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| 1.Q |
Tell me
about the first time you remember being thrilled. |
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| 1.A |
I think
the first time I was thrilled was when I was 5 and put on roller-skates
that took off by themselves because the house slanted. Scary
too. |
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| 2.Q |
What’s the slightest thing
to have thrilled you? |
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| 2.A |
Fixing
a hole in the floor by myself after years of not being able
to do much for myself. |
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| 3.Q |
What’s the most frightening
yet thrilling thing you’ve done? |
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| 3.A |
Walking
3000 miles and at 60 painting a house for the first time. It
is a two-story house with attic. There I was with long green
skirt, a tee shirt, barefooted and painting the attic part. |
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| 4.Q |
Tell me
why you’re not completely sensible. |
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| 4.A |
It would
be too much trouble to be sensible. I prefer relaxed and doing
things my way. |
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| 5.Q |
What’s
the most uninhibited thing you’ve ever done? |
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| 5.A |
When raising
the kids I hauled cordwood in the buff for our wood stove. We
lived in the north woods without electricity or running water. |
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| 6.Q |
What have
you considered doing for pleasure but were too concerned about
the risks? |
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| 7.Q |
Describe
the event in one sentence (there’s time to expand later) |
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| 7.A |
Home birthing
my baby. |
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| 8.Q |
Tell me
a bit about yourself around this time. |
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| 8.A |
I had had
two sons who had died with hospitals and doctors. Then I had
one son where the doctor didn't show up at the hospital until
after the baby was born. So my first daughter I had at home
right after watching a Shirley Temple movie and during the news.
Serena Kristmas was born weighing 4 1/2 pounds. Good nest cuddled
up to mom watching over her. |
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| 9.Q |
List the
sequence of events leading up to your thrill. Try to remember
how you felt at each stage. The smallest detail could be important
(this is your chance to expand). |
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| 9.A |
Remembering
how I felt at each stage is exactly what I don't want to do.
The thrill is in the memory, even better since we don't clearly
remember the fear and pain. But I do remember my 16-month-old
baby coming over and laying his head next to mine every time
I moaned. Best pain pill there is is love. |
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| 10.Q |
What were
your thoughts and feelings at the precise moment of thrill? |
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| 10.A |
Shear
ecstasy when you hold the new babe in your arms for the first
time. No words can describe the overwhelming joy. This is
heaven. Father shared the joy, as he was the midwife.
It was so good we did it again with our second girl only
this time I was standing up. Standing is the only way. Less
pain and gravity can do the work. |
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| 11.Q |
What did
you do afterwards? |
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| 11.A |
Smiled,
nursed and slept for weeks while my 16-month waited on me by
bringing me the diapers and food that my husband fixed and left
in the refrigerator. |
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| 12.Q |
What were
the risks? |
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| 12.A |
There are
few risks and we lived only 6 blocks from a hospital. The worst
is death and having lost 2 boys it was a scary time with each
child no matter where I would have been. |
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| 13.Q |
What did
you imagine other people thought of you during and after the
event? |
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| 13.A |
I have
never really cared what other people thought. I have always
been eccentric and done my own thing. Like wearing pink and
red to school. Back in my day red and pink together was a NO
NO. |
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| 14.Q |
How often
do you think about the event, and why? |
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| 14.A |
I have
4 wonderful children to keep me reminded. They were easy to
raise and I am proud of them. I guess one thrill would be that
my oldest son had been diagnosed with Autism and he graduated
Suma Cum Laude. I home schooled the kids until they were well
ahead of the school system. |
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| 15.Q |
Some people
probably don’t understand how such a thing can thrill
you; explain it to them. |
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| 15.A |
Life is
thrilling. Raising children is a joy. Mine or anyone’s
kids would do. To have children and raise them is to see the
world from many untainted views. |
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| 16.Q |
What three
changes could have made the experience better, and why? |
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| 16.A |
There is
not one thing that could make life any better. Now. For years
it was a difficult life. Children made it better and easier
to live through until I matured and could do it on my own. Where
else can you get such undemanding demanding pure untainted love? |
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Is there
anything you want to add? |
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Yes. Thank
you. I wish to hear from you on how your project turns out and
my question to you is what subjects are you taking? What are
you going to be doing after College? Why did you choose that
line? |
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