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Talk Tuesday: Scars, Food and Conversation, Parents

Tuesday, May 8. 2017

Happy Teachers' Day 2017

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"  prompt for DAY 1152
“You don't pity a warrior for her scars, because scars are proof of survival and victory.” Chloe Jacobs, Greta and the Lost Army What do you think scars are and how many kinds of them exist?

Scars

Silent witnesses to survival;
Carotid deep slashes to the mind and soul;
Awards of victory over love's betrayal;
Reveals strength in the battle of life;
Silent witnesses to survival!

The Talk Tuesday prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 
Rather than the tired, boring "which famous person would you like to have dinner with" prompt, let's change it around a little...Which famous (but also non-chef and non-domestically focused individual) would you most like to prepare you a meal? Why that person, and what would you make them cook you? They will not be eating with you, but you will have to tell them what you think of the food.

Food and Conversation

Who would I most like to prepare me a meal? Tahirih one of the Bab's first eighteen disciples (called Letter of the Living).1 What would I like her to fix for me to eat? Whatever Persian dish she enjoyed cooking. The conversation would concern her experiences as a follower of the Bab. We would also discuss her poetry. I would also ask her about some of the early women believers she knew.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for DAY 1636
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. Think back to an embarrassing parent-child event from your past. Did the incident have further repercussions afterward? What does the situation reveal about your specific parent-child relationship?

Parents

I suppose the biggest embarrassment for me was my parents divorce. Most of the people I went to school with lived in two parent households. Their mothers stayed home while their fathers went to work six or seven days a week. I knew only one other person whose parents were divorced. Both of our mothers work as waitresses which many of the "cool kids" considered a bad occupation. They and their parents like to go out to restaurants to eat, but they didn't like to socialize with waitresses or their children.

What did this teach me about the parent-child relationship? It taught me that, in most cases, a mother's loved is unconditional and she will do anything to help her children survive and prosper. It also taught me, by the way some of my classmates acted towards me, that prejudice is a learned and many times passed from parent to child.

Footnotes
1  http://bahaiteachings.org/tahirih-great-emancipator-middle-eastern-women