I Wish I Could See | Mr. Lavi Greenspan

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[Music] My name is Lavie Greenspan. I grew up in Hillrest, Queens. I remember growing up how I used to ride my bike to Fresh Meadow, Queens, and there was like a park there. And I used to love just singing there by myself. I like the nature. I remember the parts of the trees. I remember the grass. I remember Friday night singing with my father, mother, my brother, and sister. I remember the bushes in front of my house, how beautiful they were. When I house, how beautiful they were. When I was 24 years old, they discovered I had a tumor and the tumor was right in on the pituitary gland near the optic nerve. And they told me I would need two operations to move the tumor. And after that, I needed some radiation. B Shashem was tremendously kind to me. I had no hair, lost, no nausea. And then in September 1997, I was driving on the highway and I cut a guy off. I went right in front of another car. I did not see the other car. I realized something was wrong with my eyesight. if I can't see a car on the other side of the highway and I thank Hashem daily that no one got killed, no one got injured and

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1. 0:00[Music] My name is Lavie Greenspan. I grew up in Hillrest, Queens. I remember growing up…
2. 0:30house, how beautiful they were. When I was 24 years old, they discovered I had a…
3. 1:00one got killed, no one got injured and no car got damaged. So I went to…
4. 1:30thank Hashem for being married, for having parents, for Hashem being my father. I thank Hashem…
5. 2:00parents have a jar of sucking candies on the dining room table. They used to have…
6. 2:30individual. Just think about what incredible present Shim gave you in seeing and how it should…
7. 3:00card that I could see still. >> I'm just joking.…

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