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Thank you for your respectful and thoughtful response to Ren's story and to the emotions he shows in For Joe. By being so vulnerable himself and showing his raw emotions without a filter, Ren has the ability to stir up emotions within me that have long been buried in my subconscious. His words somehow evoke memories of my own experiences, even if they are not at all like his. He gives me the gift of recapturing the ability to cry. And man, how I cry. While it hurts, I'm still starting to heal. A bit in the same way that it hurts and irritates when a bodily wound heals. He shows in everything he does that we are only human and that gives me hope that I can heal, I can be happier with my life and I can be a better version of myself. I am forever grateful to Ren for that gift.

@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Eva for watching and share a bit about your story! Very happy you find a lot in Ren that helps you ❤️ Makes me happy to hear that! Tomorrow Chapter 2! 🙏🏾

That's really powerful. Thanks for introducing me to the genius musician, Ren.

@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

12 күн бұрын

Hey Hey hey Kris! Yeah Ren is a special one 🙏🏾

Such a heartwrenching story behind this master talent. Seems that is common with great artists. The video shows you the cityscape of my city Calgary, Alberta. I feel even more weirdly connected watching that. Thank god Ren found his voice, I pray he keeps doing what he's doing... for himself.. for us. ❤🙏

@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of great artist write from the pain and by that can help so many other people. Is it Calgary? Thank you for telling that i was thinking about it. ❤️

Thank you for being so vulnerable and showing empathy for Ren. I can relate to what you've shared of your story as well. That feeling of not belonging or where you fit in. I am so sorry you had to learn and deal with this at such an early age. I can see that big loving heart that you feel you've lost. It's still there! You're in a good place with your sobriety. Soon you will find healing! I wasn't adopted but was raised by my aunt (my mother's sister). This was a common practice in the islands. I knew who my mom and dad were and visited them on weekends. It didn't seem strange or questionable at the time. But in my adulthood I started asking questions as to why they did this. My younger siblings lived with our parents. It was a feeling of abandonment. I came to live with my family at twelve when we left the island to go to the U.S. This didn't help much. I was the eldest and have to take care of my younger siblings. I still felt very out of place. By 15, I stared drinking. My dad thought I was smoking pot when in actually I was a teenage alcoholic! I smoked my first doobie at 17. At 18 I went to NY to live with uncle who raised. That was party central. We're talking late 70s coke, acid, you name it. If it could you high, I was doing it. Woke up one morning saying to myself I have to do something with my life! I walked into a recruiting office and joined the Army. It totally turned my life around. The morale of this story is NEVER GIVE UP no matter how old you are. Peace...🕊 God Bless...Be beautiful...❤❤❤

@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

Күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story ❤️❤️❤️

I am so sorry to hear about your unhappy childhood. My best friend at school had been adopted and I think it hurt him extremely deeply. He felt rejected. He was a talented artist. He used to try to "buy" friendship from people by promising them things, things he couldn't deliver, and then he would get stressed that he couldn't deliver them. He was certainly wired differently. I loved his "off the wall" creativity. I was in awe of his talent. We were in a band together. Eventually I realised I couldn't help him. I moved away to University and lost touch. After a while I Googled his name and found that he had murdered a friend with an axe. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had not been taking his meds. My heart goes out to his friend and his family.

@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Sorry to hear about your friend and other friend. I know a couple of adoptee that done the same, killed someone. Its a hard one to deal with but its possible when starting to understand whats is the issue. I read somewhere that childhood trauma can trigger schizophrenia. Big hug!

You see my friend: it's the stories (like Ren's) and music (like Ren's) that accompany our healing process! 👍👍👍 to 99 days...and more. Greetings from Germany 👏🤝🙋‍♀️

@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

2 ай бұрын

It sure is! Thank you so much! Hello Germany, Greetings from Sri Lanka 🙏🏾✌🏾🤙🏾

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@DontDoLikeMeDoThis

2 ай бұрын

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