Private Kenne L. Turner, St. John’s Acadamy Military In Wisconsin (Winter, 1927)
Who Was He?
Determining one’s own identity can, and often is, a lifelong process since the world is constantly
changing and needs, satisfactions, values, and expectations continue to evolve. Assuming this,
seeking the true identity of a parent can be daunting. Therefore, I remind myself daily that individual
and universal meaning is about gathering information, not to repress or overlook a single phenomenon.
To do so, we set up preferences, creating false expectations, therefore dooming ourselves to
ignorance or at least to a prison of doubt.
We may arrive at an answer that his identity is forever in process and that, at this moment, he is
more in the future than anything he was in the past. Therefore, our best answer to his identity is no
particular answer but stands open to reality. This is the true void to which we must ultimately come.
— kenne
Thank you, Kenne, for the beautiful tribute to your father!
Joanna
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