tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684450312853347920.post1432256908716119086..comments2023-08-12T01:11:06.790-07:00Comments on A Stitching Time: Reading and BeadingKatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12052803143157458386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684450312853347920.post-86131679329543788882010-06-13T09:36:11.336-07:002010-06-13T09:36:11.336-07:00Hi Daniel,
Thank you for your comment. I am still ...Hi Daniel,<br />Thank you for your comment. I am still thinking about the story; it will take some time to think it through. Another idea that struck me - how dismissable and unimportant the rigid rules of society are in real life. I am thinking about Laila,when she chooses to marry Rasheed to save her unborn child:"...Laila already knew the sacrifices a mother had to make. Virtue was only the first." Often the right thing to do by society and the right thing to do by one's conscience contradict each other. <br />Thank you for your response again, and for inspiring my mind this morning.Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052803143157458386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6684450312853347920.post-59601431528873645032010-06-13T02:09:41.591-07:002010-06-13T02:09:41.591-07:00Hi Katya,
I agree; A Thousand Splendid Suns is so...Hi Katya,<br /><br />I agree; A Thousand Splendid Suns is so powerful, so very tragic. <br /><br />I read it last year and thought about the story for weeks.<br /><br />That humans in their selfish nationalism, ethnocentrism, and religion cause such untold suffering is beyond understanding.<br /><br />Thankfully we can reach out to children in need and help them.<br />Have you read Three Cups of Tea, also set in Afghanistan? What one person is doing to help not destroy.<br /><br />In the Light,<br /><br />DanielDaniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.com