A short first-person narrative from James Laughlin (YouTube) recalling childhood hardships: his parents divorced, his mother left the home when he was five, and he lived with his father for six years before his father passed away. He frames these difficult early experiences as ultimately providing him with an advantage later in life.
5 years old.
Six years.
I never would have guessed that growing up, because I did face challenges that, you know, many of us face. A broken home, parents divorce. My mother leaves the house at 5 years of age because she didn't like the conditions. The conditions were very difficult. My father then choosing to stay with my father, which was a blessing at the time because little did I know I'd only have him for six years and then he would pass away. But they were six precious years of father, son learning and growing up together. And it was an amazing experience. But the challenges that I faced as a child, I wouldn't realize until many, many years later, ended up giving me truly an advantage.
