Mask
we all wear one34 total reviews
Comment from Jesse James Doty
How sad! Jasper put on his mask to face the day when all he really wanted was to see her face again. This is well-written and shows how so many of us wear masks. We all do it!
Even when we go inside our homes we wear masks to face our family members each one for different reasons but still, the idea remains we wear masks for plenty of reasons even here on FS.
Jesse
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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How sad! Jasper put on his mask to face the day when all he really wanted was to see her face again. This is well-written and shows how so many of us wear masks. We all do it!
Even when we go inside our homes we wear masks to face our family members each one for different reasons but still, the idea remains we wear masks for plenty of reasons even here on FS.
Jesse
Comment Written 21-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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Hi Jesse,
that's true. I sometimes wonder if we're ever really truly honest with ourselves, or just convince ourselves of certain things! lol Cheers. G
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Being convinced we wear masks says so much about ourselves.
Wearing them doesn't do us a favor at all. We need to be honest to a fault.
Take care, my friend,
Jesse
Comment from nancy_e_davis
This sounds somewhat like my life. Happiness has been evading me for a long time now. I understand Jasper and I can tell you this is a very good job relating his story to others. Well done, Garth. After the death of a loved one it is very hard to continue on with life. Well done. Nancy:)
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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This sounds somewhat like my life. Happiness has been evading me for a long time now. I understand Jasper and I can tell you this is a very good job relating his story to others. Well done, Garth. After the death of a loved one it is very hard to continue on with life. Well done. Nancy:)
Comment Written 21-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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Many thanks, Nancy. Hope you are well. G
Comment from barbara.wilkey
All of us have a public life and a private life. According to my husband, a forensic scientist for the Army's CID, we all have a secret life. It's that secret life that gets us into trouble, well sometimes the private life. Your post is very telling because it puts into words the difference of the public life and the private life. Great job of writing.
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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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All of us have a public life and a private life. According to my husband, a forensic scientist for the Army's CID, we all have a secret life. It's that secret life that gets us into trouble, well sometimes the private life. Your post is very telling because it puts into words the difference of the public life and the private life. Great job of writing.
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Comment Written 21-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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Many thanks, barbara. G
Comment from estory
There's a surreal touch to the storytelling in this one, almost dream like or nightmarish. The man who cannot leave behind his grief seems to struggle with reality here, struggling to open faucets and draw water, get into bed, make himself dinner. And he never goes out apparently without his mask. I think it symoblizes grief in a lot of ways. We put on that mask whenever we find ourselves in public, we try to hide our grief, bury it inside of ourselves, out of view of the people around us. And we struggle with keeping an even keel through grief. Our memories are clouded by it. estory
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reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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There's a surreal touch to the storytelling in this one, almost dream like or nightmarish. The man who cannot leave behind his grief seems to struggle with reality here, struggling to open faucets and draw water, get into bed, make himself dinner. And he never goes out apparently without his mask. I think it symoblizes grief in a lot of ways. We put on that mask whenever we find ourselves in public, we try to hide our grief, bury it inside of ourselves, out of view of the people around us. And we struggle with keeping an even keel through grief. Our memories are clouded by it. estory
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Comment Written 21-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2023
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Many thanks for your thoughts on this one, once again. G