More Childhood Memories
Round-up of childhood memories.11 total reviews
Comment from tim dodd
I work in a spare mental hospital; I want to hear
about some of the bad stuff you did when you were
acting out it will spice up the story. Make it more interesting
a young teenager acting out. Maybe sexually. yes that will make
this a six star review. Love the story. Sore your dad was so violent.
I had a violent dad too.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2019
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I work in a spare mental hospital; I want to hear
about some of the bad stuff you did when you were
acting out it will spice up the story. Make it more interesting
a young teenager acting out. Maybe sexually. yes that will make
this a six star review. Love the story. Sore your dad was so violent.
I had a violent dad too.
Comment Written 08-Oct-2019
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2019
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Thank you Tim for your review. I will not elicit more details about the things I did as a teen. I want the reader to use their imagination a bit. Just suffice it to say. I am not at all proud of the things I did and glad my life has turned around
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
It sounds like you've had some trying times. But if you believe in our God, you'll come to a point where you'll finally say, 'thank you God. It's been a great day." Good luck in the contest. Will read your next chapter.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2019
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It sounds like you've had some trying times. But if you believe in our God, you'll come to a point where you'll finally say, 'thank you God. It's been a great day." Good luck in the contest. Will read your next chapter.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2019
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2019
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Thanks for your review.
Comment from Jackarrie
Hi Pat your were a beautiful 10 year old, and you and your twin were born in June, Gemini's I am always fascinated to hear about so many twins are born either in May/June, or the parents are born under the sign of Gemini. Some things bring me back to my childhood.
Well written
Mary
reply by the author on 29-Oct-2014
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Hi Pat your were a beautiful 10 year old, and you and your twin were born in June, Gemini's I am always fascinated to hear about so many twins are born either in May/June, or the parents are born under the sign of Gemini. Some things bring me back to my childhood.
Well written
Mary
Comment Written 29-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 29-Oct-2014
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Thank you for the review. It is really weird how my life has had events that have a double meaning. Being a twin, hubby's birthday July 4th, oldest daughter birthday Christmas day, second daughter born on flag day,my hubby and I married 125, my home address is 521, so numbers same just reversed,+ we were married in 59 and bought out house on 5-9.
BTW I did make a mistake in posting my last chapter, have now corrected that with the proper story up.
Comment from Caressa_08
A happy-looking photo of you when you were about 11...Great hairdo for your picture ..., And your story flowed nicely & for me was a good read, even though your dad was not a very good dad, to beat your brother, like he did. It was probably best your mom divorced him? At least,it was nice that you found some goodness with him about putting the apples in the beef stew...I need to try that the next time I make that.....I can see why you were a tomboy with brothers near your age, ..I was called bean-pole, & string bean growing up, but I think I am a lot taller than you, at close to 6 ft tall I am, still now...Just wish, now, I was still that skinny back in the 50's & 60's when I was a child.. Thanks, for sharing. .
Caressa
reply by the author on 26-Oct-2014
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A happy-looking photo of you when you were about 11...Great hairdo for your picture ..., And your story flowed nicely & for me was a good read, even though your dad was not a very good dad, to beat your brother, like he did. It was probably best your mom divorced him? At least,it was nice that you found some goodness with him about putting the apples in the beef stew...I need to try that the next time I make that.....I can see why you were a tomboy with brothers near your age, ..I was called bean-pole, & string bean growing up, but I think I am a lot taller than you, at close to 6 ft tall I am, still now...Just wish, now, I was still that skinny back in the 50's & 60's when I was a child.. Thanks, for sharing. .
Caressa
Comment Written 26-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 26-Oct-2014
Thank you for the review, The hair do was something girls wore in the 40's. You indeed are taller than I am if you stand 6 feet, I am only 5'5" on a good day. Also I am no longer a beanpole as I have had a weight problem all my life. I can lose a few pounds and in nothhing flat gain them right back,
Comment from The Skys The Limit
Hi pateclaw,
As usual I truly enjoyed your story of your growing up years. I'm sorry about your relationship with your mother and father. I guess they had their own demons to deal with. I thought that the bit about your father and adding the apples to the stew was very touching and it helps that you remember and include these little happy portions of an otherwise trying time in your life. Keep going, I'll be looking forward to reading more. Cheers!
Barb @ theskysthelimit
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Hi pateclaw,
As usual I truly enjoyed your story of your growing up years. I'm sorry about your relationship with your mother and father. I guess they had their own demons to deal with. I thought that the bit about your father and adding the apples to the stew was very touching and it helps that you remember and include these little happy portions of an otherwise trying time in your life. Keep going, I'll be looking forward to reading more. Cheers!
Barb @ theskysthelimit
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you Barb. I keep trying to remember other good memories, but having lost the memories when I was 19 it has been a struggle. God is helping me recall. In the chapter I put up tonight you will see where I lost my memory and why.
Comment from misscookie
As I read your story every thing seen so familiar,
then it drawn on me I must had read this before and didn't complete it.
Well today I read the whole chapter and once again you did a great job.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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As I read your story every thing seen so familiar,
then it drawn on me I must had read this before and didn't complete it.
Well today I read the whole chapter and once again you did a great job.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you miss cookie.
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Your very welcome. God bless and have a nice day.
Cookie
Comment from Spitfire
I feel you tried to cover too much in one chapter. The story of the boxing gloves solving the problem could stand alone.
Take more time to organize this and develop a theme in each vignette. You have some interesting facts in here, but they need fleshing out with emotions for one thing.
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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I feel you tried to cover too much in one chapter. The story of the boxing gloves solving the problem could stand alone.
Take more time to organize this and develop a theme in each vignette. You have some interesting facts in here, but they need fleshing out with emotions for one thing.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 25-Oct-2014
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Thank you for the review.
I know this is a lot to include, but I had lost my memory at 19 years of age as a result of an incident. I still have only sketchy details about the stories. Later If my memory comes back with more details I may make them as stand alone stories, but for now this is the best I have.
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I'm sorry about that, but you're entitled to make it up. Call it creative nonfiction.
I'll upgrade your rating however.
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Thank you you will see in a later chapter either tomorrow or the next day what happened to cause the memory loss. I still have several months which I don't have recall. Thanks for the rate update.
Comment from robina1978
A nice photo to complement this chapter. You must have had a pretty miserable life, your mother favouring the other twin. Your father abusive. I think what you did at 14 years old would now be normal in puberty.
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2014
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A nice photo to complement this chapter. You must have had a pretty miserable life, your mother favouring the other twin. Your father abusive. I think what you did at 14 years old would now be normal in puberty.
Comment Written 24-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2014
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Thank y9u for the nice review. I know in today's world it would seem to be normal for puberty, and in some cases it was more normal back then too, but we hid our misbehavior. God was dealing with me at this point in my life and I was miserable.
Comment from Genya
Life has so many ups and downs. Things are thrown at us and we have no say in anything at all. I can so relate to this. I can see how going from a farm to an area that opens up a new world can be daunting for anyone. So difficult when parents split up. As a child it is so hard to try to understand it. Really enjoyed reading this. One small typo...3rd line from the end...Marion asked me to help he and his wife...him maybe. Genya
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2014
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Life has so many ups and downs. Things are thrown at us and we have no say in anything at all. I can so relate to this. I can see how going from a farm to an area that opens up a new world can be daunting for anyone. So difficult when parents split up. As a child it is so hard to try to understand it. Really enjoyed reading this. One small typo...3rd line from the end...Marion asked me to help he and his wife...him maybe. Genya
Comment Written 24-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2014
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Thank you for the nice review. Thanks for pointing out the typo. I went in and changed it a bit, to make it more accurate as to what happened.
Comment from djsaxon
Seemingly random glimpses at first glance but it all comes together as a cohesive whole. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey. DJ
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reply by the author on 24-Oct-2014
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Seemingly random glimpses at first glance but it all comes together as a cohesive whole. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey. DJ
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Comment Written 24-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2014
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Thank you for the review. It is a bit random, but having lost much of my memory when I was 19 years old as a result of a very painful experience, I was recalling these things as God was giving me the memories. The experience where I lost my memory will come in a later chapter.
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I think that God is doing a great job. Bless you - DJ
