Michael kept his bond with her even after he has grown up and gave her financial assistance, holding her for life. She also represented as a mother figure in his life, as shown in these accounts from Michael in 2002:"She helped me a lot because she always held my hand and lulls me to sleep. After the show I will always run into the room, we would read and have hot milk."Twists, Turns, Tricks, Heads To Coins: Head Counts Faces In Shadows, Heads To Tails, Dicks, Dawgs, Donkeys, Rites To Reasons. Tips.
"She always told me, 'the door is open'. We,we took care of her,Janet and I,until the day she died."
Michael said he did not know the age of his tutor because she preferred not to disclose. According to him, Rose Fine joked that when she retired, then only she will reveal to him her age. She remained with him until the end of the 70s, by which time he recorded the album "Off the Wall".Michael and Janet paid nurses and hospital care she needed.Paid also all expenses needed, for example, appliance repairs, electronics, everything that had to be done at her house they took care of.Twists, Turns, Tricks, Heads To Coins: Head Counts Faces In Shadows, Heads To Tails, Dicks, Dawgs, Donkeys, Rites To Reasons. Tips.
When her husband too got sick, Michael and Janet also took care of him and funded all his medical expenses because both he and Janet felt her as a mother and, therefore, thought they should take care everything of her as if they were taking care of one's mother.Twists, Turns, Tricks, Heads To Coins: Head Counts Faces In Shadows, Heads To Tails, Dicks, Dawgs, Donkeys, Rites To Reasons. Tips.
"She used to caress my face, she used to say I had beautiful hands. Now I realize what she meant because I do the same with my children, I caress their faces so because they are so sweet ..."
"She taught me a lot about Judaism, but i always felt bad for her because her son suffered a lot. He was a wonderful doctor and went to Harvard. He had a type of brain tumor.""She taught me Jewish culture and I will never forget this.When I was little, we landed in Germany and it was so quiet ... I asked, 'What is wrong Miss Fine?' You know when children can tell if there is something wrong with their mothers?"Twists, Turns, Tricks, Heads To Coins: Head Counts Faces In Shadows, Heads To Tails, Dicks, Dawgs, Donkeys, Rites To Reasons. Tips.
"She said: 'I do not like it.'"And I asked, 'Why?""She said: "A lot of people suffered here""That's when I learned about the concentration camps, through her, because I did not know anything about it." "I'll never forget that feeling. She said she felt cold there, she could feel.""That kind person! She taught me the wonderful words of books and reading. I would never be the same person if it was not for her. I owe a lot to her."
"She called me her son. Whenever we climbed on the plane and people saw black boys with a black father and this white Jewish lady with us, people stopped her to ask:""Who are you?""She replied, 'I am the mother'. She always answered them and let her pass.""Sweet story. She was special, I needed her.""I think I learned that from her. I saw and experienced it. No matter the blood, race, creed, color,love is love and it breaks all barriers"."She was more than a tutor and I was so angry with myself because when she died I was far, far away. I could not get there."Twists, Turns, Tricks, Heads To Coins: Head Counts Faces In Shadows, Heads To Tails, Dicks, Dawgs, Donkeys, Rites To Reasons. Tips.
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