At Home in Mississippi
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Comment from WRITER1
I can relate to this my niece was forced go to into a private home to see a neighbor. She never got over it. Although she does go to funerals now, it is something she does with dread. Very good story.
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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I can relate to this my niece was forced go to into a private home to see a neighbor. She never got over it. Although she does go to funerals now, it is something she does with dread. Very good story.
Comment Written 12-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Thank your review and the comments.
Beth
Comment from pixiemillie
Beth you are so right about some of those nursery rhymes- -and to think we all had books and heard and even learned some of the stories and terrible rhymes. Death can be a terrible thing and so difficult for all of us to understand, particularly for a child. Your parents trying to explain it to you didn't convince you that 'it was a part of living'. To think your Mother came out of the funeral home with that artwork, frightening for you, but laughable now. Great work. Thank you. And I can see why you responded the way you did- -look at that photo- -it's awful- -and scares me just looking at it.
NOTE- -a few little glitches:
When the time come,
Life was a scary.
I want be long
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Beth you are so right about some of those nursery rhymes- -and to think we all had books and heard and even learned some of the stories and terrible rhymes. Death can be a terrible thing and so difficult for all of us to understand, particularly for a child. Your parents trying to explain it to you didn't convince you that 'it was a part of living'. To think your Mother came out of the funeral home with that artwork, frightening for you, but laughable now. Great work. Thank you. And I can see why you responded the way you did- -look at that photo- -it's awful- -and scares me just looking at it.
NOTE- -a few little glitches:
When the time come,
Life was a scary.
I want be long
Comment Written 12-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Thank you for the review and comments and finding the glitches. I had already fixed a couple of them but I took care of the other one.
Beth
Comment from Begin Again
Life was a scary.
You want to have to see him.
I want be long.
see a death person
empty handed to see find out
Beth...
A lovely, emotional story with just a few typos I think.
Enjoyed reading. I think many children and some adults have a very difficult time dealing with death. My 18 year old son had been fortunate to never have anyone die that was close to him and when his lifelong 4 legged friend died...he was inconsolable, his sobbing almost killed me too.
Thanks for sharing.
CArol
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Life was a scary.
You want to have to see him.
I want be long.
see a death person
empty handed to see find out
Beth...
A lovely, emotional story with just a few typos I think.
Enjoyed reading. I think many children and some adults have a very difficult time dealing with death. My 18 year old son had been fortunate to never have anyone die that was close to him and when his lifelong 4 legged friend died...he was inconsolable, his sobbing almost killed me too.
Thanks for sharing.
CArol
Comment Written 12-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Thanks for reading. Yes, even adults have problems dealing with death. I appreciate you pointing out the spags. I had fixed all but two of them but now I've taken care of those.
Beth
Comment from joq1958
Well written. Flows from beginning to end. A child's memories of death can linger on until their own.
The shock of a naieve child on finding out their own mortality the stuff of nightmares.
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Well written. Flows from beginning to end. A child's memories of death can linger on until their own.
The shock of a naieve child on finding out their own mortality the stuff of nightmares.
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Comment Written 12-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Thank you for reading and for your nice comments.
Beth
Comment from Thesis
Wow, Beth. You were certainly traumatized as a child. Your fears really took hold of your thoughts about death.
I was never too kean on it either. I always thought the person was faking and would sit up and scare the hell out of me.
You need to edit the piece in three spots: one "Life was a scary," delete the "a", and "It too hot" should be "It's", and "I want be long," should be "I won't be long." - Thesis
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reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Wow, Beth. You were certainly traumatized as a child. Your fears really took hold of your thoughts about death.
I was never too kean on it either. I always thought the person was faking and would sit up and scare the hell out of me.
You need to edit the piece in three spots: one "Life was a scary," delete the "a", and "It too hot" should be "It's", and "I want be long," should be "I won't be long." - Thesis
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Comment Written 12-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 12-Jul-2009
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Thanks for reading and comment and also for finding the spags I needed to fix. I have taken care of them.
Beth
