Congrats to the Front Pagers!!! Great job everyone! :)
And Kirk~
Thank you so very kindly for the front page pick. I am deeply honored (and subsequently, grinning like a fool). Thank you! :)
Love and undone silence, Ali
Kase - You don't need to ask to do that (though there are parts that embarass me in there!). : )
ss
Just a thought - You can read anything into anything if you try hard enough...
Rump Roast ...made me smile...and your first submit of the day caused me to get all misty eyed...
CS58
Coujeaux,
Noir...this shows your true colors and in living color...loved this!
CS58
Echolocation~ on your question: I remember a time where people would get out of sorts over "newfangled" words in newspaper headlines. Journalism classes hammered the need to change with the times. I like looking back and moving forward, so new things don't bother me. zero love's abbrevated lines were good for me. They reminded me of the "scribblings" we used to have to clean up in library books, but would often read and save like autographs in high school year books = "tststsa" et cetera (etc.). Then I went into a very technical world where I was supposed to know other abbreviations and concepts or exact meanings behind them. CB, sideband, flying, military all gave even more abbreviated terms to learn. These speak to someone when used. However, not all we write speaks to everyone all the time. I went from journalism, art to speech and theatre, psychology, communication to computers, and then on out into very highly technical hands-on stuff. One reaches a point of desiring the very simple once again rather than be out there alone as associates pass on. We need only read those emoticons with the eyes and hearts of those who wrote them. The rest is just personal preference ..... Rennie
Carol- Thanks, But I doubt I'll take you up on your offer. I think everyone took it hard..Even if they werent very close to him. To see someone everyday and learn and live with him...Then for him to be snatched out of our lives..Its shocking..and tragic. I hope your ok during all of this..
Lulu
Hey, thanks Rennie. I'm a hoot! I needed that.
I'll try to get around to actually posting something when I can get my cranky arse back in a writing mood. It's all quite a bit maudlin just now, so you'll all have to bear with me.
Pam: I did have a great time. It's sad when the last place you want to go is home. Jersey will always be my home.
C'mon!! Yall are going to make me cry with "Baby Book" and "My Kids". Okay, I admit I had to grab a tissue... Dana, I know the feeling... I have a 10 page letter I wrote while in labor and right afterwards... I continue to write another letter on my son's birthday every year...at this rate, he'll have a biography of his life by the time he reaches college!
kareem,
Outstanding..... Another Performance
Kase, Share the tissue.... That was the best cry I've had in months....
Jim
... honestly trying to catch-up:
Mysteriousone~ the pieces you wrote with your love were sweet. I enjoyed.
Kareem~ it hurts to think of your heartache with "Another Performance"
wiltedrose~ in "promise" ... "i gave up so many hopes and dreams" -- sad.
B.K.~ there are NEVER enough kisses! :) (haha)
Kindred~ "Doesn't Mean...I Didn't Care" I just kept reading it over and over and over ... and then clicked-on "The Eulogy" and had to go out and sit under the bower and cry a bit (until storms ran me in), but these loosened some old tears ... and "I'm Sorry...." hit an old nerve and finished me off.
jon~ I lost a love "somewhere between the lines" ... I'm so glad you've kept yours. "a thousand dreams" inspired me to write some lines ... thanks.
DarkMoses~ "Coming To An End" is a great entrance here. Welcome to Blender.
Dana and val~ how sweet with the pieces on your children!
CryingShame~ I am enjoying your continued journey here with "The Lovely Path We Chose"
Dylan~ I have thoroughly enjoyed all your posts.
jim~ lol !! ... thanks for being such a good sport.
Chances~ "Lost and Found" you packed that short piece full ... more please
chef cujeaux~ you and now gone cajun cookin' justin wilson and dem engredeances :)
Amethyst~ "Vivid Dreams" I also want to do this :)
cuddlebug~ welcome to Blender.
ladyinwaiting~ what a treat to see mom & son writing here now! ..... Rennie