What a wonderful story about your parents. So many of us have unanswered questions about our families. When we are young , we are preoccupied with frivolity and never bothered to ask and now that we are older , we so desperately what to know the answers to our important questions but have no one to ask.
You took us back in time and deeper into the Catholic religion's prerequisites for marriage. I'm sure your research provided much insight and satisfaction in seeing your father's writing and learning of their time and connections in Mobile, Alabama. Wonderful!
But your post on the Administration's covert/overt plan to take us back to women relegated to staying at home and not contributing to our country's workforce, let alone every aspect of development in every field imaginable, just shows how misogynistic, how manipulative, how insidious and how misguided, to put it mildly this Project for absolute hegemony is.
My biological father vanished in 1949. A friend named Larry Corbett in Watertown discovered for me online in 2000 that my Dad had been dead in Texas since the '80s. I probably have siblings out there. Mom & I were homeless in 1950 when I was 5, & she had 2 more marriages by the time I was 10. Mom said I had a cerebral birth accident, convulsions & water on the brain. Army MDs in Georgia (during the Battle of the Bulge when Army MDs were very busy) said if I lived (50/50 odds), I'd never walk, work, play sports, or serve in the military. So I played a little semipro football right after the Navy. F__k 'em if they can't take a joke. Marriage, a master's on the GI Bill, kids & a long career followed. Mom died @ 82 after my first retirement. Then a woman I never heard of, called to say she's my sister, born 9 months after me & given up for adoption. We met, & I told my 4 younger siblings that she's either our sister or Mom faked her death & went to a spa. She's been in my life ever since. Living well is the best revenge.
Wow! Your visit to Mobile, Alabama to track down details of your parents' marriage is the best family history story I've read in a long time! Good for the Mobile clergy, and good for the Zoghbys.
That's a wonderful story.
Genuinely enjoyed the read.
What a great story! Glad you were able to go to the place they were married. Great story for your grandchildren down the road. 😊
So many know so little of their parent’s story. Thanks for sharing this.
How nice you found love letters from your Father to your Mother and happy you were able to visit where they were married. Very sweet.
What a wonderful story about your parents. So many of us have unanswered questions about our families. When we are young , we are preoccupied with frivolity and never bothered to ask and now that we are older , we so desperately what to know the answers to our important questions but have no one to ask.
A heartwarming story. So fortunate to uncover more of your family history.
You took us back in time and deeper into the Catholic religion's prerequisites for marriage. I'm sure your research provided much insight and satisfaction in seeing your father's writing and learning of their time and connections in Mobile, Alabama. Wonderful!
But your post on the Administration's covert/overt plan to take us back to women relegated to staying at home and not contributing to our country's workforce, let alone every aspect of development in every field imaginable, just shows how misogynistic, how manipulative, how insidious and how misguided, to put it mildly this Project for absolute hegemony is.
My biological father vanished in 1949. A friend named Larry Corbett in Watertown discovered for me online in 2000 that my Dad had been dead in Texas since the '80s. I probably have siblings out there. Mom & I were homeless in 1950 when I was 5, & she had 2 more marriages by the time I was 10. Mom said I had a cerebral birth accident, convulsions & water on the brain. Army MDs in Georgia (during the Battle of the Bulge when Army MDs were very busy) said if I lived (50/50 odds), I'd never walk, work, play sports, or serve in the military. So I played a little semipro football right after the Navy. F__k 'em if they can't take a joke. Marriage, a master's on the GI Bill, kids & a long career followed. Mom died @ 82 after my first retirement. Then a woman I never heard of, called to say she's my sister, born 9 months after me & given up for adoption. We met, & I told my 4 younger siblings that she's either our sister or Mom faked her death & went to a spa. She's been in my life ever since. Living well is the best revenge.
And your Navy “Can Do” spirit is a beacon of Light to Sacket Harbor and far beyond…
May you always have “Fair Winds and a Following Sea…” ⚓️ 🌊 as the old Navy slogan goes.
Good for you! And yeah, best revenge.
Must be RFK jr got his autism information from one of those "army mds"!
He certainly refrained from doing any actual research.
Wow! Your visit to Mobile, Alabama to track down details of your parents' marriage is the best family history story I've read in a long time! Good for the Mobile clergy, and good for the Zoghbys.
What a beautiful love story. I couldn't stop reading it. thanks for sharing!