Originally posted by Zeal Ex Nihilo
Now, now, I'm sure your parents were very nice people overall.
sure, they worked for the UN in Africa b/4 I was born, and had their daughter (my middle sister) born in Zaire. I would think that they were nice ppl in a general sense. My dad was a professor at a university in Congo/Zaire and my mom was a school teacher. And my mom lived a frugal life just to donate her monies to other places. Her family name was such that she didn't have to do that. So yeah, they were good overall b/c they didn't have to live so cheaply (esp. with children), just to help ppl that they don't know. My dad had his law degree (finished it in France) and speaks 3-4 languages and knows written Latin...and my mom was a nurse, she didn't have to go to Africa neither did my dad. They put their careers into something that wasn't paying a lot... and continued to give and help after having children.