tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post8761089445600030935..comments2023-11-03T07:03:44.938-06:00Comments on Big Blue Barn West: 'The Man' Tales - another peek into the pastaimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-72864365371413445852007-12-13T09:48:00.000-07:002007-12-13T09:48:00.000-07:00Debra - Thank you so very much!Debra - Thank you so very much!aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-50245004673257826152007-12-13T01:38:00.000-07:002007-12-13T01:38:00.000-07:00Hi Aims, this is unbelievable, I am in shock as I ...Hi Aims, this is unbelievable, I am in shock as I read it. You write beautifully, you have a real gift. But to me, to real gift lies in the fact the you have survived this and become the person you are today. Well done and much love. xxDebra in Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15043535993839224545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-69847855059105190332007-12-07T11:01:00.000-07:002007-12-07T11:01:00.000-07:00Dearest B - 15 years old when the purse was packed...Dearest B - 15 years old when the purse was packed - a very young and tender 15 at that.<BR/><BR/>They are both gone now - which makes it a little easier to write. The fear of them finding out has diminished slightly with their passing - I always think they are still watching me - <BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for your kind words....aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-62865340193490123042007-12-07T10:57:00.000-07:002007-12-07T10:57:00.000-07:00Stinking Billy - I actually cringed when I posted ...Stinking Billy - I actually cringed when I posted these last two - thinking that people would pick apart my writing as I do every day....<BR/>Thank you so much for your generous comments - I have been admiring your easy flowing style with a bit of envy - and right at this moment I think I've just had an epiphany....<BR/>I think I've been beating myself up over my own writing style because of the subject itself. It is very hard - and gut wrenching to write - and never seems to flow easily to me....aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-11597974325519201482007-12-07T00:54:00.000-07:002007-12-07T00:54:00.000-07:00Just reading this is almost more than I can bear, ...Just reading this is almost more than I can bear, Aims! It's hard for me to believe a father could be so brutal to his child - and even harder to try to accept that the child's mother didn't just look on helplessly, but actually added to the abuse!<BR/><BR/>You tell it with such passion though - and yet so simply and so well - that I just have to go on reading , even though it's almost more than I can bear.<BR/><BR/>And now Ani has made her escape! But will they follow her and haul her back? (How old was she at the time, I wonder? And will she be able to make-it on her own?)<BR/><BR/>I shall certainly follow her painful progress out of the pit of what should have been her childhood. I am seetning with anger at what was done to her thougn - and want to rush off and report those cruel people, even now at this late stage...<BR/><BR/>Oh, but well done though! Very very well done.I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-43200794857078543622007-12-07T00:45:00.000-07:002007-12-07T00:45:00.000-07:00Aims, I received my regular e-mail this morning fr...Aims, I received my regular e-mail this morning from El Engineer, my fellow hosteller, and part of it read:- <BR/><BR/>"Thought I would have a look at "aims" and was shocked by what I first thought was gross plagiarism by her to quote someone else's story. Then when I got to the bottom, noticed that it was her own work - and relating actual events in her upbringing. My God, what has she endured? It was a revelation, I tell you." <BR/><BR/>So I came over and read it for myself. I have to endorse his 'shock/horror. reaction, of course I do, but can I just add my admiration for your authorship.<BR/><BR/>Your telling of it was not only powerful, and it was certainly that, but it was beautiful, too.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your kind comment on my work but, honestly, I am purely lightweight by comparison.Stinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.com