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James Dotson
/ July 21, 2012

I am a beginner who has been beginning for some time now. I love to draw and take photos. That is majority of the content on my site, I do poke fun at politics alot. Let’s face it just about everything they do is funny…
I hope to learn and grow and eventually be able to entertain and add some value to those who choose to take a look at my work…
Thanks Red
I needed the nudge…
http://www.j-dotson.com/

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Gloria Faye Brown Bates
/ July 26, 2012

Hi Red, everyone…

I am glad to have found ‘here’ to come to. I had no idea I would win the book by Emma McClain… I am so looking forward to it! I read some of her poetry and it’s so meaningful. I’m honored.

I write everyday to remember my son, Tommy, who died while running, playing, for the first and last time with his little three year old son, Taban.

He almost didn’t go on that trip but, at the last minute he changed his mind. He went on that trip to Myrtle Beach, S. C. and got there ‘in time’ to do what he meant to do……….

I constantly write about what it feels like to be a grieving mother… he was my only child. I also, write about the colors/stories of my life. I would love for you to visit.

Thank-you, Red… for the opportunity to write here. It means the world to me.

Gloria/Granny Gee
http://happycolorsandgrannygee.blogspot.com/
Gloria Faye Brown Bates recently posted..Whispers From My Mind…

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- Lynn
  / July 26, 2012
  
  Glorida, I will visit your site. I too, lost a son. It was four years ago July 8. My problem was and still is to some extent- the inability to grieve. It has caused me tremendous physical issues. People do not realize that when one cannot grieve the body will find a way to retaliate in order to rid itself of the grief. For me, my body has physically taken a beating in the way of autoimmune issues and blood disorders. It’s so wonderful that you can remember your son in such a positive way. I wish my mind would let me do the same. I’ve said this many times but never written it quite this way- WRITE-ON sistah!!!
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  - Red
    / July 26, 2012
    
    You know this is something we all have in common. I lost my daughter six years ago. I am currently finishing a book on grieving children. If you have not seen it yet, stop by my touchstone for parents without children.
    
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Lynn
/ July 26, 2012

Hi my name is Lynn and I founded a project in memory of my son who passed away 4 years ago. My husband works remotely for the financial industry and I am currently searching for a new way tocreate more balance in our lives. We’re American citizens but found it too difficult to stay after he died so my husband an I sold our stuff (house, furniture and yup -even clothes) packed a suitcase and moved to Thailand! We started a nonprofit organization called The Christopher Robert Project. TCRP is an organization committed to supporting hill tribe villages in remote areas of Southeast Asia. We place special emphasis on children, the disabled, healthcare, and the environment. Our aim is to improve the quality of village life by identifying specific needs and utilizing available resources within the village to bring about positive social change. Our first initiative is almost finished. We’re helping a child who would otherwise never walk to do so. Read more about Baby Pichai on my blog at http://www.trippinwithrip.com.
Special thanks to Red for allowing me to market my website through hers. xo
Lynn recently posted..Update on Baby Pichai

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Gloria Faye Brown Bates
/ July 27, 2012

Hi Red….. and Lynn,

My heart is touched by the loss of your children, too. I haven’t found anyone in all this time that writes ‘real grief, how it really feels’. That’s what I do. I needed so much to see where others went through what I was going through… I couldn’t find it. So, I write to never forget my son, how it feels to lose him.

When grief hits me like a wave from the ocean… I stop to put it into words as it happens… so, someone can know ‘how it really feels’. ‘My pain turns into words painting by… feelings’.

When I describe the grief…. I describe it exactly the way it feels… to me. I’ve never found anyone who does that… I’ve needed all this time to find someone to ‘learn from’… to learn ‘where one is supposed to be at in their grief’… so on.

I can only write from my experience…. and as I go through this…. I’m learning the hard way. Maybe someone can learn something from my experience, if so… that would make me feel good inside. I know the pain… I am so sorry other people have to suffer and go through such as this.

I wanted to also, add that I made a mistake in the date Tommy, my son… died in my story ‘Patches Of Darkness’…. he died May 29, 2010. I have went back to each of my blogs and corrected it.

Lynn, I know you thought I was something so special and amazing to ‘handle such grief in just two months’…. because I had mistakenly put the date Tommy died as May 29, 2012.

I am so sorry you thought I was something I’m not. I have grieved in a bad way, though I feel I do it in a ‘good’ way now, by writing. I am not perfect at all… I hope you aren’t disappointed in me, thinking I did so well in such a short time.

I’m so sorry I made that mistake, Lynn. I thought about you when I went to sleep last night, I woke up thinking ‘I need to tell Lynn, I need to tell Red’. Please accept my apologies… I’m only just ‘me’…. I haven’t grieved in an exceptional way at all… it has just hurt so bad.

‘Now’… I am just trying to make the pieces of my life ‘go back together’… I’m a puzzle ‘missing pieces’… I can’t find them. My writing has to fill that .. void.

I’m not always sad now… so, I write happy things, also. :))) Love, Granny Gee
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Gloria Faye Brown Bates
/ July 30, 2012

I would like to say that I received the book today that Emma McClain wrote (Poems From Still Waters Running Deep).

I am so honored to have won it. Thank-you. Gloria/Granny Gee
Gloria Faye Brown Bates recently posted..It’s Time To Meet Victoria… A Different Kind Of Beautiful, Young Woman

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- Red
  / July 30, 2012
  
  Fantastic! Would you make this comment on Winners & Free Stuff?
  
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T
/ August 5, 2012

Momma, you are a never ending source of information, moral support and advice. Not to mention a priceless friend to have. I’ve just started a blog to tell my son’s story of false child abuse allegations. I can only hope this can help him fight for justice!
T
http://fighting4dave.wordpress.com/

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Tracy Wilson
/ August 14, 2012

Hello all and a big thank you to Red! I stumbled upon this wonderful site via G+ just today. And to say I’m a bit excited is a bit of an understatement. Some about me without boring you… I am a father to three beautiful daughters, husband, 911 dispatcher and an avid Star Wars fan. My writings tend to be on the “When I have time” side for now and would love to be published some day. I look forward to interacting with others here and to continue to be inspired! Thank you.
http://zombiebytes.blogspot.com/
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Tcub
/ August 14, 2012

Flash in the pan actually instigated this. I needed a random thoughts blog 🙂 Dedicated to the best Momma Bear anywhere!

http://thecubswindow.blogspot.com/2012/08/damaged-goods.html

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GingerSnaap
/ August 20, 2012

I hail from Crazy Town.
http://ohmygawdjustdowhatisay.wordpress.com/
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