Embracing Creativity and Breaking Cycles

Simon Doonan, New York Observer writer and Creative Director of Barney's in New York, was not your typical son in a home full of crazy. We would not have expected anything less from a family where suicide, schizophrenia and other mental illness have left their mark. However, to me this is a truly inspiring story of how one man transcended and embraced his surroundings. Check out his book Beautiful People which is now a BBC sitcom about growing up in a family full of crazy. This is about laughing instead of crying, about leaping instead of crawling and living life the way it's meant to be lived. This is in celebration of all fathers and grandfathers on this wonderful Father's Day holiday. Here's to embracing the beautiful people in our own lives and those no longer with us.

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Happy Father's Day
The Afterw@rd