It's definitely a sensitive one, but is it difficult for everyone to answer, or just some of us?

What did your parent(s) like about you when you were growing up?
If they are still alive, what do/es your parent(s) like about you as an adult?

I'm hoping for a few lists that will help inspire my own.

My brother is having a baby.

It's due in November.

[Christina Rossetti's] first volume of verses was issued by her grandfather Polidori unknown to her - printed by his own labor when she was 17 and presented to her. What a surprise it must have been to this gentle girl to have one of her own books placed in her hands! There seems to have been an almost holy love in this proud man's heart for his ( Read more... )

My dad was a career Hallmark guy - from graduation to retirement, he was a packaging engineer there. His name is on the patent for the rounded corners on puzzle boxes that won't poke your eye out. I still flip over cards whenever I receive them to see what company provided them. Hallmark's HQ is in Kansas City, MO and many Hallmarkers live in ( Read more... )

I've seen hard times along the way ( Read more... )

Lauren's 2008 Manifesto: A(wo)men.My father's cousin, Joe, his son William (who lives on a boat near Olympia and is the 3rd of my clan, including my brother and I, to migrate to the west coast) and daughter Sarah are in downtown Seattle tonight, and have invited me out for a drink. Despite a highly anti-social mood, I'm inspired by Lauren's words ( Read more... )

Most of what I write about isn't stuff I take too seriously. I know I write in a really black and white manner and am always 5 feet deep in serious tones, but I'm so not there ;) It just seems that way. I'm serious if I use "I" statements, because I take my own self-analysis seriously, but any sweeping generalizations I make have a good 13-86% ( Read more... )