Kelly trained with me in the authentic
Lotte Berk technique and opened her own studio in California last year.
Recently she suggested I write a blog as her students were so interested in
Lotte, her life and her sex life. Sex, sex, sex. Yes, there was a lot of it. In
my teens I was amazed that I had not turned to prostitution as a career, but
happily I must have been about 12 when mother decided I was old enough for her
to tell all. Well I wasn’t and as a role model it didn’t work for me.
I squirmed with embarrassment and
discomfort. One day, rather bravely and brazenly I actually accused her of
being a prostitute. Well, there is no need for me to explain her huge reaction.
First was the deadly silence, then the aftermath. I even made it worse by
asking my uncle Frank and his wife, also called Esther, to adopt me. I can’t
imagine how my mother felt. No wonder she thought I was a difficult child. Now,
in my mature years, I am rather pleased to have had such an eccentric
upbringing. It held me in a good place for all my life lessons.
So, thanks mother.
