tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post8998831150758466700..comments2023-05-26T04:32:45.816-06:00Comments on One Good Thing: The Power of WordsBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-12917712471548755732011-02-13T09:43:59.061-07:002011-02-13T09:43:59.061-07:00A beautiful and touching story Barb. Your father&#...A beautiful and touching story Barb. Your father's legacy shines on! I only recently started reading this blog and I will be catching up on your posts here. <br /><br />Just one comment on one tiny part of your story. I well remember agonizing as everybody in class caught up with Dick and Jane and (remember?) Baby Sally. I got in SUCH trouble with Sister Mary Veronica for skipping ahead. She told me if I did that again I'd have to go in the "sparrow" group (the poor kids who couldn't read at all). No worries about traumatizing kids for life back then. That Baby named Sally (she spelled her name wrong) caused me a lot of grief too! <br /><br />In spite of the odd teaching methods, we survived -- as I believe most people do when they have families who love them and read to them.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts.Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-63423925436814364992011-02-01T06:54:39.339-07:002011-02-01T06:54:39.339-07:00Barb, I got tears in my eyes reading this--and hea...Barb, I got tears in my eyes reading this--and hearing that your father died when you were nine. What a treasure he gave you! That love of stories and words and books. Blessings...Kathyhttp://upwoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-86769411316162644312011-01-31T23:08:11.367-07:002011-01-31T23:08:11.367-07:00Barb, you're so marvelous--and so is this essa...Barb, you're so marvelous--and so is this essay. And yes, I certainly have similar stories and memories. (In fact, my earliest memory is of lying in my crib, chewing on the spine of one of the Little Golden Books!) What a good man your dad must have been.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060981990418144426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-74782874363403863872011-01-31T17:41:49.502-07:002011-01-31T17:41:49.502-07:00A wonderful stone for the end of the month, Barb, ...A wonderful stone for the end of the month, Barb, - and beautiful memories of the precious gift of reading and imagination that you were given. I have really enjoyed reading your contributions to the river, - as well as all your other vibrant postings!Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-41409473876555416722011-01-31T13:06:36.532-07:002011-01-31T13:06:36.532-07:00That must have been so hard to have your dad die s...That must have been so hard to have your dad die so young. <br />My first grade teacher Mrs Claxton taught me to read and I've been reading every since. My mom was always yelling at me because I read when I was supposed to be doing chores. <br />I remembering running down the hill from school the first day I started to learn to read. I ran all the way home yelling, I can read, I can read! :-)happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-25129656089039721552011-01-31T12:58:34.511-07:002011-01-31T12:58:34.511-07:00Wonderful post, Barb. Your father was a great man ...Wonderful post, Barb. Your father was a great man to instill in you a love of books! I didn't come from a reading family but being an introvert like you I learned early to LOVE books too. Fortunately for me, I was allowed to ride my bike to the public library. (Parents didn't worry like they do now, did they?)EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-12005094133488984162011-01-31T08:35:57.646-07:002011-01-31T08:35:57.646-07:00I am very touched to read your childhood story.
Yo...I am very touched to read your childhood story.<br />Your lovely father left you such a wonderful memory and gift for you.<br />I am a non native English speaker. It is hard to write and structure one’s own thought in another language. However I always love to read your words.<br />Since I was a very fragile girl while I was 6~7age, I was not able to go to school 1/3 of a year. I remember that reading the stories of Andersen and drawing pictures in my bed were my comforts. Thank you for the lovely post. <br />*A healthy and active woman,Tomoko*Tomokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489670893543758352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-73539354857768734832011-01-31T06:44:43.300-07:002011-01-31T06:44:43.300-07:00I was so touched by this. I too inherited a love o...I was so touched by this. I too inherited a love of books and stories from my father, and at an early age when things went wrong I knew like you that books could save my life. But I have been lucky still to have my father (now 86). What a terrible loss you suffered at such a young age - I'm so glad you had the words in the books to see you through.Avrilhttp://www.onthewhitepage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-9363247822367447142011-01-30T23:17:57.162-07:002011-01-30T23:17:57.162-07:00Sounds like you have an idyllic life in one of my ...Sounds like you have an idyllic life in one of my favorite places in all the world!<br />Be well,<br />J.Jorge Medicohttp://www.gferenczi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-47113199540043622932011-01-30T21:38:25.262-07:002011-01-30T21:38:25.262-07:00What a wonderful gift your father gave you.What a wonderful gift your father gave you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-90027471577063883622011-01-30T17:55:20.225-07:002011-01-30T17:55:20.225-07:00Hi Barb,
Through your love of reading, you have a...Hi Barb, <br />Through your love of reading, you have also become a wonderful writer. You certainly inherited your father's imagination and gift for creating such imagery and emotion through words. I enjoy all of your posts... <br />...your pictures enhancing the power of your words.<br />Your sweet father must be smiling ♥<br />~Maria<br />ps. My father also took care of the "big" grocery shopping day ... when he bought the extra large packages of everything.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196112590905903539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-63699087605802308632011-01-30T17:21:40.998-07:002011-01-30T17:21:40.998-07:00What a great childhood memories. I remember the G...What a great childhood memories. I remember the Golden Books. Unfortunately, I do not have my father's genes of reading. I studied English in the morning and Chinese in the afternoon, and it came to a point that when I was in high school, I was very lazy to study. Fortunately, Zee got those genes and the books were here constant companion. She even writes to authors and give short reviews and she gets freebies.<br /><br />Hehehehe, now if I read, I fall asleep.Ebiehttp://themain-ingredient.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7509978691038206460.post-81543261463473889512011-01-30T15:26:00.367-07:002011-01-30T15:26:00.367-07:00A beautiful story Barb. It must have been hard on ...A beautiful story Barb. It must have been hard on you loosing your father at such a young age. Thank God that the gift of reading saw you through.<br />I still have a collection of golden books on a shelf upstairs. I was just thinking today about moving them as they don't get read anymore. My grandchildren have tons of their own books.<br />Oh and by the way, I remember very well the Dick and Jane books! Love Di ♥Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429812875586479256noreply@blogger.com