tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post7599139091184158766..comments2023-07-02T06:52:41.569-07:00Comments on notes, tales and observations: Unnamed Madonnas-Final ChapterRosaria Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-69306932907094364292011-05-02T07:43:59.660-07:002011-05-02T07:43:59.660-07:00Erin, you caught my weakness in this one. I have n...Erin, you caught my weakness in this one. I have no stamina to work on all the details, all the possibilities. I feel old! I want to get to the end so fast that I rush through, telling you the story as quickly as I can. Will I ever put in the bones? I don't know. I feel strong and invincible now and then, still full of that something that kept me moving on and making things work, at one time.<br /><br />You caught all that! I'm so, so grateful! We want the reader to know us intimately, don't we? To read between the lines, to the core of the pain.<br /><br />I had to write this story; it needed telling; but I wished so much more for it; so much more.<br /><br />thank you, dear erin, for this reading, and this sharing.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-6123570706374172322011-05-01T19:45:56.538-07:002011-05-01T19:45:56.538-07:00an important story then, rosaria, all of these ele...an important story then, rosaria, all of these elements unresolved finding a form of resolution. it is as though you've two countries and yet no one country. this becomes difficult. i know it was difficult for me in many ways of identity when i lived overseas and then in the united states. even in canada, robert and i considered moving to the east coast, but one day his witnessing me in the rugged northern ontario woods - he stopped and said, no, this is you. although i am up for adventure, home is home, with so many far reaching issues.<br /><br />i can't believe, however, that Steve was not involved in some form of intrigue. ha! you have me conditioned with all of the suggestions throughout the story. i keep waiting for the other shoe to fall. <br /><br />what a commitment you've fulfilled. and yes, the bones. there could be endless building on each of these characters and scenarios. what a wonderful treat for us all.<br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-79449579770768043252011-04-19T07:27:34.448-07:002011-04-19T07:27:34.448-07:00p.p.s. I met an Italian who emigrated to Italy fro...p.p.s. I met an Italian who emigrated to Italy from the Check Republic. (by way of my memoir!)<br />She tells me these are the same feelings she feels as her family and her country are not the same she left behind.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-32410552589357192312011-04-19T07:25:20.858-07:002011-04-19T07:25:20.858-07:00p.s.s. This story has been haunting me for decades...p.s.s. This story has been haunting me for decades. It includes the demise of war brides and war babies, what lives they had in the America of their dreams. It also needed to reveal all the things they lost, their language, their culture, the family ties that bound them to their land.<br /><br />I actually cry every time I think about these things, and this story is my attempt to capture all these elements.<br /><br />Perhaps someday I can resurrect and put meat on these bones so they can be served alongside other great stories of loss and abandonment.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-30844440268183846542011-04-07T13:41:12.126-07:002011-04-07T13:41:12.126-07:00Thanks, ladies.Thanks, ladies.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-39009153501171832422011-04-07T13:11:42.414-07:002011-04-07T13:11:42.414-07:00Beautiful and nostalgicBeautiful and nostalgicNormalToEatPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441013159223880977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8269120272474965191.post-30914753053351933922011-04-07T10:45:20.889-07:002011-04-07T10:45:20.889-07:00The ending was sweet relief; I was afraid somethin...The ending was sweet relief; I was afraid something bad had happened to Steve.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803472040500529682noreply@blogger.com