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If you could meet one person (current or past) Who would it be and why? The number ONE which is stipulated in this query makes things very difficult for me. There are so many people who I feel have been so influential in different ways. For example, those involved in women's rights, human rights, child rights etc. What about my Cherokee ancestors? And, there are local, unsung heroes, now and in the past, locally and all over the world. How to make the decision!!! PLUS, there are so many handsome men through time .......... I don't want to BE with them - I just want to look at them, in person, and consider them. For example, Clark Gable. It doesn't matter what his reputation is, I'd like to have heard his perspective on life from him. And, Marilyn Monroe? And, my hero, Albert Einstein. SO, I have to return to this thread to answer my own question because there is so much to consider. In the mean time, who is that ONE person for you and why? |
Okay...I think I'm going to choose. BUT, I want you to know and suffer with me: this is/was a VERY tough decision for me, lol!!! SOooooo many people I could think of! But I'm going with: Leonardo da Vinci -- bc his brain just makes me go what the _____? It absolutely mystifies me. He was (list from Wiki) an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. I mean REALLY??? It almost makes me a little mad that so much talent was given to one person, lol! |
Mark Twain is top of my list.... |
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I DID see that special on PBS!!! It was fabulous!! I recorded it for my "video library"....I enjoy watching it again at intervals! |
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We sometimes have the conversation - choose 4 people to sit round the table and have dinner with us...who would you choose? It changes regularly - now I'm going to have to have a little re-think...:) |
Ok, so I thought about it and my answer surprised me. If I could meet anyone, it would be the younger version of my mom because I'd want to shield her from some of the things she'd gone through, teach her coping skills and build her self-esteem so that she could blossom into a woman of self-assurance, self-worth and intellect. I wouldn't want to change her personality or the things which make her uniquely her. I just think that I'd like to have the opportunity to mentor her - to teach her coping skills, for example, before she was left to deal with things from a juvenile point of view. Maybe then, she'd appreciate life more and realize how much she is appreciated by others. I really thought I'd say Albert Einstein or Vivien Leigh - go figure! |
Mine has always been Walter Elias Disney |
My great grandmother. I've just always wanted to meet her after seeing her picture at my grandma's house. |
Without a doubt I would want to meet my late husband who passed away exactly six years ago today. If only I could have one more day to tell him how much I love him, and how grateful I am for all he has done for me, and that I am ok. I also long for the reassurance that he is ok too and watching over us, and I'd expect him to tell me what it's like in heaven, because I am sure that is where he is. |
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Current or past? Hmmmm.... Why stop there? I want to meet someone from the future - the far future - say 500 yrs from now - preferably not human. I think I would want to meet the poet Blake, if it is past I am considering. And in the current the Dali Lama |
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Beyond that wish, I would love to meet Amelia Earhart and talk about her flying experiences, her love life, and to know what exactly happened to her in the end. I have a private pilot's license and had my own Cessna 182 airplane when we lived in Arizona and I have always been fascinated with women in aviation. |
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This is interesting!!!! All of these posts are interesting!!!! I thought, earlier, what about a younger version of yourself? What would you tell yourself if you had the chance and would you even listen? I'd like to think I would but I'm not 100% sure.... |
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At first I was thinking my grandmother as long as I could bring my daughter along... but then I remembered I have been living in sin for 9 years and have a child out of wedlock... soooo maybe I had better just let Teagan meet great grandma on her on :p |
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WEll I am pretty sure I wouldn't, I was pretty headstrong in my teens early twenties. And the one thing Im sure about now is if I had listened I sure would not have had the life I have now..... |
probably my paternal grandfather, my mom always spoke about him like he was larger than life. He was a NYC police detective in the 1920's and beyond, Gangsters, prohibition, flappers and all that fun stuff...... He even played pro baseball before she was born. |
Leonardo da Vinci -- great choice. Probably would blow my mind. :D Ben Franklin would be on my list. Quote:
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I would like to meet with many of my loved ones again and believe one day I will, but someone I have never met would be Abraham Lincoln. |
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There are actually 2 people that I would give anything to meet. First, I would like to meet my birth father. The adoption is more like a Lifetime MiniSeries and there are so many questions that are a mystery since he is no longer here. The second person would be my birth mom when she was in her very early 20's. She is still alive but now has dementia and is unable to tell me the stories that her and my father kept secret from everyone. Most of the things that I do know have come from conversations with her several years ago and those memories have since slipped away. They were secrets that she shared with no one but was able to share with me one very lucid afternoon when I went to visit her in the nursing home. :( |
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Ann, I am so sorry you lost your Mom so young. My heart goes out to you... that is really hard to take. |
Kristin and Lisa, I am so sorry for both of you too, in losing your Moms so young. I cannot even imagine how painful that must have been even through the years. Big hugs to you both, and to Ann. |
Sandy I had no idea about your loss, sounds like he was a wonderful guy, thinking of you and sending you prayers as Valentines day approaches |
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