Growing up my son was a save-the-world-fanatic and my daughter shared my adoration for Robert Downey Jr.
In a recent TV interview, the World War II veteran shared his adoration for the pop star and talked about her concerts he had attended in St .Louis and Memphis, Tenn., expressing his hope to see her one more time.
And although I don't say it out loud, I feel equally baffled when adults are really faddy eaters or don't share my adoration of a particularly tasty morsel.
Making light of the sudden viral trend of #Milifandom, which sees teenage girls sharing their adoration of the puppy-eyed Labour leader with One Direction-style levels of dedication, they decided to give the other leaders a go by Photoshopping their heads onto famous people's bodies.
When friends who shared a mutual adoration for Huell informed me that he had died, I immediately watched dozens of videos uploaded by fans on YouTube of his travels.
While he said dystopian novels are "wonderful for publishing," the children's horror author doesn't share the same adoration.
All told, I do not share in the adoration of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta because he set Kenya along its current path of tribal animus, endemic corruption and impunity.
But on Tuesday, the most powerful people in the world sat with some of the least powerful — men, women and children struggling to survive — and for one rainy afternoon they shared something in common: their adoration for Nelson Mandela.
As I watched an intimate scene between father and son bonding over a shared experience, making popcorn, my adoration for live theatre was renewed.
January 2 2013 January 6 201313 Through Jan . 6 Chris Botti, the pop-jazz trumpeter who recently shared the stage with Barbra Streisand, can now bask in the adoration of his own fans as he continues a three-week engagement.
