Comment from BeasPeas

Excellent

Hi Maria. What a lovely photo of you and Iris. I enjoyed reading this segment of the story. Well written and clear for the reader. Good descriptions and dialogue throughout. Marilyn

 Comment Written 11-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 11-Jul-2017

Thanks for reading, Marilyn.

Comment from Curly Girly

Excellent

Usually, when doctors want to do a bone biopsy, then you know it could be something fairly serious. This procedure is not done lightly. In adults, it can be taken from the hip bone, under local anaesthetic, with an instrument that looks like a corkscrew. The patient can feel it grind into the bone. Samples are sent away for analysis. To get a diagnosis takes time.
This would have been a worrying time for your whole family.

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 11-Jul-2017

It was ...
Thanks for reading.

Comment from Asem.inspirations

Excellent

OOOOH Maria,

What a beautiful baby, she was...GORGEOUS.

This story is continuing to be so interesting and extraordinary. I am still sad though about anyone's child being sick. This tears away at my heart but I will continue to follow this story. EXCELLENT!

I just felt that the below line was a very sad thing to read. I hope that your daughter really did not feel this way!

"I feel bad saying this, but Dad was always the better parent. I think Mum wasn't born to have children. Anyway..."

This line as well as others is brilliant and full of feeling and expression:

"I felt the questions piling in my brain. Their weight was like a physical pain."

This another well written story that is still tugging on my heart strings. Thank you for sharing it.

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

I'm glad you like it, Tier.
I do hope my daughter doesn't feel like that (Dad was always the better parent), but I do often feel like that myself because my husband is a very devoted dad and it makes me wonder if I'm somehow lacking.
Thanks for reading.

reply by Asem.inspirations on 10-Jul-2017

I guess we all feel that way sometimes, Maria. Believe me, I have felt that way. Maybe that was why I was so taken by this line in your story. So I truly understand, my friend. I truly understand.

reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

Thanks again, Tier.

Comment from MelB

Excellent

I know the higher the floor you go in the hospital, the worse your condition is. I'm guessing this was cancer. I just went through this with my mom in January. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

It's leukemia. Even though it's fiction, it's based on my daughter's story.
I'm sorry about your mum.
Thanks for reading.

Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin

Excellent

Hi, Maria

= Love the pix of you and your daughter.
= Always scary when one has to stay in the hospital waiting for test results for their child.
= Been there--know how it feels. Well written chapter.

<> A Smile Is A Frown Turned Upside-down (*>*)
<> Cheers <> Jax / Jackie

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

Thanks for reading, Jax.

Comment from Gert sherwood

Excellent

Hello You wrote this chapter like it was true
Very good I myself will continue reading you book to see what happens Iris
Gert

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

Thanks so much for reading, Gert.

Comment from DR DIP

Excellent

Maria I was reading this as sort of an autobiography or a diary of your life. This isn't true is it? You had me in worried about your health How long ago was this.

thanks for sharing

dip

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

No, it's not true, but it's based on what happened to my daughter when she was four.
Thanks for reading.

Comment from patcelaw

Excellent

This is a poignant story to say the least. Especially for me as I have know several children qho have been ill with what is possibly wrong with Iris. Well written and I am assuming there is a continue part to the story. Patricia

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

Yes, there will be more chapters. This novel is complete already.
Thanks for reading.

Comment from Barb Hensongispsaca

Excellent

"Which one is my bed(")

Wow I love the way you tell this and knowing it is true makes it personal. Very well done as you leave us wanting more

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

Thanks for noticing the missing quotation mark and for reading, Barb.

Comment from Brett Matthew West

Excellent

Being admitted to the hospital can be a scary event, so you may as well make the most of it, and be as comfy as you can be.

Storyline contains enough action to move the tale along nicely.

Several different directions you could travel this accounting in from this point forward.

 Comment Written 09-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Jul-2017

Thanks for reading, Brett.