My Friend Marge
Learning the Mexican life41 total reviews
Comment from ExperiencingLiphe
I'm happy to hear that you are in contact again. I'm glad that she opened your eyes to a new friendship and I'm sure you made a huge impact with her as well. True friends are hard to find. Sounds like she's a true friend.
reply by the author on 20-May-2017
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I'm happy to hear that you are in contact again. I'm glad that she opened your eyes to a new friendship and I'm sure you made a huge impact with her as well. True friends are hard to find. Sounds like she's a true friend.
Comment Written 19-May-2017
reply by the author on 20-May-2017
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Thank you. Yep, Marge is a forever friend. We lost track of one another for a while but have connected again. It's almost the same as it was all those years ago.
Comment from F. Wehr3
Thanks for sharing your experience. I enjoyed your story and thought it had a good moral. Best of luck in the contest.
The day after the new family arrived; I sat in the shade of our snowball bush reading comics while I enjoyed few moments of peace.--Suggest no semi-colon. It's a clause, comma instead.
One year Marge invited me to stay with them so I could attend a Mexican fiesta with her family. --Suggest a comma before so, your conjunction.
Take care,
Russell
reply by the author on 20-May-2017
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I enjoyed your story and thought it had a good moral. Best of luck in the contest.
The day after the new family arrived; I sat in the shade of our snowball bush reading comics while I enjoyed few moments of peace.--Suggest no semi-colon. It's a clause, comma instead.
One year Marge invited me to stay with them so I could attend a Mexican fiesta with her family. --Suggest a comma before so, your conjunction.
Take care,
Russell
Comment Written 19-May-2017
reply by the author on 20-May-2017
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Thank you. The semi-colon was a boo-boo, glad you spotted it for me. I will edit and correct. I love you reviewers who take the time to be honest and point out errors.
Comment from Halfree
Liked this very much, good tender story. Then why not 5 stars? Well, the last paragraph seemed, to me, a bit stilted. Last paragraph, second sentnce, No need to say something about learning...that fact is evident as the story unfolds. The bit about hired hands needed to run the farm...not sure if that is needed. Ok l. might be way out in left field.. did like this story.
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Liked this very much, good tender story. Then why not 5 stars? Well, the last paragraph seemed, to me, a bit stilted. Last paragraph, second sentnce, No need to say something about learning...that fact is evident as the story unfolds. The bit about hired hands needed to run the farm...not sure if that is needed. Ok l. might be way out in left field.. did like this story.
Comment Written 19-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for taking the time to read and the good honest review. I will look at that last paragraph again.
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Good story worth the effort
Comment from valmay
A lovely story, enhanced by your revelation that you and Marge are in contact. What a lot of catching up you must be doing. I am sure she would love to read the story, and know how much you loved her mother. With every good wish.
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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A lovely story, enhanced by your revelation that you and Marge are in contact. What a lot of catching up you must be doing. I am sure she would love to read the story, and know how much you loved her mother. With every good wish.
Comment Written 19-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for reading and commenting. Marge does know how much I loved her mother.
Comment from frogbook
A heartwarming story. Great read that held my attention and brought a smile to my face. This should be an excellent entry for the contest.
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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A heartwarming story. Great read that held my attention and brought a smile to my face. This should be an excellent entry for the contest.
Comment Written 18-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for reading and your kind comments. Marge is one of those forever friends.
Comment from SFlynn1
I enjoyed this short story. It made me think of my childhood, just brought about a sense of nostalgia regardless of when you were a kid. While I didn't grow up on a farm or exposed to people of a foreign culture, this story easily allowed me that understanding.
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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I enjoyed this short story. It made me think of my childhood, just brought about a sense of nostalgia regardless of when you were a kid. While I didn't grow up on a farm or exposed to people of a foreign culture, this story easily allowed me that understanding.
Comment Written 18-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thank you for reading and commenting. All input is appreciated.
Comment from Dawn Munro
Oh, how well we learn as children, don't we? What a wonderful story, and I am so happy for you (your notes) that you've managed to find your old friend again. This is genuinely warm and full of nostalgic imagery - I hope it does well in the contest, as it deserves!
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Oh, how well we learn as children, don't we? What a wonderful story, and I am so happy for you (your notes) that you've managed to find your old friend again. This is genuinely warm and full of nostalgic imagery - I hope it does well in the contest, as it deserves!
Comment Written 18-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. Marge and I have a lot of catching up to do. I haven't seen or heard from her since 1965.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written story about your friendship with a Mexican girl. When we make contact withbsoneine from another culture, we at first, think they are different but we quickly learn they are just human like us, but do things dfferent than we do.
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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A very well-written story about your friendship with a Mexican girl. When we make contact withbsoneine from another culture, we at first, think they are different but we quickly learn they are just human like us, but do things dfferent than we do.
Comment Written 18-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for reading and your kind comments. Marge is a great person and I'm so glad I found her again.
Comment from zanya
Wow - a story of human interaction and communication well told with candour and cordiality - what a wonderful learning experience for a young child - to learn at first hand that we are all simply human though we do communicate through different sounds !!
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Wow - a story of human interaction and communication well told with candour and cordiality - what a wonderful learning experience for a young child - to learn at first hand that we are all simply human though we do communicate through different sounds !!
Comment Written 18-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for reading and the six stars. They are appreciated. It was a good learning experience as I look at all races differently now.
Comment from frierajac
Good story for the contest. I relate to this myself as, although being an only child,
I wished for friends and found them most often among Mexicans as I have lived
in what are now the barrios of L.A.,and other Spanish speaking countries. I read
Spanish now and attribute that to early experience as well.
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Good story for the contest. I relate to this myself as, although being an only child,
I wished for friends and found them most often among Mexicans as I have lived
in what are now the barrios of L.A.,and other Spanish speaking countries. I read
Spanish now and attribute that to early experience as well.
Comment Written 18-May-2017
reply by the author on 19-May-2017
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Thanks for reading and your interesting comments. I wish I had learned to speak Spanish when I had the chance. I learned a few of their words but never actually learned their language.
