tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post115376726045158909..comments2024-02-15T23:41:36.425-08:00Comments on SIMPLY WAIT: THEFTPatry Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1157939425554919242006-09-10T18:50:00.000-07:002006-09-10T18:50:00.000-07:00Cool Blog! If you get a chance I would like to in...Cool Blog! If you get a chance I would like to invite you to visit the following clothes Blog, it is cool to!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1154136776357693232006-07-28T18:32:00.000-07:002006-07-28T18:32:00.000-07:00Patry, what a great story. I've had at least one s...Patry, what a great story. I've had at least one similar experience of doing some minor dishonorable thing that nobody noticed but made me burn with shame after. There was some philosopher on tv recently who was an atheist and said he thought not believing in God made him more moral, because he had to make his choices based on what was the right thing to do as opposed to what would get him into heaven. You have to live with yourself - and you're right, you rob yourself of what's good in these situations.<BR/><BR/>Thanks also for the link! Glad you liked the piece.lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127872882510411387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153973454636555372006-07-26T21:10:00.000-07:002006-07-26T21:10:00.000-07:00...who would steal the Future itself in exchange f...<EM>...who would steal the Future itself in exchange for something as deceptive and illusory as</EM><BR/><BR/><STRONG>WMD</STRONG>?<BR/><BR/>this post tells us that you have always been led by truth, and if you didn't notice it quickly you later suffered for the neglect. what a fabulous young child you seemed to have been!Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02523247895437700129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153879715793058792006-07-25T19:08:00.000-07:002006-07-25T19:08:00.000-07:00zhoen: Thank you for your presence here.Sara: That...zhoen: Thank you for your presence here.<BR/><BR/>Sara: That's my favorite sentence, too--because that's the point of revelation for me. It's the thing I didn't know when I began to write this piece. <BR/><BR/>Coll: Oh yes. We experience the world so intensely when we are small. Both the good and the true, and the frightening.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153873128199668102006-07-25T17:18:00.000-07:002006-07-25T17:18:00.000-07:00I love your way with words. Your story brought ba...I love your way with words. Your story brought back memories of my own childhood guilts. Sometimes it is tough to be young.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153851713493390592006-07-25T11:21:00.000-07:002006-07-25T11:21:00.000-07:00"In the end, the thing that tormented me most was ..."In the end, the thing that tormented me most was the way my theft dishonored the life I did have."<BR/><BR/>I think this is one of the best sentences I have read here.<BR/><BR/>Well done! Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153845450439389852006-07-25T09:37:00.000-07:002006-07-25T09:37:00.000-07:00(o)(o)Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153842121195169052006-07-25T08:42:00.000-07:002006-07-25T08:42:00.000-07:00fred: Great story--and an equally great question. ...fred: Great story--and an equally great question. Yes, I think I could find the spot--if memory isn't deceiving me. And yes, if I could and the box was miraculously still there, I would dig it up. It would give me great satisfaction to return the doll undies to my cousin after all these years.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153835573418217392006-07-25T06:52:00.000-07:002006-07-25T06:52:00.000-07:00Patry....someone dear to me likes to walk in to Sa...Patry....someone dear to me likes to walk in to Salvation Army stores, try on the used shoes and when they find the perfect pair they quietly put their old shoes on the rack and walk away.....<BR/><BR/>and a few questions for you...Could you find the spot where you buried the cigar box and then would you dig it up?Fred Garberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308938520063396329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153800013974654972006-07-24T21:00:00.000-07:002006-07-24T21:00:00.000-07:00Robin: I can almost see that plaid pleated skirt. ...Robin: I can almost see that plaid pleated skirt. The fact that you can recall every detail of the thing you never owned, but undoubtedly forget the clothes that hung in your closet, calls into question the meaning of possession. Thanks for your thought provoking comment.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153799225993170402006-07-24T20:47:00.000-07:002006-07-24T20:47:00.000-07:00angi: sorry you never got a doll like Heather Sutt...angi: sorry you never got a doll like Heather Sutton's, but it looks like you ended up with a wonderful dinosaur! Thanks for visiting.<BR/><BR/>chiefbiscuit: Writing this brought so much up for me--including thoughts like yours. Glad you enjoyed the links.<BR/><BR/>rebekah: you've hit on something that really intrigues me--how the emotional intensity of certain experiences casts every detail in sharp relief.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153798311681458672006-07-24T20:31:00.000-07:002006-07-24T20:31:00.000-07:00I have childhood memories of doing something I sho...I have childhood memories of doing something I shouldn't have. Amazing how you can recall every single sensory detail of that kind of experience. Wonderful story.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the links/challenges!<BR/><BR/>RebekahRebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105270971959281644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153796519080157242006-07-24T20:01:00.000-07:002006-07-24T20:01:00.000-07:00Thanks SO much for the links too patry - it's just...Thanks SO much for the links too patry - it's just the sort of thing I'm looking for - yay!Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153796128422287442006-07-24T19:55:00.000-07:002006-07-24T19:55:00.000-07:00Fantastic post, Patry. You capture something so es...Fantastic post, Patry. You capture something so essential and inherent to childhood-- that longing for what you know you will not ever really have. We recognize it immediately when we see it, that object of our intense desire. What we don't know at the moment is that it will teach a great lesson, in a way that someone who has everything can never know. I once loved a plaid, pleated skirt when I was young. I saw it in a department store. I can still picture it. I learned so much about material desire from that simple piece of cloth. I didn't steal it, but I wanted to so badly, that it stole me for a while in my life.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153796015195314202006-07-24T19:53:00.000-07:002006-07-24T19:53:00.000-07:00This is wonderful.I love the way you subtly turned...This is wonderful.<BR/>I love the way you subtly turned the account around to your situation as a child from negative to positve without any moral or sentiment at the end of it all. <BR/>Apart from the personsl - which we can all realte to - you have also truly got me thinking about what thieving does to us all in its the wider, political implications.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153774838889513332006-07-24T14:00:00.000-07:002006-07-24T14:00:00.000-07:00marilyn: I suppose quarreling makes everyone feel ...marilyn: I suppose quarreling makes everyone feel alone and scared--whether they are only children or have a dozen siblings. It was only in writing this post that I realized my parents weren't so much battling each other, as they were battling an inner demon. Quite a revelation!<BR/><BR/>laini: Oh yes, I've had that puny candle experience! The illusion created by clever marketing, I guess. Thanks again for a terrific prompt.<BR/><BR/>paris: Oh, no, nothing worse! It is like entering a dark fairy tale. Thanks for reading!Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153772885494045772006-07-24T13:28:00.000-07:002006-07-24T13:28:00.000-07:00Love your story! Beautifully-written. Ah, the chil...Love your story! Beautifully-written. Ah, the childhood torment of doing something wrong and being afraid to be found out. Is there anything worse??!! I also liked The Kite Runner. Will check out those links - thank you!paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153772103119633782006-07-24T13:15:00.000-07:002006-07-24T13:15:00.000-07:00Great post, Patry! Reading about your theft, and h...Great post, Patry! Reading about your theft, and how the little doll undies were really just a meagre part of all the things you didn't have, it made me think of my own feelings of shopping and coveting when I was a starving artist -- I'd go in a store like Z Gallery and love everything, but only be able to afford something puny like a candle or something, and then when I'd get my puny candle home to my puny apartment and unwrap it, the magic that it had had in its previous environment would be all gone -- gone the gorgeous table and table runner, gone the chandeliers and art and cutlery and velvet footstools, etc etc. And it would be just a candle! Also, I recently read Kite Runner -- WOW -- and when I posted the promt of thief! I didn't think of that book, but I'm surprised I didn't. It was so powerful. AND: thanks for the link! Glad you liked my scribble. It was a fun one!Laini Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1153771046035297492006-07-24T12:57:00.000-07:002006-07-24T12:57:00.000-07:00Love your take on "thief." Quarrels...hmmm...glad...Love your take on "thief." Quarrels...hmmm...glad to hear your parents love won out. I had a sibling, but the quarreling in my childhood home made me feel utterly alone...I'd usually hole up in my room to escape it. Thanks for the links. I used to read Leslee's (prior) blog years ago...nice to re-find her. And 400 Words looks delish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com