Drill Sgt. Dad
Fugitive Recovery Agent
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- Aug 29, 2005
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Atafan,
I was just joking....
I can attest that being Jewish in a predominantly Southern Baptist town is challenging at best... downright uncomfortable at worst.
Interestingly, i'm not particularly religious. I haven't been to synagogue since my Bar Mitzvah. But now that I have a son I want him to have the opportunity to learn his heritage and benefit from the moral lessons that religion teaches. (although I acknowledge that morals could be taught at home with or without religion).
In this town it would not be unlikely for a child to come home from preschool with a coloring-book page of Jesus. There is a church with not one, but three 50 foot-tall crosses. It is not uncommon to see folks praying before they eat at restaurants.
I realize the challenges of raising a Jewish child in this environment and, despite the lack of religion in my own life, I feel he will feel less exclusion if it is in his.
Forget my mother. I'M disappointed that I didn't become a doctor or lawyer. What was I thinking???
My bro is an attorney. He's a partner in a medium sized firm in Newport Beach. He works 14+ hours a day M-F, and many hours every weekend. Sure, he makes a very good living, but he's never home to enjoy any of it.
I'll take being a pilot and making 1/3 of what he does and enjoying my life.