Rome was the last stop on our Italy trip. Sandra, our tour guide, led us to the top of the Palatine Hill, where legend has it the twins Romulus and Remus were kept alive by a she-wolf after being abandoned by their mother. Romulus later founded the city of Rome on that hill, and excavations have determined that people have lived there since 1000 B.C.
As we reached the top of the hill and looked down at the remains of the Forum on one side and Circus Maximus on the other, Sandra said, “The history of Rome is this: if you dig, you will find something.”
She meant, of course, that digging in Rome means finding, say, the ruins of an ancient temple or an arch some emperor had constructed and named after himself. In fact, it’s extremely difficult for Rome to add new subway routes because digging almost always uncovers an ancient ruin that must be preserved.
If you dig, you will find something. Those words are true about a lot more than just the city of Rome.
Take, for instance, good old John Edwards. His mistress, Rielle Hunter, was pregnant with his child while he was posing with his wife at Wendy’s and making a big hooha over his 30th wedding anniversary. A tabloid dug and, by golly, found something.
(And for the record, I love how Ms. Hunter told Oprah yesterday that she trusts John Edwards. She’s special, you see. He would never cheat on her.)
In fact, I'll bet Elizabeth Edwards, Sandra Bullock, Elin Woods, Shawn Southwick (the girl married to Larry King, himself an ancient ruin), and Tiki Barber's wife all wish they'd done some digging before the tabloids did.
Several years ago, my teenage daughter came into my bedroom and told me she’d found evidence her father was cheating on me. Then she crossed her arms over her chest and, with eyebrows raised, said, “How much more are you going to take?”
See, I already suspected he was cheating. I just didn’t want to know. But when your daughter thinks you need to get out, it’s time to do some digging.
So I dug. And of course I found something. It wasn't the Arch of Constantine, but I found the email of Niedra and the airline ticket of Delta and the “three new flirts” confirmation of his AdultFriendFinder account.
Thanks for your post Sandi...And hopefully with your help and advice along with the advice of others(including my own family members), maybe I will one day be able to hopefully avoid the heartache that you and many other people I've known have had to go through....nonetheless, even if I never marry, I still LOVE your posts! Keep em' coming!! :) PamL.
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