Chapter 18, Gun Fire and Darkness

This chapter has a mix of both Farsi and English clips from 2008 when I was traveling through Iran and forced to escape from the country! It was quite a night. What was supposed to be a 10 to 20 minute ordeal became a two day life life verses death ordeal on the Turkish border. There is some clips in here from the actual horse ride.

The most tragic things that have happened in my life have nothing to do with losing my eyesight, losing my hearing, my brain cancer or the cancer I had in my testicle. Sure. All of these things are terrible. And the fact that I’ve become epileptic after my brain surgery isn’t fun either. But the worst things that have happened in my life are the two miscarriages and two abortions that have happened with Holly, Margie, Gretchen and Maria.

This is a story about Margie, Gretchen and abortion. I have lost four babies because of miscarriages and abortions. It has been devastating. Two abortions and two miscarriages.

May have only months to live and I want to have children. This chapter talks a little about my struggles with meeting women as a blind person while fighting cancer, pain, and the emotional blows I have taken trying to find a partner in life. There’s a lot more to tell. Make a man’s dying wish come true. There is a lot of hope out there and one of the biggest hopes in life is life itself. The biggest hope in the biggest dream is for me to have children and to give life. Some may say why would I want to have a child if I know I may die? Life is the most precious gift of all and having a chance to live has been the greatest blessing dispite all that I have been through. I know my children will appreciate the chance to live no matter how difficult their circumstances. Hope and somebody to live for also I believe will give me a better chance to live. Although I would prefer to have a relationship with somebody and find my true love, I am open to finding a surrogate who requires financial assistance.

This chapter discusses my arranged marriage and the issues that came up with it in Iran. recording that was done when I was on the border about to leave Iran into turkey. Recording was done over 12 years ago.

Want to here some Farsi? This podcast is half in Farcy. Tells some of the story in Farsi. Gathers some audio clips from a dictaphone talking about my escape from Iran and the experience we had with gun fire on the border. The last segment is all Farsi. Most of it you can figure out. Last segment describes in Farsi the dream I talked about in Chapter 2.

This chapter starts today and ends in the beginning of how my work in Iran started. Two episodes in one. Currently, I’m dealing with glioblastoma brain cancer and on a lot of medications. That’s why I got the date wrong in the beginning of the podcast. It’s not April 2, but April 4, 2021.

This chapter describes how we escape from Iran in the middle of the night on our second attempt after being held by the Turkish military and sent back into Iran.

This chapter talks a little about how we were stuck between two countries and landmines. We were sent back into Iran by the Turkish military and had to deal with gunfire along with many other challenges.

In every nation around the world, people should be treated equally before the law and have the right to vote really in fairly in elections as well as the right to run for any political office