Comments on: The Girl in the Picture (A Carnival of Genealogy Entry) http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/2008/08/the-girl-in-the-picture-a-carnival-of-genealogy-entry/ Helping You Write Your Life Story Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: RMM http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/2008/08/the-girl-in-the-picture-a-carnival-of-genealogy-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-54 RMM Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:20:00 +0000 http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/?p=31#comment-54 Dawn,<br/><br/>I loved the story--you really do know how to bring a character to life! I want to grow up to be just like you.<br/><br/>I hope I remember all the questions I want to ask my grandmothers who have died when I meet them again.<br/><br/>Thanks for everything.<br/>Rose Marie Morrel Dawn,

I loved the story–you really do know how to bring a character to life! I want to grow up to be just like you.

I hope I remember all the questions I want to ask my grandmothers who have died when I meet them again.

Thanks for everything.
Rose Marie Morrel

]]> By: Tyson http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/2008/08/the-girl-in-the-picture-a-carnival-of-genealogy-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Tyson Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:14:00 +0000 http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/?p=31#comment-53 Beautiful story, Mom. Beautiful story, Mom.

]]> By: Matt Thurston http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/2008/08/the-girl-in-the-picture-a-carnival-of-genealogy-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Matt Thurston Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/?p=31#comment-51 Excellent story, Mom. You have the gift.<br/><br/>I remember visiting Virginia as a child. I couldn't say or think her name without making the word association with the state. I always felt good when we visited her.<br/><br/>I didn't know (or had forgotten) the details of Ethel's death. How awful for Virginia... what must have been going through her mind? Did she fear for her own life? Just terrible. Excellent story, Mom. You have the gift.

I remember visiting Virginia as a child. I couldn’t say or think her name without making the word association with the state. I always felt good when we visited her.

I didn’t know (or had forgotten) the details of Ethel’s death. How awful for Virginia… what must have been going through her mind? Did she fear for her own life? Just terrible.

]]> By: Nancy Peralta http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/2008/08/the-girl-in-the-picture-a-carnival-of-genealogy-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Nancy Peralta Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:29:00 +0000 http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/?p=31#comment-50 Hi Dawn<br/>What a beautiful tribute to your Grandmother, Ethel. I wish I could go back in time and talk with my grandmothers, also. There are so many more things I would like to ask. Even now since both my parents passed, my cousin and I reminisced this past summer, that we wish we had been able to ask our parents and grandparents more. I think sometimes, If only, I had asked about .... Now it's too late. We learn so much of who we are from our ancestors' struggles, perseverance and lives.<br/><br/>Thank you for sharing this heart wrenching story and telling your Grandmother, Ethel's story in picture and prose. She would be so proud of you. You brought "her character to life". Hi Dawn
What a beautiful tribute to your Grandmother, Ethel. I wish I could go back in time and talk with my grandmothers, also. There are so many more things I would like to ask. Even now since both my parents passed, my cousin and I reminisced this past summer, that we wish we had been able to ask our parents and grandparents more. I think sometimes, If only, I had asked about …. Now it’s too late. We learn so much of who we are from our ancestors’ struggles, perseverance and lives.

Thank you for sharing this heart wrenching story and telling your Grandmother, Ethel’s story in picture and prose. She would be so proud of you. You brought “her character to life”.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/2008/08/the-girl-in-the-picture-a-carnival-of-genealogy-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Dawn Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.memoirmentor.com/blog/?p=31#comment-49 Thanks, Bob. I appreciate your kind words. I try to teach my students how to bring their characters to life. It's nice to know that someone thinks I occasionally practice what I preach. Thanks, Bob. I appreciate your kind words. I try to teach my students how to bring their characters to life. It’s nice to know that someone thinks I occasionally practice what I preach.

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