{"id":961,"date":"2024-03-08T21:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T21:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/?p=961"},"modified":"2024-03-07T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:55:13","slug":"who-has-been-your-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/who-has-been-your-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has been your mentor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I ran across these photos the other day and they\u2019ve sent me scurrying down memory lane. Right around 31 years ago, I was preparing to go to my first Sigafoose Gathering. I say preparing, but mostly I was freaking out. I\u2019d heard Jim Sigafoose speak many times before at Parker Seminars, and he simultaneously inspired me and scared me schmootz-less.<\/p>\n

Because of his stage persona and what he had achieved in practice, he seemed so lofty, so magical, so unreachable. And even after a few years of attending the Gathering four times a year, we only had occasional, brief and awkward conversations, and he only knew me as \u201cTahoe.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was my daughter, Ari, who finally broke the ice, and helped begin a friendship between us all that lasted another nearly 20 years, until his passing. These photos may very well mark the actual moment, and so they are incredibly special to me.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Sig for being the most influential person in my life, other than Hillary. And thank you, Ari for being the most beautiful icebreaker and heart-melter I\u2019ve ever known.<\/p>\n

Who has been your mentor, your tour guide in the journey from head to heart?<\/p>\n

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I ran across these photos the other day and they\u2019ve sent me scurrying down memory lane. Right around 31 years ago, I was preparing to go to my first Sigafoose Gathering. I say preparing, but mostly I was freaking out. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-look-for-the-good"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}