Matt’s site has many letters and
comments on what the videos actually
mean to some of his fans. Two in
particular are particularly touching
and here are some excerpts.
I am 63 now and never met my real
mother who died when I was about three. But
I didn’t even know she existed until I was 22
when I discovered an odd name on my birth
certifi cate. 40 years later, my half-sister posted
me a photograph of my mother and for the fi rst
time I saw what she looked like. This evoked a
set of emotions within me that about two days
later inspired me to build a special website that I
would dedicate to her. I promised her in a letter
that I would immortalize her on the web and in
so doing would place on that site all the positive
things in the world to do with love and kindness
and humanness.
There are so many things to choose from.
But your video will be on the site among only
three others so far that I have collected. I will be
proud for my Mama to enjoy your very human
spirit from the comfort of her resting place.
Please may I thank you for the contribution you
will have made to my darling Mama.
Two years ago, my girlfriend told me she
wanted to travel around the world... At fi rst,
I was in shock, but I knew it was a long dream
she had. So as a good guy I told her: Go,
but I cannot go with you, I have some debts,
and my fi nancial situation is not very good at the
moment. Before leaving she told me we would
have a house and kids when she would be back.
She left on the 19th of September 2007,
She spent four months in India, then left for
the Philippines, where she spent another four
months learning scuba diving. She is now a
PADI Instructor. Her pictures are wonderful, we’ve
been calling each other each day since she left.
While she was in the Philippines, she and
I decided to meet each other in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. It was wonderful seeing her after 6
months.
Now her trip is coming to an end, and she
does not really want to come back, she said
she’s coming back only for me and she wants
us to go work somewhere in Central America
or anywhere else. Up until last night, I was in
shock. I appreciate the fact that she wants to
come back for me, but she does not want kids,
no house, nothing.. She just wants us to go see
the world.. No need to tell you that I was starting
to think I had waited for her for nothing because
her plans had changed.
But then, I came across your website, I saw
your 2008 video. I smiled, almost shed a tear and
for that brief period of time, I felt what she feels
on her side. That’s because of your story. As soon
as I am fi nished with this e-mail, I am calling her
to tell her I want to go see the world with her. You
made me realise that happiness is not behind a
desk writing programs or fi xing computers, coming
home, eat, sleep, rinse and repeat.
Cheers mate!
Matt's
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