I talk about having calmness and peace under duress . And my mother embodies that more than anybody I've ever met in my life . You know , when you're the especially back then you picture my mother's got three Children , four Children , three little girls and a boy , alcoholic husband .
At this point in the first grade , you had a teacher named Mrs Smith one day your school is doing testing and somebody from the school came to the classroom and said , Mrs Smith , we need your smartest student to come take a test and represent the class . And Mrs Smith turned to you and said that is Eddie . He's the smartest boy .
And I think that's a form of neglect . Your dad essentially lived two lives for his 1st 40 years . He abused alcohol and drugs and wasn't the best husband or father .
And so my dad would often , to me go . Are you Ed ? My's dad .
You were thin and your next door neighbor , a guy whose name was Ray . Ray who would call you Eddie spaghetti , your meatballs already some of that caught on with your classmates and caused you to come home crying to your mom who would console you . There were many mornings when you left for school and your dad didn't come home the night before or there had been turmoil the night before .
