{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What serves the love?","description":"When Tembi Locke was in her twenties she left a letter in a drawer at a coffee shop that read: "I want to live a life of love and companionship." Her heart-expanding memoir and Netflix series, From Scratch, encapsulates its manifestation across three love stories: With her late husband Saro, daughter Zoela, and mother-in-law, Nonna. From Scratch begins with Tembi landing in Italy for a semester abroad, where she\u2019d soon run into Saro on the streets of Florence. The more I reflected on the book, the more its true gift revealed itself. Their family\u2019s journey navigating life\u2019s great questions \u2014 on love and loss, forgiveness and reconciliation \u2014 isn\u2019t solely an exploration of the answers. It\u2019s an embodiment of them. We see it in Tembi\u2019s conviction reconciling Saro and his family, after their marriage separated them. In his mother and sister\u2019s bravery answering their invitation in a traditional culture. Then, in their family\u2019s choice to begin anew, rather than relive the past. Throughout, we witness Tembi and Saro\u2019s choice to live fully, despite his devastating illness, and how it was his mother\u2019s love that carried her through his loss. Our conversation is an exploration of what matters most and how we may all embrace it. ","author_name":"33voices","author_url":"https:\/\/33voices.com","html":"