Role Model.

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Welcome to "the engines of my love," a regular review of why I love you, Martha Ellyn Sharp Nelson, and no other woman.

I love you because you were my motivation to get involved in PAIRS, and PAIRS is helping me realize how complex we are as individuals. As an example, there was an exercise last Monday to write down our role models, with descriptive adjectives and remarks. My notes on my role models, as I defined them in a working session, are included below for your amusement.

Descriptive Adjectives		Identifying Names		Remarks
Hero. Problem Solver. Explorer.		John Carter of Mars		Read entire 11 book series in the 5th grade.
Self-reliant. Self-control. Adventurous. Loved nature.		Tarzan		Read entire 23 book series in 5th and 6th grade.
Lonely philosophyer. Nature lover. Contemplation. Solitude.		Henry David Thoreau		Visited Walden Pond two times. Read book and listened to tape dozens of times.
Miracle worker. Rescurer.		Superman		Read the comics. Watched the TV series as a child and as an adult.
Martyr. Articulate. Self-sacraficing. Judgemental Zealot.		John the Baptist		At Landmark I was the lone voice crying in the wilderness.
Trusting. Innocent.		Little Red Riding Hood		I always expect the best.
Dreamer. Not in reality.		Don Quixote, The Man of La Mancha		Sunday, June 1st, I had the mirrors, today I still see Dolsonea.
Writer. Poet. Philosopher.		Milton.		Prime Words is my long all encompasing poem like Paradise Lost.
Scientist. Seeker of truth. Perfectionist.		Marie Curie		I am a geologist or scientist at heart trying to change the world with my ELDO: Prime Words.
Driven. Domineering. Colonizer. Religious Zealot.		Brigham Young		The Walden 3-D vision is not unlike the colonization of the intermountain west.

This Monday's PAIRS class is a Role Model Party. One single lady and one couple were assigned to contact other members of the class and to have them play the role of their heros, ideals, icons, or whatever you call them. I am going to be Santa Clause for the single girl, and Beethoven for the married man. As I think of all of the times we played Charades, I wish you were going to be with me. You have always been the life of the party, something I envied and lived vicariously through you. I am interested to know your reaction to my selection of Role Models, and like all of these Lovelets am not anticipating or expecting a response. They are sent with the hope you can learn more about me, I can express things I have learned about you and our relationship, and, frankly, my dear, because I do still give a damn and because I love you.

I'm interested in sharing why I love you. I know how important the written word is to you, and if you ever feel neglected, ignored, or unloved, and would like an up-to-date bound copy of these lovelets or any subset of these lovelets for any purpose you might have come to mind, please tell me or e-mail your request to rnelson@walden3d.com with the request 'lovelet update.'

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Copyright © 1997 H. Roice Nelson, Jr.