Grasping the Elusive Dream
Viewing comments for Chapter 25 " After the Fire"The Followup to Chasing the Elusive Dream
23 total reviews
Comment from JSD
Oh my goodness! Your life! I've remembered why I fanned you - for these amazing tales from the south. This one beggars belief. But they adversity makes you stronger? Excellent prose writing. x
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Oh my goodness! Your life! I've remembered why I fanned you - for these amazing tales from the south. This one beggars belief. But they adversity makes you stronger? Excellent prose writing. x
Comment Written 06-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you for the nice review and comments. Yes my life was very chaotic at that time. It seems something is always going on an not necessarily in a good way.
Comment from royowen
We've been fortunate enough never to have experienced a fire personally, but if one drives around the suburbs we live in, there are quite a few, and when thieves steal cars, they tend to torch them. Beautifully written, well done Beth, thanks for sharing, blessings Roy
Typo : I'm 47 and have been (workeding) working?
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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We've been fortunate enough never to have experienced a fire personally, but if one drives around the suburbs we live in, there are quite a few, and when thieves steal cars, they tend to torch them. Beautifully written, well done Beth, thanks for sharing, blessings Roy
Typo : I'm 47 and have been (workeding) working?
Comment Written 06-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you Roy. Fires are bad. We lost of lot of memories like pictures and love letters in the fire but I thankful my children weren't injured and even the cat survived.
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Of course it would, that?s terrible,
Comment from Wendy G
An enjoyable read, and I can feel the pain caused by the fire and all the hard work involved in starting over.Looking forward to hearing what comes next in your adventurous life.
Wendy
Edits:
1. have been workeding (working) for a printing company.
2. She is (a) nurse
3,4. the family just experience (experienced) a fire which occured the day after Christmas. It was (the) result
5. and if your (you're) interested in reading it,
6. In addition to dealing with all this and purchasing everything we'd need to start over; we were dealing with (just a comma, not a semi-colon)
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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An enjoyable read, and I can feel the pain caused by the fire and all the hard work involved in starting over.Looking forward to hearing what comes next in your adventurous life.
Wendy
Edits:
1. have been workeding (working) for a printing company.
2. She is (a) nurse
3,4. the family just experience (experienced) a fire which occured the day after Christmas. It was (the) result
5. and if your (you're) interested in reading it,
6. In addition to dealing with all this and purchasing everything we'd need to start over; we were dealing with (just a comma, not a semi-colon)
Comment Written 06-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you Wendy. I added that backstory as an afterthought. I should have edited it. Thanks for catching my mistakes. I appreciate your review and comments.
Beth
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Oh my goodness Beth, you packed so much action into your short write here that i feel rather shell shocked. I can't imagine what it must be like for your house to burn down and having to start all over again. And your daughter entering one disaster after another, you must have a lot patience Beth. What a traumatic time in your life here.
Just one suggestion for this line:
( . . . . have been (working) for a printing company)
Thank you for sharing a part of your life with us here, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Oh my goodness Beth, you packed so much action into your short write here that i feel rather shell shocked. I can't imagine what it must be like for your house to burn down and having to start all over again. And your daughter entering one disaster after another, you must have a lot patience Beth. What a traumatic time in your life here.
Just one suggestion for this line:
( . . . . have been (working) for a printing company)
Thank you for sharing a part of your life with us here, love Dolly x
Comment Written 06-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you Dolly, I appreciate the review and your comments. Yes, everything seemed to wrong at once. Even more so in the chapter before this one.
Beth
Comment from lyenochka
Yes, I remember this story. I can't imagine how Connie felt after knowing she caused the fire and then also crashed the car. You and Evan have modeled resilience for your children. And how wonderful that Don could help do the contracting for the house!
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Yes, I remember this story. I can't imagine how Connie felt after knowing she caused the fire and then also crashed the car. You and Evan have modeled resilience for your children. And how wonderful that Don could help do the contracting for the house!
Comment Written 06-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you Helen. Don did a great job with the contracting. He is very gifted at doing anything with his hand except working on automobiles. LOL I appreciate the review.
Beth
Comment from Tom Horonzy
I would say you returned from
Where you came Mississippi!
Didn't you keep
The
Rustic farm you left
Life has
Thrown
You a
Few
Curves
But
You aurvived
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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I would say you returned from
Where you came Mississippi!
Didn't you keep
The
Rustic farm you left
Life has
Thrown
You a
Few
Curves
But
You aurvived
Comment Written 05-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you Tom. Yes we still have the farm at this point. We will have a debate as to which direction we want to go. Stay tuned.
Beth
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I will stay tuned
Comment from Ben Colder
What is amazing in life are the things we experience and trusting God for the answers. It seems He was with you and your family and as always. He made the way for a bright and blessed future.
Good one, Beth as always.
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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What is amazing in life are the things we experience and trusting God for the answers. It seems He was with you and your family and as always. He made the way for a bright and blessed future.
Good one, Beth as always.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you for the nice review. Yes, God was always there providing answers and comforting us. Thank you for the six stars
Beth
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
Life does send a person a curve ball occasionally. I've had a few myself. I'm so sorry to hear about the fire. That must have been frightening. When it gets out of control, it's worse yet. Glad that you were able to get by these days of wondering what is going to happen next.
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Life does send a person a curve ball occasionally. I've had a few myself. I'm so sorry to hear about the fire. That must have been frightening. When it gets out of control, it's worse yet. Glad that you were able to get by these days of wondering what is going to happen next.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you Rosemary. Yes, we had a few curve balls very close together in that time of our life. Thankfully we got through them. I appreciate your review.
Beth
Comment from Lea Tonin1
That's a lot of trauma house bringing down all your memories and stuff in. I'm glad your family was not harmed. Such a story indeed my sister's home burnt down to the ground. They lost everything. So this sits with me definitely. I see no issues with grammar esthetics, subject matter or sentence structure submission. If this is a true sorry that piece of work and a fine submission. Hope you have a great night!
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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That's a lot of trauma house bringing down all your memories and stuff in. I'm glad your family was not harmed. Such a story indeed my sister's home burnt down to the ground. They lost everything. So this sits with me definitely. I see no issues with grammar esthetics, subject matter or sentence structure submission. If this is a true sorry that piece of work and a fine submission. Hope you have a great night!
Comment Written 05-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Thanks Lea. The one about the fire had even more trauma. I put it back on yesterday but I don't think anyone was notified. It has only got two reviews. It is a true story.
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Oh wow i'm so sorry to hear that.
Comment from jim vecchio
I thoroughly enjoyed this as I do all your family sagas. I believe I may have told you when my wife was a child, her father owned an inn that burned down and she had to undergo a lot of the trials as your family. Also, the day of the Challenger tragedy, I was working at the newspaper. I remember the press shut down for a long time. We were told what happened and I still have that terrible feeling, now looking back.
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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I thoroughly enjoyed this as I do all your family sagas. I believe I may have told you when my wife was a child, her father owned an inn that burned down and she had to undergo a lot of the trials as your family. Also, the day of the Challenger tragedy, I was working at the newspaper. I remember the press shut down for a long time. We were told what happened and I still have that terrible feeling, now looking back.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2023
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Thank you Jim. I really appreciate the review and comment. I'm so glad you like this. Fires are no fun. Neither are tornados. I had both set me bacl a bit.
Beth
Beth
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You've seen a lot of life. That's what makes your writing so good.
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Its been an adventure and one I woundn't trade for anything.
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Its been an adventure and one I woundn't trade for anything.
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God has been good to you and your family so that you can maintain such a positive attitude after such tragedies.