Edward Cohen:  

UPDATE, we moved from India to Encinitas California and now have our own consulting firm: Nelson Cohen Global Consulting check it out. And have written 2 book, Leadership Without Borders and Riding the Tiger: Leading Through Learning in Turbulent Times GREETINGS from Hyderabad, India where we are now living. Married to Priscilla since 1989. Two children (MacKenzie, 20 and Jennifer, 32) and a granddaughter, Britt who is 10. Jennifer and JJ (her husband) added Leo to our family on Nov 30, 2006. Oh and we have a Schnoodle named Jasper. The PAST: For most who might read this, you will either not remember me or maybe remember me as a quiet, possibly even aloof person. But, there is always a story behind what is seen, so here is mine. My mother (Bernice) and father (Jerry) met, fell in love; and, got married in the 1940's. They were excited about life and the journey that lied ahead of them. Two years later, they had their first child. They opened a small grocery store and worked together to make it a success. My Dad was very unhappy. He drank to ease his pain. After losing the store, Dad went to work for Northwest Airlines and Mom worked in a typing pool. Years pass. They had two more children, my sister Diane and me. Life settled down, taking on a sort of rhythm, as they raise their family. One day Dad showed up to work drunk and was sacked from his job. Things got worse. Dad drank more, gambled everything, had affairs and us all emotionally and physically. Yet, to most who knew us our family, everything seemed normal. We never spoke of the screaming, the beatings the abuse, the constant fear. My Dad spent his days drinking from the bottle of whiskey next to his bed and spent nights with body wrenching hangovers. Mom spent her days taking care of us, making small amounts of money by conducting phone surveys. She swallowed her pride and she stands in line for welfare and food stamps. She spent her nights nursing Dad's hangovers and taking his taunts and physical blows. A few years later, Dad had an affair with his best friend's wife (I was in 8th grade then) and my parents ...Expand for more