tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post4492681757137780682..comments2024-02-08T02:12:01.350-05:00Comments on The Journey: The Tape Dispenser.Michelle Longohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-6398396914228199912013-09-22T07:31:04.253-04:002013-09-22T07:31:04.253-04:00Diane, I think you'll probably get an early lo...Diane, I think you'll probably get an early look at it when it's done. It will be good to have someone who knew us when read it.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-44400189395605519552013-09-22T07:28:19.865-04:002013-09-22T07:28:19.865-04:00It's so sad that they tore it down. The lot ju...It's so sad that they tore it down. The lot just looks so sad now.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-6346452465588632682013-09-21T13:32:09.854-04:002013-09-21T13:32:09.854-04:00I really want to read your memoir. I knew your Mo...I really want to read your memoir. I knew your Mom as an outsider to the family. I was older than you just enough to see things differently. But again, from the outside. Sometimes, I really miss your Mom, and I think reading your memoir will be like hanging out with Paula again.Diane E. Main, GCT NorCal 2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/01604373649158850063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-10761193198122204812013-09-21T13:29:22.465-04:002013-09-21T13:29:22.465-04:00Knowing your Mom, I also loved your imagining of t...Knowing your Mom, I also loved your imagining of the note's contents. I get how she saw things, but I am with you. Sometimes, the seemingly practical people just don't get what all the fuss is about. They don't perceive the world the way we do. If you haven't read it, get a copy of The Highly Sensitive Child. You may have the kind of epiphany I did. The epiphany that goes something like, "my child is a Highly Sensitive Person....and he gets it from ME."Diane E. Main, GCT NorCal 2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/01604373649158850063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-14687792001318670542013-09-21T13:26:30.164-04:002013-09-21T13:26:30.164-04:00You ARE me. And I have that son too. I had Ms. K...You ARE me. And I have that son too. I had Ms. Keating for second grade. It was the year Joey O'Brien leaned back in his chair, whacked his head on the radiator, and cut his scalp open, bleeding all over Ms. Keating's hand.<br /><br />I bet Mr. Novello found that tape thingy.<br /><br />Ah, Franklin School.Diane E. Main, GCT NorCal 2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/01604373649158850063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-41972068069660791192013-09-17T11:04:19.928-04:002013-09-17T11:04:19.928-04:00My goodness we are similar creatures. Loved this p...My goodness we are similar creatures. Loved this piece. I send you hugs, too. 50Peachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011364636033618478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-16863584116251861912013-09-15T13:20:50.626-04:002013-09-15T13:20:50.626-04:00I've been writing more about my mom for the me...I've been writing more about my mom for the memoir, so she hasn't been showing up on the blog much. Someday I'll do an impersonation of her for you because her voice just ties the whole thing together. Think whining yet apathetic smoker. Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-11709985603272572522013-09-15T13:18:57.670-04:002013-09-15T13:18:57.670-04:00I'm still like this too. I worry what people ...I'm still like this too. I worry what people will think or about consequences of my actions. And like, you, I find I'm surprised by people's reactions in many ways.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-30257047976263967102013-09-15T13:18:12.056-04:002013-09-15T13:18:12.056-04:00Thanks so much Gina! I think in the right circums...Thanks so much Gina! I think in the right circumstances, it's fine. But then again, I'm really trusting.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-64556917395202327382013-09-15T13:17:42.105-04:002013-09-15T13:17:42.105-04:00Oh no! I hated that feeling of doing something &q...Oh no! I hated that feeling of doing something "wrong" even if accidental. Guilt is hard.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-45767899541258718012013-09-05T12:57:22.533-04:002013-09-05T12:57:22.533-04:00I was just like you. I hated getting in trouble an...I was just like you. I hated getting in trouble and would agonize for hours over something like this. I love how you wrote it and you always nail your mother's character. Good to see her back in these posts, even though she triggers the daylights outta me.Christie Tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12063023655618740169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-35305796870561591242013-09-05T11:50:31.318-04:002013-09-05T11:50:31.318-04:00Wow if I had a nickel for every time I laid awake ...Wow if I had a nickel for every time I laid awake as a kid over this sort of thing. Actually I still do too. Over the years I have found that I never get in trouble for anything that I think I will get in trouble for. It always comes out of the blue. What a great and understanding teacher you had also.Meg on the Gohttp://icyfar582.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-43568020409214234662013-09-05T10:55:39.220-04:002013-09-05T10:55:39.220-04:00I loved how you imagined the contents of your mom&...I loved how you imagined the contents of your mom's note. My daughter's male track coach several years back, and in front of me, congratulated her on a race well run and said, "Screw it! I'm going to hug her!" She was thrilled. It was appropriate and innocent and reminiscent of how it used to be. Great story telling.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841767868797265391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-3390635178352810352013-09-05T01:10:55.834-04:002013-09-05T01:10:55.834-04:00I had a really similar incident when I accidentall...I had a really similar incident when I accidentally stepped on and broke a plastic razor of my mom's. :)Kirsten Oliphanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496242688262871608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-38976167924971246202013-09-04T21:11:09.841-04:002013-09-04T21:11:09.841-04:00Thank you so much!Thank you so much!Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-3096102221178406722013-09-04T19:27:09.883-04:002013-09-04T19:27:09.883-04:00Really sweet story, well told.Really sweet story, well told.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386007515754795662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-45118524719268781662013-09-04T19:11:54.046-04:002013-09-04T19:11:54.046-04:00Things are definitely not as they used to be.Things are definitely not as they used to be.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-15237404854745654272013-09-04T19:11:31.639-04:002013-09-04T19:11:31.639-04:00I'm still a stickler for rules and I'm sti...I'm still a stickler for rules and I'm still riddled with anxiety, but you knew that :)<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-77468754517754514972013-09-04T19:10:48.418-04:002013-09-04T19:10:48.418-04:00She was fantastic!She was fantastic!Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-90033735777678499032013-09-04T19:10:32.683-04:002013-09-04T19:10:32.683-04:00I agree. I think that kids in first grade are sti...I agree. I think that kids in first grade are still practically babies. it is sad that we live in a world where so many parents have fear of bad things happening.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-45232559985362497112013-09-04T19:09:18.419-04:002013-09-04T19:09:18.419-04:00My mother could not understand why I was so upset ...My mother could not understand why I was so upset about this. She told me all along everything would be fine, but I didn't believe her.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-13917498582290515162013-09-04T19:08:36.941-04:002013-09-04T19:08:36.941-04:00Yes, you probably do. :)Yes, you probably do. :)Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-1419698564713577902013-09-04T19:08:18.086-04:002013-09-04T19:08:18.086-04:00{passes Kleenex}
thanks.{passes Kleenex}<br />thanks.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-40815941148039787962013-09-04T19:07:54.218-04:002013-09-04T19:07:54.218-04:00That is the truth!That is the truth!Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2244020003053532919.post-53140324547807015922013-09-04T19:07:34.124-04:002013-09-04T19:07:34.124-04:00Some parents have a lot of fear and I think it'...Some parents have a lot of fear and I think it's probably safer or easier to have little contact. Nathan's teacher held his hand to walk in and I was OK with that. He needed that sort of encouragement.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.com