Viewing the World With Fresh Eyes
Viewing comments for Chapter 16 "Toughening Up"The fifteen Years of My Life
23 total reviews
Comment from Ric Myworld
Nine years is a big age difference between a 24 and a 15 year-old. But girls really do seem to mature faster than boys, and the difference between a 40-year-old man, and and 31-year-old woman puts most on about an even keel. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 04-May-2023
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Nine years is a big age difference between a 24 and a 15 year-old. But girls really do seem to mature faster than boys, and the difference between a 40-year-old man, and and 31-year-old woman puts most on about an even keel. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 03-May-2023
reply by the author on 04-May-2023
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Yes, after forty age starts to make less of a difference. The age difference didn't seem to matter to us. I got married at nearly nineteen. He was twenty-seven.
Comment from Bill Schott
This story, Toughening Up, is an excellent recounting of your life and the trials of growing up as an only child. I went for a time, after some life challenges, when i was unable to feel much about anything, so I think I understand the condition.
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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This story, Toughening Up, is an excellent recounting of your life and the trials of growing up as an only child. I went for a time, after some life challenges, when i was unable to feel much about anything, so I think I understand the condition.
Comment Written 02-May-2023
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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Thank you, Bill, I appreciate the review and comments.
Beth
Comment from Tom Horonzy
Very interesting. Lifted by a tornado. Not me, and the other fear I have are sharks. When I swim where they are I am on constant lookout. Thank you, Peter Benchley.
As for ... How could she possibly understand what someone my age needed to know? Easy. She'd been through it long ago.
As for the husband? Still, attached or are you one.
reply by the author on 01-May-2023
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Very interesting. Lifted by a tornado. Not me, and the other fear I have are sharks. When I swim where they are I am on constant lookout. Thank you, Peter Benchley.
As for ... How could she possibly understand what someone my age needed to know? Easy. She'd been through it long ago.
As for the husband? Still, attached or are you one.
Comment Written 01-May-2023
reply by the author on 01-May-2023
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Thanks for the great review and comments. No longer attached. Hubby has been gone five years. Kids find it hard to believe anything of any importance happened before they got here, so they don't dwell on the fact Mom was once a kid herself. Not like me anyway. She had 13 siblings. I had none.
Comment from Ginda Simpson
Brava! I don't know anyone who faced down her fears, one by one. You were bright and brave to figure this out and carry the lessons learned into your adult life. You found the formula for winning and you did!
reply by the author on 01-May-2023
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Brava! I don't know anyone who faced down her fears, one by one. You were bright and brave to figure this out and carry the lessons learned into your adult life. You found the formula for winning and you did!
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 01-May-2023
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Thank you Ginda. I guess that is what happens when an only child is allowed to read too many books. I appreciate the review and comments.
Beth
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
Your story displays how to confront a problem directly and openly,. Head on is not always an easy way to solve anxiety. But in your case, it evidently created you to solve the problem quickly and painlessly.
reply by the author on 01-May-2023
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Your story displays how to confront a problem directly and openly,. Head on is not always an easy way to solve anxiety. But in your case, it evidently created you to solve the problem quickly and painlessly.
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 01-May-2023
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Thank you Rosemary. I did seem to work for me but I likely went a little to far with it. Now, when I feel like I should be crying the tears want come.
Beth
Comment from Spitfire
To be honest, I think you took this to extremes. I'm talking about the paragraph on physical pain. Grandma gave you good advice. Fear of performing in #1 on most people's list (except mine). I can agree with your mother's concern. Now, did you cry at her funeral? An interesting story. Now my biggest fear is having bugs all over my body. No way am I going to face that!
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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To be honest, I think you took this to extremes. I'm talking about the paragraph on physical pain. Grandma gave you good advice. Fear of performing in #1 on most people's list (except mine). I can agree with your mother's concern. Now, did you cry at her funeral? An interesting story. Now my biggest fear is having bugs all over my body. No way am I going to face that!
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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I realize I took it to an extreme. I was a weird kid who didn't quite know how to be normal, because I didn't get spend much time around anyone my age. The physical pain part was crazy. I think I got the idea from reading about rituals Indian boy's had to endure to prove they were brave. No I couldn't cry at Mom's funeral or my own babies funeral. I didn't even cry when my husband died. That didn't mean I didn't love them, but I was never able to cry in public. LOL I took it too far, but there isn't much I'm afraid off, and I'm pretty calm in a crisis. Thanks for the review and comments.
Beth
Comment from Annmuma
A very interesting and courageous write! I always find it educational to take a serious walk down memory lane every so often in an effort to discover how I became who I am. I enjoyed taking this walk with you an wish you luck in the contest.
I did see one typo: threat of a thunderstorms. Suggest: threat of a thunderstorm OR threat of thunderstorms.
ann
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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A very interesting and courageous write! I always find it educational to take a serious walk down memory lane every so often in an effort to discover how I became who I am. I enjoyed taking this walk with you an wish you luck in the contest.
I did see one typo: threat of a thunderstorms. Suggest: threat of a thunderstorm OR threat of thunderstorms.
ann
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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Thank you for the review and comments. I thought I had corrected that error, but I must not have hit save. I never told anyone about doing that, and I'd almost forgotten about it. I was forever trying to fix myself, but some seems a little crazy now
Beth
Comment from LJbutterfly
This is a very revealing and personalized story that could easily resonate with many readers. It makes you think about and remember your own childhood. I thought of my fears as a child and how I handled them. I thought of my daughter, an only child who is now grown and married. At age eleven, what was she thinking? You clearly expressed your message and concluded with how you currently handle challenges. Best wishes in the contest.
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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This is a very revealing and personalized story that could easily resonate with many readers. It makes you think about and remember your own childhood. I thought of my fears as a child and how I handled them. I thought of my daughter, an only child who is now grown and married. At age eleven, what was she thinking? You clearly expressed your message and concluded with how you currently handle challenges. Best wishes in the contest.
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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Thank you for the review and comments. I don't think it resonates with very many. I'm pretty sure I'm coming across as a really strange kid. You never know what might be going on in a child's mind. I never told anyone until now. My mom would have been shocked.
Comment from Ben Colder
Yes. Remember in the Bible when the Israelites were in the wilderness for forty years. They had a problem with snakes biting them. God Moses to have them to make a brass serpent and place it on a pole. Those who looked their problem in the face was saved, the other not so. Seems as you looked at your serpent.
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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Yes. Remember in the Bible when the Israelites were in the wilderness for forty years. They had a problem with snakes biting them. God Moses to have them to make a brass serpent and place it on a pole. Those who looked their problem in the face was saved, the other not so. Seems as you looked at your serpent.
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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Thank you Chuck. I was a odd kid to do something like that but there weren't a lot of people my age around to show me how normal people acted. I never told anyone before. Thank you for the six stars.
Beth
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We all have our trials when growing up. The answer. 5th Matthew. Be matured as the Father is matured. Step by step. So glad when we reach the goal.
Comment from Ulla
Hi Beth, I enjoyed reading how you grew up setting out to toughen yourself up. It was maybe a little over the top, but it seemed to work for you. As your husband said when you first met was that he thought you were very mature for your age.
The best of luck. Ulla:)))
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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Hi Beth, I enjoyed reading how you grew up setting out to toughen yourself up. It was maybe a little over the top, but it seemed to work for you. As your husband said when you first met was that he thought you were very mature for your age.
The best of luck. Ulla:)))
Comment Written 30-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 30-Apr-2023
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Thank you Ulla. I agree it was a bit over the top and this is first time I ever told anyone what a strange child I was. lol I'm not sorry because it made me feel better about myself when I wasn't so emotional and fearful.
Beth
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I can totally understand that. X
