Question of the Week for Oct. 9, 2019
Published 11:32 am Wednesday, October 9, 2019
If you could talk to any person of the past, who would it be and what would you talk about?
— Robert Jackson: “My grandfather Homer Withrow. He passed away from colon cancer in April 1992. He was 59 and he didn’t get to see how any of his 7 Grandkids grew to be. He was involved in our lives until this illness robbed him of this opportunity. I’d love to update him on our lives and introduce him to our spouses and his great grandkids.”
— Allison Fuller: “My Nana! Just to tell her all the great things her great grand kids are doing, how life is going, and well just life! Love and miss her daily!”
— Pen Ray: “I would talk with my mom. We would talk more about her life and less about mine. I’d make videos of us laughing and joking like we used to. I’d take more pictures and show more compassion for her. We would talk about Heaven and all its glory. I’d show her pictures of her granddaughter she never got to meet and how big her grandson is. We would talk about everything I never got to say because we thought we had plenty of time.”
— Renee E. Wallace: “Fred Rogers, and I would get his take on current events.”
— Calloway Mills: “Jerry Garcia and we’d talk about music and life”
— Cora Heffner: “My grandparents. Like most kids, I didn’t pay enough attention or ask questions about family history and how they lived in the first half of the 20th century.”
— Becky Ford: “Mae West!! We could talk about anything! I would just want try to soak up some of her Swagger!! She was amazing!!”
— Daniel Combs: “Jimi Hendrix – I’d ask him why guitarists still can’t figure out how he did it?”
— Wanda Green: “Adolph Hitler. I want to talk with him as a child, teenager, young adult, and just prior to his campaign of murder and terror. What happened to cause a little innocent child turn into a demonic mass murder of millions of innocent children and adults? What happened and when? If we learn from history, maybe we can prevent it from happening again.”
— Brett Cheuvront: “Mother, talk about life and find out how she fried chicken, it was the best!”
— Joy Curtis: “Harriet Tubman. I’d like to ask her about slavery, how she helped people escape slavery, and what she thought about being caught helping people to freedom.”
— Amber Havens: “My Dad…he was always my go to person in anything i needed to do. Living life without him is rough.”
— Elizabeth Mae Lamb: “My mamaw Lela Mae Haynes Farmer she was the sweetest soul you would ever meet! Loved everyone she met and never judged anyone! She was a homemaker during the depression a navy wife and the best grandmother anyone could ask for! I’d love to speak to her just one more time!!!”
— W.j. Estes: “My husband. I would want to know what’s it like sitting before our Lord God having a conversation with Him, and seeing the angels and that beautiful city.”
— Martha Blevins: “My mother. To ask her if I could have been a better daughter to help her get through her struggles.”