was such a sweetheart too.
I always thought of Gene as just another rich musician. I have seen a couple of clips of him now. And I have found a new respect for him. I truly hope he finds the peace he hungers for.
One of the toughest realizations we have to come to as adults is that our parents are human and come with all the flaws and imperfections of being human. I had my father in my life, but he was an alcoholic that terrorized my sister and I until he passed away. It took me years to forgive him for creating that atmosphere in our home but eventually I had to forgive him. Maybe he would have mellowed with age and maybe not, but I had to forgive him and myself for not being as close to him as I could or should have been.
❤😢🎉This Is So Heartbreaking 💔 and moving, for I felt tears rolling down my face as a Jew 🇮🇱⚜️🇮🇱 myself, bearing the guilt of my mistakes and wanting so much to make up for all of them, and knowing that there’s nothing I can do, is so heartbreaking ❤️🩹 and so I know what Gene is going through; G-d bless you Gene, Baruch Ashan Adonia Shabbat Shalom 🇮🇱⚜️🇮🇱⚜️🇮🇱🙏🏽❤️🩹💔🙏🏽⛳️⚜️🇮🇱
His mum raised him alone since he was 7. Prior to that his dad was present. When a man leaves remember he can't take the children and just leave it be classified as kidnapping. Women do it even though it's not legal. Women say oh the man abandon the children. Does he really or is he just leaving a situation we it's broken and can't be fixed. People need to realise once a relationship/ marriage is finished the chances of a man able to access to see his children are slim to none. Still to this day laws still favour the mother and often the children stay with the mum and the man has visitation rights if the mother is somehow fair which is rare. Also women have a tendency of moving changing names/surname and the man has trouble of tracking them down.
It is good that he is speaking out about the things his parents went through. We all make choices in life and he should not beat himself up because he did not visit his Dad before he passed. I am sure his parents loved him and as I know from experience we as adult children get busy living our lives with work and family and we don’t always see our parents as much as we should. I lost my Mother 25 years ago and feel guilty because I did not visit her as often as I should have because I worked 2 jobs and was raising my family but I know my mother loved me unconditionally and that is what keeps me going.
When they’re tough on the outside they’re sensitive on the inside. Prayers to Gene. Your parents are watching over you and are so proud of all you have accomplished.
I know what Gene is going through. I kind of went thru a similar relationship with my father because I had a resentment against him. Because of the way he treated me when I was growing up. I did not want to see him when he was dying in the hospital. But unlike Gene, I forced myself to go to the hospital & to his funeral. It was tough, because deep down in my heart, I did not want to see my father.
Gene likes to portray himself to be big and bad, but he does have a very sweet side to him. He is an extremely intelligent man, and well spoken . The Demon persona is all a put on, and while he does have a huge ego, he is still a kind person. Not just that, he is a patriot, and loves the US for saving him and his mother from hardship in Israel and for providing the life that he has. Gene is way more genuine than Paul, who comes off as aloof and abrasive mostly
Did he actually leave the family or is that we are told or what Gene understood as a child. Gene may have interpreted his father leaving as abandonment but the truth is unless he actually asked his father why then he will never actually know and go by assumption. A lot of people make this error which leads to long term separation.
