Another great conversation, Fern and Joe. Thank you. I love Joey's response about heaven. Yes, we all want to believe there is something else, somewhere else.
"Little white lies" are said to grease the skids of society and lubricate rough spots. Maybe, but I long ago lost the capacity to remember who I told what so now it is all raw and grinding. Sorry.
I remember plagarizing something in order to get a Girl Scout badge. I believe it was a poetry badge, which required writing an original limerick, haiku, sonnet and on and on. Mine were all VERY original except for one. I was terribly humiliated, and never did it again. My Scout leader told me she wasn't mad, just very disappointed in 9-year-old Cynthia.
Another great conversation, Fern and Joe. Thank you. I love Joey's response about heaven. Yes, we all want to believe there is something else, somewhere else.
"Little white lies" are said to grease the skids of society and lubricate rough spots. Maybe, but I long ago lost the capacity to remember who I told what so now it is all raw and grinding. Sorry.
Great column. Thought-provoking.
I remember plagarizing something in order to get a Girl Scout badge. I believe it was a poetry badge, which required writing an original limerick, haiku, sonnet and on and on. Mine were all VERY original except for one. I was terribly humiliated, and never did it again. My Scout leader told me she wasn't mad, just very disappointed in 9-year-old Cynthia.