VICARIOUS
The word; Vicarious Has
Latin Roots
If
you act in someone's stead, you take his or her place, at least
temporarily.
The
oldest meaning of vicarious,
which dates to the first half of the 1600s, is "serving instead
of someone or something else."
The
word vicarious derives
from the Latin noun vicis,
which means "change," "alternation," or
"stead."
Vicis is
also the source of the English prefix vice- (as
in "vice president"), meaning "one that takes the
place of."
In
literature, “vicarious” appears in many places. My
interpretation is “living as others” or believing that you are
someone you are not. Easy examples from my life are:
making friends with someone whose family I wish I belonged to
watching how they lived and loved
thinking about being like theme
acting like them in dress, words, actions,
staying in their homes as if I was their son,
trying hard to be accepted.
Real life examples include:
Bob
Fazzina’s father and mother,
George
Huggins mother and brothers,
Ralph
Puerta’s mother (my own DONNA REED)
Nelle’s
father, mother, and brothers
The only problem is that I have NEVER really felt accepted by anyone. In fact, due to the scars of BLAME (earlier post) I felt that I would be "found out" and then rejected.
Red and Martha Garofalo NEVER made me feel this way. They always accepted and even welcomed me into their family. It took me many years to believe this.
to
be continued
FTC
LB,ME
6/30/22