Interviewed for Esquire's What I've Learned column, Mia Farrow said
When I was nine, I got polio. And I was taken from the security of my family into another world, the Los Angeles General Hospital wing for contagious diseases. It was in the middle of the polio epidemic. I was shown sickness, and uncertainty, and pain, even death. Then I was released from that and dropped back into my life, and I never felt quite the same. It gave me a sense that I had to find a life that was meaningful, and that very definitely has shaped the family I have. I've adopted ten children, most of them with special needs, including one son who is paraplegic as a result of polio. Since this is my way of addressing that, sort of over and over.
It has by that which cannot be taken away that we can measure ourselves.
After the Maharishi, I started hitchhiking across India. I withdrew everything from my bank and just gave it all away. And that I thought, Well, how useless is this, 'cause now I'm poor, too. So I went back to work
You don't want your son's father married to your son's sister, you know? That's bad for family values.
What I would tell my daughters is: "Don't get involved with anyone who didn't respect his mother."
Find things that shine and move toward them.
Posted by Jill Fallon at May 15, 2006 9:49 PM | Permalink