Exactly My 'Type'
An uncanny discovery15 total reviews
Comment from dragonpoet
Shauna,
This is a well written story. It shows how you became you. You lived her life in a different age, it seems. It must have been weird to read your life story in that eulogy.
Good luck in the contest
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
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Shauna,
This is a well written story. It shows how you became you. You lived her life in a different age, it seems. It must have been weird to read your life story in that eulogy.
Good luck in the contest
Keep writing and stay healthy
Joan
Comment Written 14-Aug-2022
Comment from Raul1
This is awesome about your ancestor and it shows that you have studied your family tree well. Good for you! Excellent work! No grammatical errors. Good luck in the contest!
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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This is awesome about your ancestor and it shows that you have studied your family tree well. Good for you! Excellent work! No grammatical errors. Good luck in the contest!
Comment Written 23-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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I appreciate your kind review, Raul! Many thanks and good wish
Comment from Bill Schott
So great to discover those relatives who clarify our own lives as we search to connect with the past. I can understand the "close distance" that families grow up in.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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So great to discover those relatives who clarify our own lives as we search to connect with the past. I can understand the "close distance" that families grow up in.
Comment Written 23-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Thanks for taking the time to read and review my piece, Bill. I appreciate your kind words of support! Families are complex creatures for sure!
Sending good wishes your way!
Comment from Wendy G
That is quite a fascinating story, with an uncanny resemblance between the two of you, two generations apart. Your interesting story is well-written, and I send best wishes for the contest.
Wendy
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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That is quite a fascinating story, with an uncanny resemblance between the two of you, two generations apart. Your interesting story is well-written, and I send best wishes for the contest.
Wendy
Comment Written 23-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Dear Wendy, thanks so very much for taking time to read and review my piece. I do enjoy a good family history hunt! I also appreciate all the writings you post!
Comment from GARY MACLEAN
Summer camps always sound so enthralling but home sickness is a real debilitating illness. I know, it happened to me in 6th grade camp.
Selectric typewriter, now there is a blast from the past.
Just a couple of suggestions:
This entire article would benefit greatly by using a larger and more readable font.
Para 5, 1st sentence: CONSIDER (woman) instead of (women)
Para 6, 2nd sentence: Remove one space between (through) and (sheet)
Para 6, 5th sentence: (dropwaist) should be (drop waist)
That's a wonderful discovery. Someone had already trailblazed for you.
Nice story.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Summer camps always sound so enthralling but home sickness is a real debilitating illness. I know, it happened to me in 6th grade camp.
Selectric typewriter, now there is a blast from the past.
Just a couple of suggestions:
This entire article would benefit greatly by using a larger and more readable font.
Para 5, 1st sentence: CONSIDER (woman) instead of (women)
Para 6, 2nd sentence: Remove one space between (through) and (sheet)
Para 6, 5th sentence: (dropwaist) should be (drop waist)
That's a wonderful discovery. Someone had already trailblazed for you.
Nice story.
Comment Written 22-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Dear Gary, thanks ever so much for taking time to read and review my piece. I especially appreciate your thorough review. I incorporated all your suggestions! Thank you, thank you!
Comment from Paul McFarland
That is a very interesting story. It is amazing how things like that pop up in family histories. I think that there is something involved here that is more than coincidence.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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That is a very interesting story. It is amazing how things like that pop up in family histories. I think that there is something involved here that is more than coincidence.
Comment Written 22-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Well, hello again, Paul! Thank you for taking the time to read and review my piece. I completely agree about "more than coincidence." Thanks so much for your comment.
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Excellent entry for the An Ancestor Story contest.
It must had been exciting to kno you had s much in common with your aunt Bonnie, even both attending the same college.
I appreciate how detailed and knowledgeable is your story. You put in a lot of time and research.
I enjoyed reading your story. It moved along nicely and the plot was easy to understand and follow. Good character development.
Well done, my friend.
Gypsy Blue Rose
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Excellent entry for the An Ancestor Story contest.
It must had been exciting to kno you had s much in common with your aunt Bonnie, even both attending the same college.
I appreciate how detailed and knowledgeable is your story. You put in a lot of time and research.
I enjoyed reading your story. It moved along nicely and the plot was easy to understand and follow. Good character development.
Well done, my friend.
Gypsy Blue Rose
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
Comment Written 22-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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My dear Gypse Blue Rose, thank you so much for taking the time to read and review my piece. I appreciate your wonderfully detailed review and kind words!
Sending good wishes right back to you.
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
This is a very well-written story of your ancestry. It is amazing how closely your great aunt matched your own accomplishments. It is also a shame that the two halves of the family had so little time spent together. Best of luck in the ancestry contest.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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This is a very well-written story of your ancestry. It is amazing how closely your great aunt matched your own accomplishments. It is also a shame that the two halves of the family had so little time spent together. Best of luck in the ancestry contest.
Comment Written 21-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Dear Carol, thank you so much for taking the time to read and review my piece. It really was fascinating to learn, and also sad we were worlds apart. Maybe it isn't that uncommon. It does become complicated as families grow.
Sending lots of good wishes your way!
Comment from BethShelby
This is very interesting that you found a family member that was like you in so many ways. It is hard to find out much about what people no longer alive were like. It it good that someone bother to write about her. To often people fade from everyone memory once that are deceased. I enjoyed reading your story.
Beth
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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This is very interesting that you found a family member that was like you in so many ways. It is hard to find out much about what people no longer alive were like. It it good that someone bother to write about her. To often people fade from everyone memory once that are deceased. I enjoyed reading your story.
Beth
Comment Written 21-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Thanks so much, Beth, for taking the time to read and review my piece. You are so right about our ancestors fading from view. I do try to slow the forgetfulness as much as I can.
Sending lots of good wishes your way!
Comment from Terry Broxson
You have written this excellent story; congratulations, and good luck in the contest. I felt like I was sitting there with you as you read about Bonnie Jean. Really good work. Terry.
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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You have written this excellent story; congratulations, and good luck in the contest. I felt like I was sitting there with you as you read about Bonnie Jean. Really good work. Terry.
Comment Written 21-Jul-2022
reply by the author on 27-Jul-2022
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Dear Terry, thanks so much for this fun contest! I enjoyed the challenge and especially liked your Southern Yankee tale. You are a wonderful writer, and I appreciate the opportunity to read your work
Sending lots of good wishes your way!
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Mama Baer, thank you for your kind words, there were several good stories, I hope everyone had fun. Terry.