Comments for Full Deck by Barbara Shulgasser-Parker http://bshulg.wordpress.com Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:02:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on madame by Alicia Ruvinsky http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/madame/#comment-28 Alicia Ruvinsky Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:02:08 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/madame/#comment-28 Wow. You are really good. I'm forwarding you on to friends. Wow. You are really good. I’m forwarding you on to friends.

]]> Comment on oy by Alicia Ruvinsky http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-27 Alicia Ruvinsky Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:49:48 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-27 Nothing in months. We miss you. More please. Nothing in months. We miss you. More please.

]]> Comment on oy by Brandon http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-26 Brandon Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:51:51 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-26 I luv the way uze right. also da blog is good. But don't listen to my mother (Lynn) she raised me with out religion and now I feel empty. My advice, Keep the boy imersed in jew studies. He'll make great contacts. I luv the way uze right. also da blog is good. But don’t listen to my mother (Lynn) she raised me with out religion and now I feel empty. My advice, Keep the boy imersed in jew studies. He’ll make great contacts.

]]> Comment on oy by Lynn http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-25 Lynn Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:41:31 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-25 My advice is to RUN! Run like crazy away from religious schools, religious nut-cases, religious anything. Bring him up only with a reverence for reason and evidence! Run while running is still possible, but RUN you must. My advice is to RUN! Run like crazy away from religious schools, religious nut-cases, religious anything. Bring him up only with a reverence for reason and evidence! Run while running is still possible, but RUN you must.

]]> Comment on oy by Barbara Katz http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-24 Barbara Katz Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:35:21 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/oy/#comment-24 No time to read it all, but such fun to connect with you and your writing and hear about Atticus in cyberspace. Fun ain't it? Ben was 17 on September 8 and had a toga party. I'll send a picture separately. sorry to hear about your mom. So many going through such struggles with aging parents. I'm going through it with my sister who no longer can even feed herself. Completely tragic. Really no quality of life. Come West to visit/to live!!! love, B No time to read it all, but such fun to connect with you and your writing and hear about Atticus in cyberspace.
Fun ain’t it?
Ben was 17 on September 8 and had a toga party.
I’ll send a picture separately.
sorry to hear about your mom. So many going through such struggles with aging parents. I’m going through it with my sister who no longer can even feed herself. Completely tragic. Really no quality of life.

Come West to visit/to live!!!

love,
B

]]> Comment on eye yous to be a riter before I lost my mind by Gina Blatt http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-23 Gina Blatt Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:50:25 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-23 You write with warmth and honesty. This was a very funny piece. This reminds me of humorist Sandra Tsing Loh's writings. Parenting is an adventure that you share with your children. You might as well have fun while your at it! You write with warmth and honesty. This was a very funny piece. This reminds me of humorist Sandra Tsing Loh’s writings. Parenting is an adventure that you share with your children. You might as well have fun while your at it!

]]> Comment on low expectations by Lynn http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/low-expectations/#comment-21 Lynn Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:32:01 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/low-expectations/#comment-21 There are studies to back up everything. I once read that pessimists live longer than optimists because they are less likely to take unnecessary risks. You might be joyless at the prospect of more Bush-like years ahead....but you will live longer. Ah, never mind....I guess that means you have more Bush-like years ahead of you and there can be no joy in THAT. There are studies to back up everything. I once read that pessimists live longer than optimists because they are less likely to take unnecessary risks. You might be joyless at the prospect of more Bush-like years ahead….but you will live longer. Ah, never mind….I guess that means you have more Bush-like years ahead of you and there can be no joy in THAT.

]]> Comment on eye yous to be a riter before I lost my mind by Miss Bonnie http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-20 Miss Bonnie Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:17:56 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-20 I had to read it all. As one who has become used to short attention span activities due to my association with "The Children" that's pretty good. You're doing great. I can tell due to my vast experience with "parenting results" of all kinds. I wish you were having just a little more fun. A sense of humor will get you through as will self-forgiveness and the truth that nobody has ever had THE answer to proper parenting. There are actually so many. I have always thought that LOVE, a positive attitude and "KNOWING" that they will be okey goes a long way to making parenting work. Children have a way of making our best beliefs come true when we keep those beliefs in the forefront of all our conerns. For example, my son was tenacious not stuburn, another was careful not cowardly, another was a planner not a postponer, my youngest was energetic not hyperactive and my inablity to be all things at all times would make them stronger and more capable. Actually all this turned out to be true, as I see it. I am not very computer competent and I've never read a blogged message before or typed one. I hope this goes through. See you Monday. I had to read it all. As one who has become used to short attention span activities due to my association with “The Children” that’s pretty good. You’re doing great. I can tell due to my vast experience with “parenting results” of all kinds. I wish you were having just a little more fun. A sense of humor will get you through as will self-forgiveness and the truth that nobody has ever had THE answer to proper parenting. There are actually so many. I have always thought that LOVE, a positive attitude and “KNOWING” that they will be okey goes a long way to making parenting work. Children have a way of making our best beliefs come true when we keep those beliefs in the forefront of all our conerns. For example, my son was tenacious not stuburn, another was careful not cowardly, another was a planner not a postponer, my youngest was energetic not hyperactive and my inablity to be all things at all times would make them stronger and more capable. Actually all this turned out to be true, as I see it. I am not very computer competent and I’ve never read a blogged message before or typed one. I hope this goes through. See you Monday.

]]> Comment on eye yous to be a riter before I lost my mind by Johnny D. http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-18 Johnny D. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:19:32 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-18 Barbara, Could you be anymore honest? The belly laughs coming from my cubicle have my co-workers giving me sideways glances but they can only guess the joy I found in your stories of child-rearing adventures. You have a way with the brutal honest of everyday emotions that can only come from the view of a mother who loves and laughs with her children. Don't ever think no one is listening: We're just waiting for the next chapter! Barbara, Could you be anymore honest? The belly laughs coming from my cubicle have my co-workers giving me sideways glances but they can only guess the joy I found in your stories of child-rearing adventures. You have a way with the brutal honest of everyday emotions that can only come from the view of a mother who loves and laughs with her children. Don’t ever think no one is listening: We’re just waiting for the next chapter!

]]> Comment on eye yous to be a riter before I lost my mind by Kara http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-16 Kara Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:05:22 +0000 http://bshulg.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/eye-yous-to-be-a-riter-before-i-lost-my-mind/#comment-16 Bravo! It is rare to read thoughts on being a mother that fully describes the rollercoaster of emotions that occur on a moment to moment basis. Also, articulating the self-doubt and self-torture that the role of mother requires is a challenging and brave thing to do, all while acknowledging the ridiculousness of the intensity of it all....well done. I do agree that this long piece could have been several shorter essays. The effect of the observations would be felt even more by the reader. Looking forward to more.... Bravo! It is rare to read thoughts on being a mother that fully describes the rollercoaster of emotions that occur on a moment to moment basis. Also, articulating the self-doubt and self-torture that the role of mother requires is a challenging and brave thing to do, all while acknowledging the ridiculousness of the intensity of it all….well done. I do agree that this long piece could have been several shorter essays. The effect of the observations would be felt even more by the reader. Looking forward to more….

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