"The dreaded school run is a daily battle for most parents. Even once out of the door and at the school gates, feigned smiles and small talk with other haggard parents can be a mass performance. For Stuart Green, who spent years wrestling his young twins out of car seats and into coats, all the while keeping an eye on his eldest daughter, it was the small talk he dreaded."
"Green's wife, Mia Mascarinas-Green, was murdered nearly a decade ago in the Philippines when two gunmen unloaded close to 30 bullets into her family car. Her three children were in the back seat. The Filipina human and environmental rights lawyer had no chance. Nine bullets hit her head and neck. Somehow, the twins, who were less than two at the time, and their older sister, who was 10, escaped unharmed. The family nanny, also in the car, survived."
"Having settled back in the UK, Green has spent years worrying that he and his family would be defined by tragedy. And if someone is reduced to the top results from a Google search of their name, then Green might appear to be an eternally grieving father in shock. Now he is ready to retell his story exactly the way he wants to reframed from a negative light to a positive one."
Stuart Green endured the murder of his wife, Mia Mascarinas-Green, when two gunmen fired about 30 bullets into the family car in the Philippines while their three children sat in the back. Mia, a Filipina human and environmental rights lawyer, was fatally shot; the twins, under two, and their ten-year-old daughter escaped unharmed, as did the family nanny. After returning to the UK, Green worried the family would be defined solely by that tragedy and by search results that cast him as perpetually grieving. He reframed the family narrative toward positive meaning and developed practical guidance for navigating trauma, resilience and leadership in family and professional roles.
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