tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post4620093060417785109..comments2024-03-29T07:20:25.451-04:00Comments on Just Write, Melanie: Slice of Life 2020: 18 of 31- Trying to Get the Family WritingMelanie Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771712134098949362noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-92145173802664409792020-03-18T19:15:00.403-04:002020-03-18T19:15:00.403-04:00I'm right there with you. This transformation ...I'm right there with you. This transformation is something else. There is disbelief, then total disdain, then total rejection of all ideas, then compromise. Maybe your family will go through this same cycle. So far this has been the pattern with any deviation from what used to be normal. Betsy Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-91888059042923090062020-03-18T09:34:04.249-04:002020-03-18T09:34:04.249-04:00My daughter was a reluctant writer when she was yo...My daughter was a reluctant writer when she was young so we kept a notebook and wrote back and forth to each other. It was a wonderful way for me to get a different perspective of her life. How wonderful that you have part of your dad (his handwriting, his thoughts) to hold on to. I still can't look at my dad's perfect architectural penmanship without missing him so much and he passed over five years ago! But, like history - it's the artifacts that help us to remember. Eva Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775214031742493522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-51456146199645079592020-03-18T09:22:31.943-04:002020-03-18T09:22:31.943-04:00My adult daughter started an online comic before t...My adult daughter started an online comic before the crisis, and has chronicled its effects a bit using that medium. I'll have to check in with my college boy and see if he's keeping track somehow. They are both writers by nature, luckily!Chris Margocshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261261993571716230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-75889308266202686602020-03-18T08:31:15.400-04:002020-03-18T08:31:15.400-04:00I can imagine my family's responses might soun...I can imagine my family's responses might sound a bit like that, let's hope they do change and see the value of writing. I do have one daughter who does quite regularly. How good to have memories from your dad in writing!Celia Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580335080349286782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-36599780562205772282020-03-18T08:19:26.013-04:002020-03-18T08:19:26.013-04:00Keep trying, momma! I did laugh at Julia's ent...Keep trying, momma! I did laugh at Julia's entries. I have to agree... the days are looking very similar!! Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741203644216633516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-35039963892167651762020-03-18T08:07:26.014-04:002020-03-18T08:07:26.014-04:00What a wonderful thing to have done with your fath...What a wonderful thing to have done with your father. I wish I had had the presence of mind to do this with my mom and dad. The idea of having family writing sessions is beautiful. I have no doubt my daughter would react in the same way though! Thanks for sharing. I'll tuck this idea away. Julieannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876141420632207823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692782332008518181.post-46501077544273511562020-03-18T07:51:34.002-04:002020-03-18T07:51:34.002-04:00Finding the notebook with your Dad’s slices is an ...Finding the notebook with your Dad’s slices is an accomplishment in and of itself. You have also planted the seeds of family writing; before long that will bloom. Ms. Chiuhttps://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com