‘Life in Progress’

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#5 ‘FearLess’

Children were strange to me back then. I found it difficult to relate to them, simply because they were so spoiled, overprotected, and unreasonable. Helpless and rude. They had toys and games I didn’t know how to play since the opportunity to do so was rare. I didn’t go to visit them, not to catch the germ of ordinary, and they didn’t dare come visit me. I was busy becoming a violinist, and they didn’t dare to face my tall father.

I met Margareta when we were four years old. We went to the same kindergarten and later to the same class in the first grade of school…

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