Comments on: When I Was Young http://astroud.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Greg http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-30 Greg Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:35:06 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-30 Such a touching story. I love reading writings like this. I think we Appalachians have such a way of linking to our grandparents and other relatives. We can also describe childhood memories in a way no one else can. Such a touching story. I love reading writings like this. I think we Appalachians have such a way of linking to our grandparents and other relatives. We can also describe childhood memories in a way no one else can.

]]> By: Heather http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-29 Heather Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:27:17 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-29 Wow...very nice reflection on your childhood. I think we all have a time when were able to be the captain of our own ships. It is just so sad that it is a place that we will never be able to returen. Why didn't anyone tell us this back then? :) Wow…very nice reflection on your childhood. I think we all have a time when were able to be the captain of our own ships. It is just so sad that it is a place that we will never be able to returen. Why didn’t anyone tell us this back then? :)

]]> By: jstapleto http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-28 jstapleto Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:22:39 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-28 Beautiful. You make me long for the eyes of childhood innocence. Beautiful. You make me long for the eyes of childhood innocence.

]]> By: mellis http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-27 mellis Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:17:53 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-27 We can go home again with our pens. Thoughts like this are captured forever with our writings. This memory is so beautiful that I had to write "perty too". We can go home again with our pens. Thoughts like this are captured forever with our writings. This memory is so beautiful that I had to write “perty too”.

]]> By: Dolores Scherer http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-26 Dolores Scherer Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:12:30 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-26 I love the feeling that this piece evokes. Our childhood years do take on a larger than life meaning, don't they? You are a super writer, keep it up. I love the feeling that this piece evokes. Our childhood years do take on a larger than life meaning, don’t they? You are a super writer, keep it up.

]]> By: Robin http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-25 Robin Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:07:42 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-25 Your imagery was so strong here I could almost feel it. What a wonderful tribute to childhood. Thanks for sharing. Your imagery was so strong here I could almost feel it. What a wonderful tribute to childhood. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Bonnie http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-24 Bonnie Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:03:26 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-24 I loved thinking about the times that I spent in my dad's garden. He used to force me to help, but after a few hours and many "new potatoes" chopped in half--he didn't make me anymore. I was a BEAST with the hoe! And kudos to Kim--"it is a shame that youth is wasted on the young". Wouldn't you like to know all that you know now...back then? I loved thinking about the times that I spent in my dad’s garden. He used to force me to help, but after a few hours and many “new potatoes” chopped in half–he didn’t make me anymore. I was a BEAST with the hoe! And kudos to Kim–”it is a shame that youth is wasted on the young”. Wouldn’t you like to know all that you know now…back then?

]]> By: Kim http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-23 Kim Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:54:40 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-23 Angela, This is a wonderful piece. It definitely took me back to the time when I was young helping my grandmother in her garden. I wish I could have just one more day, or even one more hour to spend with her. It's a shame that youth is wasted on the young. Kim Angela,

This is a wonderful piece. It definitely took me back to the time when I was young helping my grandmother in her garden. I wish I could have just one more day, or even one more hour to spend with her. It’s a shame that youth is wasted on the young.
Kim

]]> By: iannolte http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-22 iannolte Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:50:50 +0000 http://astroud.wordpress.com/when-i-was-young/#comment-22 Angela, I love this piece. This sentence is particularly beautiful: "As I grew older the rock, or ship, didn’t seem so large and my adventures in the tempest were fewer and fewer and I became sad." Angela, I love this piece. This sentence is particularly beautiful: “As I grew older the rock, or ship, didn’t seem so large and my adventures in the tempest were fewer and fewer and I became sad.”

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