(The Book of) Ruth 1:16 | Fried Green Tomatoes
Ruth quotes from The Book of Ruth (Bible, The Old Testament), and that brings back SO MANY memories.
I had a math teacher in high school named Ruth, whom I was madly in love with, so, for English class, I chose “The Book of Ruth” to make an essay of...naturally. Flash forward: I was digging around for my old King James after watching “Fried Green Tomatoes” and I’d forgotten I’d highlighted “The Book of Ruth” and had scribbled a note on the bottom:
“Call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.” (Ruth 1:20).
Whaddaya make of that? Anyway, as these stories go, Miss Ruth got married later that year, and I was devastated. HAHA. 🤣