Everyone who is anyone on the Internet seems to be doing Vanity Fair’s The Proust Questionnaire inspired by my lovely friend Finn, who reminds me of JackieO. but with way more class.  Even when she dresses like one of the People of WalMart.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A quiet mind.

What is your greatest fear?
Outliving my kids.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
The need for complete and total acceptance from every single person I meet.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
The inability to completely and totally accept the power of my awesomeness.  Heh.  No, actually, cruelty.

On what occasion do you lie?
When I have to protect someone else, often from themselves.

What is your greatest extravagance?
My hair.

What is your current state of mind?
Brewing.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Integrity.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Integrity.  (And I find it interesting that the expectation in this questionnaire is that I should have a different standard for men than I do women).

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Really.  Obviously.  Clearly.  Actually.  Unfortunately.  Dude.  Whatever.  Totally.

When and where were you happiest?
Florida Hospital, Winter Park, two separate beautiful days in the same summer month of  2005 & 2009

Who are your favorite writers?
The ones that write about truth, love and hope.  And Harry Potter.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Singing.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
I’d have them learn humility.  And then have them worship me.

If you died and came back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Come back?!  Are you kidding??  Like it wasn’t hard enough the first time around?!

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My weight.

Where would you like to live?
Washington, D.C.

What is your most treasured possession?
I find that once you treasure a possession that you become it’s possession.  So, no, thanks.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Stupidity.

What do you most value in your friends?
Sincerity.

What are your favorite names?
Nuha and Yusuf.  (Gasp!!)

What is it that you most dislike?
Cruelty

What is your greatest regret?
That when I was in my 20’s I let other people tell me who I was until I became something that I wasn’t.

How would you like to die?
In faith.

What is your motto?
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ~Mother Teresa