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So true. I wouldn't exist if my dad hadn't survived the war, or my ancestors emigrated. All the forks in the road...i
posted by
babe_rocks
on November 27, 2006 at 9:24 AM
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Tony
Good work - again :). And this one is timely for me. I need to start my life over as well.
Be well,
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on November 27, 2006 at 6:48 AM
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Thanks all of you for those lovely comments. Even tho you're all asleep!
posted by
Antonionioni
on November 27, 2006 at 1:12 AM
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girls you met were clever, so the kids are......u are very nice
posted by
star4sky5
on November 27, 2006 at 12:37 AM
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Tony,. "Wouldn't take nothin' for my journey now," as Maya Angelou wrote.
Everything led me to where I am now: happy at last.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 26, 2006 at 9:00 PM
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Hi Tony
Your mastery of story-telling through sonnets is great.This one of yours is autobiographical. Try getting them published. I'm sure it will find a good market.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on November 26, 2006 at 8:58 PM
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..yes, the fascinataing fabric of one's life experience and growth...
posted by
MasonGarrett
on November 26, 2006 at 4:04 PM
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Tony
At 20 I too moved from my home town. I didn’t mess around – I moved 3,000 miles way to the other side of Canada. And it’s funny to think of how everything that has happened since would not have occurred if I had not made that decision. Is life a simply series of happenings or a result of conscious decision? The latter, I think.
posted by
Troosha
on November 26, 2006 at 2:05 PM
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tonyzonit - my sister, stig, and i often play the game "imagine if".
like i told a lover once, i wouldn't change a thing.
posted by
fourcats
on November 26, 2006 at 10:48 AM
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Entertaining as always Tony, nostalgic , resulting in love
posted by
lionladroar
on November 26, 2006 at 8:33 AM
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VERY, VERY WELL SAID
BEGINING LIFE A NEW WITH A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, NOT FOR ALL, BUT A PATH WELL TAKEN... 
posted by
FARSAILOR
on November 26, 2006 at 5:39 AM
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Tonyzonit,
brilliant.. when I went to university I learned to think for myself and gained in confidence. Pity I waited so long! Nice to think of "leaving our mark" through our children.
posted by
mneme
on November 26, 2006 at 3:14 AM
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Thanks Marie-Claire and Najwa!
Non, je ne regrette rien. Or as Edith sings it, 'Je ne rrregrrrette rrrien.' Grrrr.
posted by
Antonionioni
on November 26, 2006 at 3:01 AM
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so honest and very good poem real and soft........najwa
posted by
NAJWA
on November 26, 2006 at 2:41 AM
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I arrived in NZ in 83 at the tender age of 23...takes me back. Where did the time go? More than half my life here in NZ.
posted by
marieclaire66
on November 26, 2006 at 2:41 AM
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There you are! it is time to say bonne nuit to mOi!
Tony reveals himself, one foot at a time, I mean, one verse at a time. Interesting. Have no regret, Tony, you have lovely kids, that is the most important thing in the world.
posted by
marieclaire66
on November 26, 2006 at 2:40 AM
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