Sita Walker

And I feel like you're going to love me less, but I just have to tell you that I don't believe anymore.

We were sitting down on the couch and I was teary at this stage.

And he said, my precious treasure, Baha'is believe that a person's faith is conditioned by no one but themselves.

It is not my business.

It's your business, what you believe.

And he said, and I will always love you, my darling, no matter what you do.

And I was very upset at that point, so he gave me his handkerchief, which was always very neatly folded and ironed and in his top pocket.

Upset?

Not upset.

I just felt emotional and...

because it had been such a difficult thing to say and then relieved that he had been so generous about it.

But I know that it would have been difficult for him to hear.

Oh, look, I'm sure the man's tried.

I'm sure he's tried his darndest, but it's very hard to get Fari to be anything other than Fari.

I wanted to be an artist of some sort.

I really loved musical theatre.

I loved music.

When I was in grade seven at Toowoomba East State School, it was my dream to be the majorette of the Toowoomba East State School Marching Fife Band, which was bestowed upon me.

They bestowed the mace upon me.

If I'd known that, that would have been an introduction.