tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322974238045281221.post6492144155681195496..comments2023-05-07T04:12:39.458-07:00Comments on Damn Fine Horror: The First of Many FarewellsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322974238045281221.post-37662994730406929732011-09-09T20:54:25.286-07:002011-09-09T20:54:25.286-07:00Barbara - thanks for the input. I suppose you did ...Barbara - thanks for the input. I suppose you did one of the last goodbyes; when a child leaves for far off parts. Myself, I can't wait for grankids, although that will be in the far future.<br /><br />Paul - that is a massive age gap. I think Brian Keene is in a similar situation (3 and 18). I just read your latest; will comment on it soon.<br /><br />Dean - thanks! You're a fine practitioner of the hardest and least lucrative of art forms. Have you ever heard of James Emanuel?Mac Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025256806783821913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322974238045281221.post-32066814222109013902011-09-08T15:08:25.259-07:002011-09-08T15:08:25.259-07:00very good work - glad to find your blog, joined an...very good work - glad to find your blog, joined and looking forward to moreAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638974184721233464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322974238045281221.post-14248795067587511462011-09-08T05:12:13.981-07:002011-09-08T05:12:13.981-07:00"For the past eight years they've been my..."For the past eight years they've been my identity, my distraction from the worry of growing old."- Great line. <br /><br />I have quite the span, one child who is almost 18 and one child who just passed 18 months. Fascinating indeed.<br /><br />And I loved your line about giving up the lazy, sexy Saturday mornings. Good luck to you. I'm sure it will get less scary for you :)<br /><br />Paul D. Dail<br />www.pauldail.com- A horror writer's not necessarily horrific blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322974238045281221.post-37170974256985307942011-09-07T03:05:24.662-07:002011-09-07T03:05:24.662-07:00Oh my goodness how I remember that first parting! ...Oh my goodness how I remember that first parting! Our son (an only child) lives in Australia with his new wife and family. Prior to Australia he spent three years in Denmark I thought my heart would break when he left but it didn’t – Australia felt so much worse (we live in the UK) but I survived. We now have a beautiful new granddaughter and lovely daughter-in-law OK they live thousands of miles away but there is email and phones and it does get easier. Plus our son sends long, long emails something he probably wouldn’t do if he lived in the UK and he is forever saying how we gave him the ‘courage’ to do all the things he has with his life. Enjoy your children while they are young, give them all the love you can then wish them well – after all what else can you do?Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.com