Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys

by Lol Tolhurst

I felt like the poor child in the middle of a divorce who couldn’t really escape from either of their parents’ feelings. One distant and aloof, while the other was just angry.

Maybe that’s what was given to me in the Mojave Desert: the ability to break the chain of family dysfunction and be a true father. The real measure of a man.

I had learnt one of the most important lessons in my journey: that for life to be perfect you have to be willing to accept life on its own terms and be in the moment rather than casting a look backwards or forwards.