tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post1070596202787929643..comments2023-11-02T03:49:31.752-07:00Comments on Almost Paradisical: Chapter 1Kathleen Overbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-4281037498220032062009-01-14T11:22:00.000-08:002009-01-14T11:22:00.000-08:00You're so right, Rhonda. As I get older, the not ...You're so right, Rhonda. As I get older, the not so good ones get <BR/>bumped to the bottom. When I'm an old woman, I want my mouth to be turning up at the corners! <BR/>PS. Your writing is so clean and proper, if I ever write a book would you be my editor and clean me up? I would be intimidated if I didn't know how kind you were..... :)Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-42769782573060974212009-01-13T22:49:00.000-08:002009-01-13T22:49:00.000-08:00I LOVE the way you're able to express the feeling ...I LOVE the way you're able to express the feeling of being the apple of your daddy's eye! It does give one a wonderful, if humanly imperfect, picture of how our Daddy in Heaven dotes on us and longs to envelop us in his relentless, merciful love. I think journaling the not-so-good memories along with (or separately, however it happens) can be very healing, but journaling the good ones also helps us put the not-so-good ones in a more accurate perspective. Sometimes the not-so-good grow larger in our minds than they should be allowed without the balance of the whole. But even when the not-so-good really are "all that," getting them out, whether privately or publicly, usually helps them lose some of their hold on us. Not a rule; just sometimes works that way, as you know! :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-12874448157937653262009-01-12T20:46:00.000-08:002009-01-12T20:46:00.000-08:00Thanks for your encouragement and feedback. I don...Thanks for your encouragement and feedback. I don't know what I'll do with the not so good memories? :) They are just as vivid.....Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-77904604350512947762009-01-12T17:35:00.000-08:002009-01-12T17:35:00.000-08:00You have some incredibly vivid memories of your fa...You have some incredibly vivid memories of your father. That's a gift! I wish I had some of my own. Perhaps if I excercised my memory some would come back to me. I heard today that the brain doesn't forget one thing that we experience. Somehow, I don't know if that's altogether true for me!<BR/><BR/>Cherish your memories and keep sharing! They are wonderful... and don't forget, your writing is a gift. Perhaps someday you can publish your collection of essays down your memory lane!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com