Comments on: Death Comes Knocking

By: Extreme Writing Now

Extreme Writing Now — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:22:24 +0000

Revisited: Death Comes Knocking – This my submission for the Extreme Writing Now Group, Memoir Writing, … http://is.gd/8b1Hy2 #ewn

By: Extreme Writing Now

Extreme Writing Now — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:41:14 +0000

Revisited: Death Comes Knocking – This my submission for the Extreme Writing Now Group, Memoir Writing, … http://is.gd/kBckE #ewn

By: Alex Crabtree

Alex Crabtree — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:41:14 +0000

Revisited: Death Comes Knocking – This my submission for the Extreme Writing Now Group, Memoir Writing, … http://is.gd/kBckE #ewn

By: Petunia

Petunia — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:02:58 +0000

Yes, Kim! “as if someone had stretched a single strand of spider silk inside of my body and gave the thread a single ‘twang’ with their finger…” ‘

Wow.
And the ending is uplifting & jarring at the same time. Hard to do that.

Joan, ““we are all going to stand in the front yard and hold hands.” =D
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By: MiMi

MiMi — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:03:36 +0000

Death Comes Knocking – http://tinyurl.com/29evrxv

By: Alex Crabtree

Alex Crabtree — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:41 +0000

Thank you Kim. We have seen your writing and I think I wouldn’t be alone when I whisper, GIVE US MORE!!!

By: Alex Crabtree

Alex Crabtree — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:51:37 +0000

I think the schools where I lived (live) were really intent on scaring the bejezus out of us because of the fact that we were so close to one of the top targets, Wright Patterson AFB.

By: Alex Crabtree

Alex Crabtree — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:49:03 +0000

So true about those drills. Poor adults don’t realize how much children laugh at them behind their backs because the kids are smarter than we give them credit for.

Every life truly IS precious and deserves to be lived and loved.

By: Joan Adams

Joan Adams — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:01:52 +0000

Wow! Powerful writing, Alex! I can see you in that classroom!

Guess our dad really did a good job with us on that death thing. As far back as I can remember he was saying “live until you die” or “I’m going to live until I die”…. he was a realist and I guess he wanted us to be realists too. He was not morbid at all, just, as he would say “death is a part of life.”

Of course I am a bit older than you. Our dad taught us that when the Communists come, “we are all going to stand in the front yard and hold hands.” At least that is what Nancy keeps telling me. I don’t remember that exactly. But I do remember how important it was to memorize scripture ’cause they were going to take our Bibles from us.
Joan Adams´s last blog ..Words for Sympathy Cards

By: kimmanleyort

kimmanleyort — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:31:17 +0000

Your description of your fear is just stellar, Alex.
“as if someone had stretched a single strand of spider silk inside of my body and gave the thread a single ‘twang’ with their finger…” Wow! I wish I could write like that. I know, I just have to write.

Amazing how those early experiences shape us. You will not believe how eerily close your first experience of fear is to mine.