Comments on: #4: Through the Open Shield http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mike G.(retired corrections officer) http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-39859 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:12:41 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-39859 Thank you for this story,I read the full text and then listened to your story and man are they powerful.I too have battled depression,especially when I lived in Ca,my first marriage had failed and I was driveing a cab,when a little girl handed me a flower and said thank you for the ride.My day was made,thrue the eyes of a child the world is a great place.Mike G. Thank you for this story,I read the full text and then listened to your story and man are they powerful.I too have battled depression,especially when I lived in Ca,my first marriage had failed and I was driveing a cab,when a little girl handed me a flower and said thank you for the ride.My day was made,thrue the eyes of a child the world is a great place.Mike G.

]]> by: Sharon Kyle http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-33638 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:59:20 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-33638 Wow!!!! I don\'t have words that convey the complexity of emotion I\'m feeling after hearing your story. I will listen to it many more times. Thank you....Thank you.....Thank you Wow!!!! I don\’t have words that convey the complexity of emotion I\’m feeling after hearing your story. I will listen to it many more times.

Thank you….Thank you…..Thank you

]]> by: Alison http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32631 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:45:21 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32631 Really nice story. I think I have met that angel before. Around the same time period in the DC area. I had recently broke up with a boyfriend, feeling unsatisfied with work and just feeling down on myself about my appearance. One day I was out running and the your not good enough your not pretty enough voices were drumming. I was looking down at the ground and then looked up when I heard a childs voice say, " you are so beautiful" In front of me was a young black girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old. I was taken aback, but laughed and said, "thanks, you're pretty too." I kept running a few paces, smiling to myself thinking how sweet and what good timing - I turned back to look at her, and she was gone. In the area I was running, you would still see anyone that you had just passed moments before. I only tell that story whenever the topic of, "do you believe in angels" comes up. Her face, her clothes, her smile and her words are burned in my mind. Really nice story. I think I have met that angel before. Around the same time period in the DC area. I had recently broke up with a boyfriend, feeling unsatisfied with work and just feeling down on myself about my appearance. One day I was out running and the your not good enough your not pretty enough voices were drumming. I was looking down at the ground and then looked up when I heard a childs voice say, ” you are so beautiful” In front of me was a young black girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old. I was taken aback, but laughed and said, “thanks, you’re pretty too.” I kept running a few paces, smiling to myself thinking how sweet and what good timing - I turned back to look at her, and she was gone. In the area I was running, you would still see anyone that you had just passed moments before.

I only tell that story whenever the topic of, “do you believe in angels” comes up. Her face, her clothes, her smile and her words are burned in my mind.

]]> by: S. A. Miller http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32453 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:14:02 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32453 Beautifully written and read. I really enjoyed that. Beautifully written and read. I really enjoyed that.

]]> by: Norm Milstein http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32423 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:31:48 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32423 Love is every bit as contagious as savagery. Keep passing that love on. Thanks for a great story! Love is every bit as contagious as savagery. Keep passing that love on. Thanks for a great story!

]]> by: Ken http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32361 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:07:53 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32361 Tom, your life seems like movie material! Tom, your life seems like movie material!

]]> by: paula shea http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32317 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:59:41 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/09/10/4-through-the-open-shield/#comment-32317 your story moved me so much!! It is so similar to my own (just yesterday I was thinking that in only 6 months I screwed up my whole life) & I keep planning my suicide but I am passive agressive about that too. I also understand 100% your rage & feelings of who gives a shit!!! And that little girl...wow. -Paula your story moved me so much!! It is so similar to my own (just yesterday I was thinking
that in only 6 months I screwed up my whole life) & I keep planning my suicide but
I am passive agressive about that too. I also understand 100% your rage & feelings
of who gives a shit!!! And that little girl…wow.
-Paula

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