Comments on: QOTW – 2009/11/09

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:23:47 +0000

That the most important person to worry about disappointing is myself.

By: alicesenior

alicesenior — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:48:00 +0000

He taught me the right way to eat blue crabs so you don’t miss a single tiny bit of meat; how to catch, scale and fillet fish; electricity/electonics and enough morse code to get a novice ham license; photography; basics of portrait painting; how to stop blood flow with pressure. Philosophical stuff? Do as I say, not as I do…

By: pinaymama

pinaymama — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:51:06 +0000

mine is up!

http://www.gardenofmoments.com.....ather.html

By: Fatima

Fatima — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:17:16 +0000

I answered this on my blog. I don't have the greatest relationship with my father but I did learn some things from him - more of the "what not to do" kind though.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:55:11 +0000

Righty-Tighty- Lefty -Loosey! lots of other stuff too but that is what pops into my head first and really is something I use often!

By: Lorena

Lorena — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:58:01 +0000

Well said, Unca Joe, and I would agree with that wholeheartedly. Also, it’s *wonderful* to see you up and commenting! Yay for recovery!!!

By: Joe Haldeman

Joe Haldeman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:31:39 +0000

I was very much my mother’s son, and most of what I learned from my father was by way of bad example. I didn’t learn too well in all cases — like avoiding overwork and having Puritan guilt over not working. He was inarticulate and embarrassed about sex; odd for a doctor. He had surprising prejudices — hated facial hair and fired a ranking employee for growing moustache. But he was kindly and worked against his more conventional prejudices.

I learned not to drink myself senseless every night.

Finally I learned to love him and feel sorrow for the demons that drove him.

Unca Joe

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:23:23 +0000

Affirmation is one of the greatest gifts to give a person.

By: nakhira

nakhira — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:50:12 +0000

… that “I love you” can also be expressed with out words, or even if you’re far away from each other. And that there is someone who will always ‘have my back’.