The Vanity Fair 'style' Interviews
- Captain Evelyn Clark
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Eating chocolate cake and drinking peppermint tea while
surrounded by my family.
What is your greatest fear?
That Tim will die (or leave me!) and I will have to raise
the kids alone. I was raised by a single mother, so I know how
hard that is.
What living person do you most admire?
Tim (that's why I married him!).
With which historical figure do you most identify?
Mother Teresa (I'm trying to keep plugging away whether I
hear from God or not, too).
What is the trait you deplore most in others?
Dishonesty, in all its forms.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Spending time on the computer. Spending money on food.
What is your favourite journey?
Home to Estonia.
What do you consider the most over-rated virtue?
Having a clean house.
What talent would you most like to have?
Playing the piano.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it
be?
Less proud, more humble -- in the way I treat others, not
in the way I think of myself.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being totally, utterly, completely alone -- without God or
another human being to love and be loved by.
What is your most treasured possession?
The "fuzzy blanket" that my mother gave me 25 years ago.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Know-it-all, thinking I'm never wrong (and usually being
proved right!).
Who are your favourite writers?
I'll stick to the area of parenting books: William &
Martha Sears, Kevin Leman, Ross Campbell, Dave & Claudia Arp.
Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Mrs. Weasley.
Who are your heroes in real life?
The Ryans and others who have served cross-culturally in
the incarnational way of speaking the local language, etc.
What is your motto?
"to be anything or nothing, go anywhere or stay anywhere,
for Jesus"
(Helps to Holiness, Brengle)
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