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Speak Out
'Spiritual' column presented a one-sided display of events
The opinion piece by Sandy Sims ("Philosophies Collide on Family Vacation") in the Aug. 9 issue of the The Sun is quite disturbing. I am very familiar with the person she claims lacks "spirituality" because he did not take a four-hour side trip while driving 1,600 miles in a 10-day period. The person she so flippantly described in her opinionated article is, in fact, a kind, considerate, compassionate and sensitive person who has and continues to tolerate many of Ms. Sims' personal idiosyncrasies.
She forgot to mention in her nearly slanderous piece, that it was her erstwhile traveling companion who had originally suggested the driving vacation in the first place. She also forgot to mention that she wanted to stop by lakes overnight and that did happen, twice.
Clearly she forgot to report that the side trip she mentioned she would like to take was prefaced with the comment, "It is your decision--I got to make the decision to take the 'Scenic Six Route.' I mean it, it is really up to you."
Within 10 minutes of not taking the turnoff for the four-hour side trip, the conversation became, as it has been described, "frosty." I understand the next day or so in the car the mood was quite somber and "perfunctory." It was only after visiting the Cedar Point resort area and seeing the tallest roller coaster in the world (310 feet) and stopping at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (where an excellent parking place was easily found, I am told), was the driver able to convince the spiritually enlightened Ms. Sims, that it had been a good vacation.
Although the piece was on the opinion page, it still needs to be factually correct. Besides, see if I buy her a present for our anniversary next year.
Phil Sims
San Jose
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Sunnyvale, California Since 1994
