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I would also ask SWFTFOX's opinion, or the fairies. Enjoy
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on August 26, 2006 at 3:50 PM
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non conformist, good question!
will it happen in reverse? I hope I will be lucky enough to find out, and have grandchildren of my own to tell stories to, I did love my grandma's stories, they were wonderful. Sometimes the younger generation does not make it, and dies before its time... but that is another story.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 26, 2006 at 2:08 PM
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It's a big cognitive gap between the old and young....
...and so often by the time the young person is adult enough to understand or want to question, the older person isn't there and it's too late. It has happened to me and I often wonder will it happen in reverse? I hope I am still here when my grandchildren want to ask and to understand things, who knows?
posted by
nonconformist
on August 26, 2006 at 1:40 PM
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it did, thanks Troosha
if anything, writing this helped me make peace with my grandfather, he used to drive me mad with his stories, I hated them.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 26, 2006 at 1:34 PM
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I had a father-in-law who was notorious for “revisiting” the war (some of the stories repeated numerous times) so I could relate to this piece. Don’t toss it - it came from the heart.
posted by
Troosha
on August 26, 2006 at 12:46 PM
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He heard your poem and each word was a beautiful pearl to him. MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on August 26, 2006 at 9:14 AM
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