At the end of last April, my wife visited our daughter, who is pursuing her university studies in France. We were supposed to visit her together. However, I had to postpone my visit to a later date. What relieved me of the pain of my daughter\u2019s objection to this postponement was that we will meet, mid-summer, God willing, at her older brother\u2019s house. Will my other son meet us? Children are to live close to one another, both with us and after us. This is something superior to the interpretation of Gibran\u2019s saying \u201cyour children are not yours\u201d, which sets the children free, on earth, free from everything! Is Gibran responsible for this interpretation, is it his intention or influence, or is it Lebanon\u2019s incomprehensible policy? It is not wise to cover up the sick policies, that want our countries to be empty, with the words of the great ones. Our children are ours. My wife spent ten days in France. You should have seen her after she returned to us. Her eyes were more eloquent than everything left by the writers and their interpreters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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