I usually use the public review to bring an exceptional piece of writing to the attention of more people--and, often, to introduce the writer, too.
There are times, for instance, when I will say that what I'm reviewing just scratches the surface of what is found there (doing this especially when one or more of the writings in the reviewed writer's port somehow relate to the one that I'm reviewing).
And I'm putting your great advice up for public review, speaking of public reviews!
Frankly, I think that everybody should read about your wonderful aunt--and, especially, young people who seem to have such a struggle with body-image these days.
Like your aunt, I'm also a big woman--and one who is very familiar with those comfy mumus and bare feet.
As for myself, I'm hoping to lose weight--yet, even if I die weighing 1000 pounds or more, I still count for something and I'm still First Class!
People who don't believe that don't have a clue!!!
And teachers who let kids get away with taunting other kids not only don't have a clue but they're part of the problem.
And the media-elite that worsens this body-image problem with their misguided spins on trendiness are totally inexcusablr!!!
Anyone reading this who has a child as young as third grade should be sharing this wonderful story with him/her.
I hope that lots of teachers will read this, because your aunt is a wonderful role-model in how she lived the message that what really counts is the person you are on the inside!!!
Speaking as a daughter--and an only child--had this happened to my folks, myself, and my unborn sibling when I was growing up, I would vote for keeping my Mommy.
The way I look at it, this would be within God's will.
Of course, I knew of another case (that happened long before I was born) where there was a family of three with one on the way.
The doctor had strong concerns about this woman getting pregnant again.
She had had her daughter along with a twin son who was stillborn.
Later, she'd had a stillborn daughter.
And each pregnancy had gotten more and more risky.
As it turned out, this woman and her husband both lived into their eighties, and their son and daughter are now 67 and 80 with kids of their own.
The risky baby--which turned out to be a very easy birth--is one of my very best friends, and I can't even imagine life without him.
Yet, I would have opted for the pregnancy to have been terminated if just given the facts.
Sometimes, you just don't know what to do.
I know one thing that really ticked me off.
There was this woman who had about a dozen or so babies in the womb, and she was advised to select a few to have aborted in order to make more room in the womb for the others.
But she had known of many other multiple births of a supposedly-impossible number, so she made the decision to keep them all.
As it turned out, none of them survived, and there were actually people out there who had the nerve to accuse her of just keeping the babies alive in order to be famous.
However, had she aborted a few of them, there would have been small minds out there who would have called her "selfish," "wicked," etc.
Perhaps, the best advice to others would be not to put down a woman for her decision (either way) unless you have walked a mile in her womb--expecially, when it comes to something being a matter of life and death (or wrecked health).
As for your story, it was beautifully-written, and I could really feel for that couple!
Only one item in this folder so far, but, if that one article is any indication of how this folder will be filled in the future, it's worth so much more than the five stars I'm giving it!!!
I'm putting this on the reviewing page so that people will now have the link I neglected to include in my review of this one article--which can be reached by going to this folder and clicking on it.
This is a contact page for the President and Vice-President--and I hope people reading this review will use the info found in the following link:
I wasn't even at the convention, but you have me in happy tears by your very description of it!!!
You know, those two ought to decide to be on A Wedding Story that comes on The Learning Channel.
Hope all's well with you! What's that crutch all about? Shows just how absent I've been around here lately--just can't keep up with everyone! Hope you're now through with being on crutches.
Am currently on a cool retreat and pop in and out at home where I mess around with my computer for a little while, so I have a lot of catching up to do at all of my sites.
My latest "baby" is the website I'm designing.
At this time, I'm making it look more professional. By this evening, you should be able to see it looking more polished than it is right now.
It's done through a cool site builder that allows me to tinker around with things and then upload them for public view when I feel they're ready.
As I discover new things (ways to improve), you'll find things I've already installed looking better.
Also, this site will always be growing, because i'm linking it to other places (here, for instance) that are always growing!!!
This will also work to my advantage, because, when I'm done, I'll have in one handy place all of the online places that I write for with any regularity at all--meaning that it will be easier for me to visit them.
You might wait until tonight when it really looks a lot more polished, as I'm currently making some changes and adding new things, which I'll be uploading a little later on.
Well, this is about it for now!
Again, I really loved your description of this beautiful event--and everything leading up to it--because it placed me right there!!!
What a way to find out that two of my favorite people have gotten engaged!!!
Right now, I'm just giddy!!!
I don't have much time at this time to hang around long, but I've now got to get over to their ports and get their take on all of this!!!
So, you have one of those horrid knees, too!
I can think of about one good thing about mine: It has gotten me pampered by a few studmuffins!!! Other than that, it can go jump in the lake!!!
This is a wonderful legacy to Gina's intense spirit. She obviously felt things very deeply--which is beautiful as a whole but, sadly, also made her decide to leave this phase of life too soon.
Anyway, I really loved this account and feel like bouncing all over the place!!!
I just noticed that you're a newbie, and I just want to welcome you to the neighborhood!
This is a lovely and haunting poem with so much imagry--the part about the blood and grime being on his sword was really spooky--especially, when the poem ends with the tables being turned!
Mostly, though, it's more like correcting some punctuation, spelling, etc. and what I see as awkward construction.
I always make it very clear that this isn't necessary the "right" way to write the poem--just my own ideas, take them or leave them.
Generally, I don't even do this unless it needs lots of work; there are one or more glaring spelling errors (or something else such as a typo that needs to be pointed out).
Anyway, I make sure that the poet knows that this is his/her baby and that he/she can leave it absolutely the same, in case there's a personal reason for it.
I once wrote a poem in rhyme--a humorous one, no less--and I had this one guy trying to take all of the rhyme out of it.
He was one of those people who thought that rhythm and rhyme belonged back in the 19th Century or something. It was as if he'd never heard of light verse before.
He decided that I was hopeless and didn't want to spend any more time reading my poetry. In fact, he actually got angry at me for what he perceived as cluelessness.
I don't have time to go into the whole story here, but there's more to this story than what I've written--stuff that showed this guy to have been very inconsiderate (though I would have overlooked his being "inconsiderate"--chalking it up to his having a good reason to be, because he did--had he just been more civil to me).
First off, you made a typo writing "and edge" when you meant "an edge."
But this poem is really BEYONDbeautiful!!!
My personal beliefs are that the end of one age will just mean a new beginning of another, so life will go on in ways that are so perfectly-wonderful that we can't even begin to imagine them!!!
Yet, there are many ends of many ages, and this poem is a reminder to us to not take the beauty of the place in life where we happen to be now for granted!
It won't be long before I write on this subject, and I'll make a link to this poem from there when I get it finished!
Sixteen years and a few days ago, another seven of a diversified group were taken from us! It's been said that God often sends other souls to greet newcomers into Eternity--so I wonder if the seven of 2003 were greeted by the seven of 1986!!!
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