But our kids were her first port of call. I told myself that I was there for them as much as any father who was building a business. Any father away putting food on the table. And Ali told the kids. Your father is away putting food on other people’s tables. People not so fortunate. Looking back, I see the selfishness in that act. I got to fight injustice abroad, which left Ali at the kitchen table. The world of advocacy had me on loan from my wife. She had a right to expect more of me in the raising of our children but consciously decided to not exercise that right and let me go. Those years
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