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Dropping in late on your delightful childhood memories...I'm in a kind of frantic pre-trip 'clearing of the decks', though a predicted mega-snowstorm may delay things anyway...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 12, 2017 at 8:50 PM
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I am so happy our weather has improved! sam
posted by
sam444
on March 12, 2017 at 4:01 PM
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Taps
I see you have yet to exhuast your seemingly endless repertoir of delightful stories. Lovely to read you again.... (it was 2013 when I was last here to answer your question).
posted by
Troosha
on March 12, 2017 at 9:14 AM
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TAPS
Wonderful story, wonderful, wise Mom...as is her daughter.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on March 11, 2017 at 3:23 PM
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Re: TAPS
Why not? Changelings don't grow up? LOL I still think it's possible...
posted by
-blackcat
on March 11, 2017 at 11:58 AM
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I have throughout the past. They are spread all over the place, and I'm sure I will again. She was a wonderful mother.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2017 at 11:15 AM
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Re: adnohr
So fun to hear from you. Hope your are strong and healthy now.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2017 at 10:42 AM
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Re: Pat_B
Yes, every bit of the Peter Pan story and movie were so very special. I loved that big fluffy dog....Nana or something. (memory?)
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2017 at 10:40 AM
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Re: Kabu
You should have heard my "sweet gentle voice" when I was screaming at my four sons when they were young and being boys. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2017 at 10:39 AM
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changeling are not we love you...you've got some wonderful stories that your mom told that i hope you share with us here
posted by
Annicita
on March 11, 2017 at 10:37 AM
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Re: -blackcat
LOL. I've never heard of a changeling old lady.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2017 at 10:34 AM
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Re: CCT
Now little children have Smartphones instead of fairy-tale books. There are animated videos with fairies in them, but it's not the same as those wonderful books and reading.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 11, 2017 at 10:32 AM
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It was the age of make believe Taps. Kids used imagination to brighten lives and even some prominent adults were enraptured by the thought. Remember seeing little photos of fairies. .
posted by
C_C_T
on March 11, 2017 at 10:20 AM
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It looks like we are in line for a Nor-easter. We will see how that goes...I remember reading fairy tales as a kid. We learned about them in third grade. That was one of my favorite units.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 11, 2017 at 9:22 AM
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hmmm... I don't know much about changlings, but what makes you so sure you're not one of them? You still could be? 
posted by
-blackcat
on March 11, 2017 at 9:11 AM
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Those European fairies sound more like Goblins or Trolls. And of course you are a beautiful fairy child of nature. I have talked to you on the telephone to know that your sweet gentle voice has the music of the fairies.
posted by
Kabu
on March 11, 2017 at 8:57 AM
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My favorite fairy is the little one in Peter Pan. Tinker Bell.
Tiny but mighty, that one. Perhaps you were sprinkled with fairy dust. Loved your mother's answer. And of course your suspicions were correct: there is more to you than meets the eye. 
posted by
Pat_B
on March 11, 2017 at 8:01 AM
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That was a brilliant answer from your mom! Loved this post, TAPS. Just what we need on the late morning after a hectic week. I love fairy tales too - even still. 
posted by
adnohr
on March 11, 2017 at 7:16 AM
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