tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post713870267488493633..comments2024-03-28T01:32:46.604-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Seven Lessons from my FatherMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-8609844880144104272018-12-11T21:05:25.681-05:002018-12-11T21:05:25.681-05:00Keep the truth for yourself for the melodramatic n...Keep the truth for yourself for the melodramatic nostalgic moments that will show up when you least expect it.Antareshttps://antarescryptos.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-32083688417371510222015-03-20T17:52:45.300-04:002015-03-20T17:52:45.300-04:00Ons almal het miskien dieselfde Pa of dieselfde M...Ons almal het miskien dieselfde Pa of dieselfde Ma. Ons almal se stories is verweefd. Hier en daar is 'n uitsondering. Ek het 4 susters en as ek na hulle stories luister, het ons elkeen 'n ander Ma en Pa gehad. Maar tog....hulle was dieselfde maar ons ervarings van hulle was anders.<br />Petronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-39404079243137332462014-06-16T00:06:02.438-04:002014-06-16T00:06:02.438-04:00I think we may have...I think we may have...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-64906231468798026382014-06-16T00:05:41.131-04:002014-06-16T00:05:41.131-04:00Thank you, Laura xThank you, Laura xMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-37982355358974470562014-06-15T14:53:18.772-04:002014-06-15T14:53:18.772-04:00Such rich prose, so much wry wit and sly maneuveri...Such rich prose, so much wry wit and sly maneuvering. Just wonderful.gluttonforlifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820997691640642485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-84267387746876952872014-06-15T13:36:09.380-04:002014-06-15T13:36:09.380-04:00Did we all have the same father? I laughed out lou...Did we all have the same father? I laughed out loud at many similarities. Beautifully written and ending in such a loving fashion. Well done, Marie.Donatellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-87739369210963019932013-10-31T14:55:19.347-04:002013-10-31T14:55:19.347-04:00I enjoyed reading this. I laughed out loud several...I enjoyed reading this. I laughed out loud several times and shared your message with others in the room. (So they would know why I was laughing out loud so often.)Leslie in Adams Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840152556999800325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-5241996931462748412012-12-18T16:10:50.389-05:002012-12-18T16:10:50.389-05:00WonderfulWonderfulMargie Clydehttp://www.margiesgarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-11642710563830152432012-12-17T12:59:44.045-05:002012-12-17T12:59:44.045-05:00Oh Marie, so eloquent- just perfect! xOh Marie, so eloquent- just perfect! xKaren Bekkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546950816491796108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-22220957802000865212012-12-15T05:51:34.369-05:002012-12-15T05:51:34.369-05:00Thank you Marie, for sharing such important and in...Thank you Marie, for sharing such important and intimate words... Your father is blessed : ) jellinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-43588796101239375052012-12-15T02:31:13.639-05:002012-12-15T02:31:13.639-05:00Simply beautiful. Wow, Marie!Simply beautiful. Wow, Marie!SpecialKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294780136089244426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-58346311956633616492012-12-14T12:54:02.848-05:002012-12-14T12:54:02.848-05:00Wow Marie, just beautiful. He must be SO PROUD of...Wow Marie, just beautiful. He must be SO PROUD of you.knithound brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650960985244466355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-78563718691226392582012-12-14T09:56:09.781-05:002012-12-14T09:56:09.781-05:00Having raised four very different children to adul...Having raised four very different children to adulthood (or what we like to call that period when we think we’ve learned most of what there is to know), I often wonder what they say about me when I am not there to hear it. These would be lovely words for your father (and mother) to hear – no false praise, the recognition that we are all humans with our own idiosyncrasies, and that sometimes you have to go far away to discover what you always had close at hand.Janethttp://www.beautifulbotany.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-6631972547043995852012-12-14T07:54:37.189-05:002012-12-14T07:54:37.189-05:00Lovely lovely post
Thank you
Lovely lovely post<br />Thank you <br /><br />Mal Contenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412687641086655011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-14872356462564081632012-12-14T06:18:46.182-05:002012-12-14T06:18:46.182-05:00Ek besef ek het jou pa nog net twee keer ontmoet, ...Ek besef ek het jou pa nog net twee keer ontmoet, maar ek het van die begin af gedink hy is absoluut fabulous. So ook hierdie toespraak.arcadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369048073517347118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-50808703051316963492012-12-14T02:37:42.682-05:002012-12-14T02:37:42.682-05:00What a wonderful tribute to your father - I hope h...What a wonderful tribute to your father - I hope he appreciated and laughed along with you. I loved lesson no. 7 something we all should aspire to. elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-33324197423356233162012-12-13T21:40:03.338-05:002012-12-13T21:40:03.338-05:00and I bet there was a nice 80 year old man in a th...and I bet there was a nice 80 year old man in a three piece suit who could not be prouder of his daughter after that speech.<br />What a tribute Marie! Well done.martinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-54465502014720382242012-12-13T20:46:09.912-05:002012-12-13T20:46:09.912-05:00I too had a Alpha male father. My choices were, as...I too had a Alpha male father. My choices were, as I saw it then, submit or fight. I fought. And lived to fight another day. But I hurt myself even more than him in the process.<br /><br />I still rail against attempted authority.My rebellious spirit brought me to the edge with drinking and smoking but I too have mellowed over the years and miss "Frosty" often.<br /><br />How wonderful you had the time to make friends and how fabulous you have the heart and the guts to write that speech.<br /><br />I love and admire you even more than before.<br /><br />Cheers to you Marie.<br /><br />xo Jane<br />flwrjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905305551745652868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-55678152492543880132012-12-13T20:07:53.066-05:002012-12-13T20:07:53.066-05:00So bitter sweet but ending in beauty. I never had ...So bitter sweet but ending in beauty. I never had the gift of coming to quieting conclusions with my father, and now he is gone. Bravo, Marie, for finding your path.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739053466041886513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-87958724245473651032012-12-13T16:38:43.387-05:002012-12-13T16:38:43.387-05:00a wonderful relief from the usual list of perfect ...a wonderful relief from the usual list of perfect qualities and relationships.Joan McKniffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-24916970777944693262012-12-13T16:28:11.605-05:002012-12-13T16:28:11.605-05:00Well said.
My father and I "got along" m...Well said.<br />My father and I "got along" much better after I'd left home.I thought, then, that my brief trips home left no time for bickering and animosity.But in almost half a century I have come to understand that the fabric's weave was more complex...dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-64447581399176799582012-12-13T16:15:30.813-05:002012-12-13T16:15:30.813-05:00Fantastic Marie. Brava!!Fantastic Marie. Brava!!Bonbon Oiseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217372750598243358noreply@blogger.com