Comments on: Hazel http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:21:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Naimah Holmes http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-33929 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:35:43 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-33929 Your memoir is so vivid and beautifully painfull, I can see you a a boy clinging to your mothers, hand her belongings... I also lost my mother to cancer in 2001 I was 21 and I remember that hospital scene alomst every day you captures the essence of it in images so masterfully...Thanks so much for sharing Your memoir is so vivid and beautifully painfull, I can see you a a boy clinging to your mothers, hand her belongings… I also lost my mother to cancer in 2001 I was 21 and I remember that hospital scene alomst every day you captures the essence of it in images so masterfully…Thanks so much for sharing

]]> by: Mary http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-33813 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:29:18 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-33813 The story was very moving. It expressed the feelings of a young boy losing his mother with such emotion that you really felt you knew his inner thoughts. I lost my mother, too, but not as a child. The need for one last moment where things are clear and you are recognized by your mother is beyond explanation. Hazel "makes you reflect. The story was very moving. It expressed the feelings of a young boy losing his mother with such emotion that you really felt you knew his inner thoughts. I lost my mother, too, but not as a child. The need for one last moment where things are clear and you are recognized by your mother is beyond explanation. Hazel “makes you reflect.

]]> by: paisley http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-33099 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:46:16 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-33099 this was so touching,, so real,, i am so happy i found this here today... so happy you shared it with me... your strength has made me strong today... this was so touching,, so real,, i am so happy i found this here today… so happy you shared it with me… your strength has made me strong today…

]]> by: Njei Moses Timah http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32265 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:48:27 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32265 The story emotionally connects us to similar events in our lives. The story emotionally connects us to similar events in our lives.

]]> by: Mike G.(retired corrections officer) http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32223 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:27:55 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32223 I thank you for a great story,I also send my condolences for your loss,and have said a prayer for you and your family. Your story has reminded me of how fragile life really is. I know what it like to lose a parent to cancer.My mother passed away in 2003 from lung cancer.My Grandmother (Mom's Mother)was taken by breast cancer.I also lost my Dad to a heart attack.in 1974. To Picturegl you have my prayers as well.Mike G. I thank you for a great story,I also send my condolences for your loss,and have said a prayer for you and your family. Your story has reminded me of how fragile life really is.
I know what it like to lose a parent to cancer.My mother passed away in 2003 from lung cancer.My Grandmother (Mom’s Mother)was taken by breast cancer.I also lost my Dad to a heart attack.in 1974.
To Picturegl you have my prayers as well.Mike G.

]]> by: Danny http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32065 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:37:54 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32065 So moving...brought a flood of tears and memories. The writing is so descriptive. Thanks for a beautiful piece of writing. So moving…brought a flood of tears and memories. The writing is so descriptive. Thanks for a beautiful piece of writing.

]]> by: Jim http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32061 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:38:23 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-32061 Beautifully written, powerful story. Brings back some sad memories. Beautifully written, powerful story. Brings back some sad memories.

]]> by: charlotteseifert http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-31906 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:10:31 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-31906 what a beautiful description of the memory of being in the presence of someone you love as they die. what a beautiful description of the memory of being in the presence of someone you love as they die.

]]> by: Michele http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-31903 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:54:13 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-31903 I'm still blessed to have my Mother, but I remember things like this with my grandparents and cousins. The descriptive writing is truly breathtaking--you are very talented! Thank you for sharing... I’m still blessed to have my Mother, but I remember things like this with my grandparents and cousins.

The descriptive writing is truly breathtaking–you are very talented!

Thank you for sharing…

]]> by: picturegrl http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-31856 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:06:23 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/06/hazel/#comment-31856 So powerful. Tears falling. My grandfather is ill, and I find myself wondering what it will be like, those final moments. Thank you for writing this. So powerful. Tears falling. My grandfather is ill, and I find myself wondering what it will be like, those final moments. Thank you for writing this.

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