May 10, 2007

• Inquiring Minds Want to Know

  Kowpatty asked me to answer the following questions, so, being the good daughter that I am, I must answer.

   

• If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
  This is such a tough question, because there are lots of places I'd like to travel yet. I want to take a European vacation, with stops in Scotland to visit my friend and adopted dad Sunnee, and to Germany to visit a friend John made during the eight years he lived there while in the Army. I am an Army brat and always felt a little gypped that I didn't get to go to Germany like most of my friends did, but then most of them didn't get to go to Japan like I did. But, if I had to choose only one place to visit, and had the money to pay for it, I would have to say it would be Australia. I've always had a fascination with Australia, and my husband has a desire to go there as well. Of course, we'd have to take my mom along with us, 'cause she's always wanted to go there as well. Plus, my husband, who speaks multiple languages, has informed me I must learn to speak the language of any country I want to visit, which means Australia would be one I'm already eligible to travel to, Ha!

 

• What do you want to pass on to your grandchildren?
  The knowledge of Jesus Christ and what he has done for us.
  
• If you could have dinner with any three people, living or dead, who would they be and why?
  Ronald Regan, when he still had a mind. I think he was a great man, kind and caring and full of moral character. Mary, mother of Jesus, just to talk about the struggle she had parenting God in the flesh. We have enough trouble with our own kids thinking they know it all. How hard would it have been with someone who did know it all? (Of course, I'm sure Jesus' knowledge was shrouded a bit when he was in human form, but still.) Eleanor Roosevelt, what a great lady she was. I think it would be fun to have a conversation with a strong woman from a period when being a strong woman was not looked upon favorably.
  
• Would you rather have been at the birth of Jesus or the dead of Jesus? Explain.
  These are tough questions. I want to say the birth of Jesus, because it would have been much sweeter and more pleasant, but then, few people understood the significance of it at the time. I mean, really, the wise men were not actually there at the birth, but then again, angels did announce it to the shepherds and it would have been really cool to see angels (I'm an avid angel fan). His death was so violent, and I'm sure it would have torn my heart out more to see it, and knowing the significance of it. I guess it would make a difference if I knew then what I know now. I guess after all that suppositioning, I'd have to say his birth.
  
• What do you want to be remembered for?
  Being kind and having a sense of humor. The fact that I'm getting moodier as I get older, I'm afraid that may not be what I'm remembered for, but that's what I'd like to be remembered for.