I Wish
Something personal for someone I love.20 total reviews
Comment from Sankey
Well said friend. This was a good read. We are our worst critics. I am glad my sweetheart saw past my ugly dial and found the person inside dying to be loved and accepted. God Bless.
reply by the author on 15-Apr-2016
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Well said friend. This was a good read. We are our worst critics. I am glad my sweetheart saw past my ugly dial and found the person inside dying to be loved and accepted. God Bless.
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 15-Apr-2016
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I'm sure you're no slouch. Lol. Thank you for your great review. Gretchen
Comment from Jay Squires
Such a tender and love-filled tribute to your daughter, Gretchen. I too was a shrinking violet, so afraid to go to dances because I knew I would make a fool of myself. The fact is, if I had loosened up and allowed myself to flower into popularity, my life would have taken an altogether different direction--and I'm not sure I would change the way my life has progressed to get me where I am.
Looking back it was probably the same for you, and God willing, will probably be the same for your daughter. She may be on track for her own destiny just being what she is now.
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Such a tender and love-filled tribute to your daughter, Gretchen. I too was a shrinking violet, so afraid to go to dances because I knew I would make a fool of myself. The fact is, if I had loosened up and allowed myself to flower into popularity, my life would have taken an altogether different direction--and I'm not sure I would change the way my life has progressed to get me where I am.
Looking back it was probably the same for you, and God willing, will probably be the same for your daughter. She may be on track for her own destiny just being what she is now.
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Yes, I was a nerd. Didn't fit in, but part of that was my own doing. Square peg in a round hole, if you will. Thank you so much for the awesome e review. Gretchen
Comment from Chris Walker
This short piece is easy to relate to. I feel the same looking back at my younger years. And, I see the doubt and insecurity in my daughter's eyes already. Thanks for sharing this. Chris
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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This short piece is easy to relate to. I feel the same looking back at my younger years. And, I see the doubt and insecurity in my daughter's eyes already. Thanks for sharing this. Chris
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Thank you for the wonderful review and the incite full comments. Gretchen
Comment from Ric Myworld
There are so many young people who get caught up in all these airbrushed and photo-shopped pictures in advertisements, television, movies, and magazines, believing they can't match up. They can't! and neither can anyone else. I walked to my mailbox one afternoon to get the mail. Lying beside it was a wet piece of paper, so I picked it up. I noticed some penciled writing and opened it to read. Inside, a young girl had written a note, apparently to herself, that spoke of how ugly and fat she was, how could anyone like her, and so on. I stood there crying as I read, a big, tough man with my heart breaking for this child I didn't know. I spent weeks trying to find out who she was so that I could try to get her some help before it was, maybe, too late. I never found out who she was. I still think about this note often, and hope this young lady is past her bad times. It happens to so many. Thanks for your real people post of true life. Great job. :-)
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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There are so many young people who get caught up in all these airbrushed and photo-shopped pictures in advertisements, television, movies, and magazines, believing they can't match up. They can't! and neither can anyone else. I walked to my mailbox one afternoon to get the mail. Lying beside it was a wet piece of paper, so I picked it up. I noticed some penciled writing and opened it to read. Inside, a young girl had written a note, apparently to herself, that spoke of how ugly and fat she was, how could anyone like her, and so on. I stood there crying as I read, a big, tough man with my heart breaking for this child I didn't know. I spent weeks trying to find out who she was so that I could try to get her some help before it was, maybe, too late. I never found out who she was. I still think about this note often, and hope this young lady is past her bad times. It happens to so many. Thanks for your real people post of true life. Great job. :-)
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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I get so aggrevation that these kids have such self doubt and sometimes self h a tred. But hopefully, it will change. Thank you for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from Jim Lorson Sr
Gretchen, back in '64 when I was entering high school, I was that proverbial wallflower. Always standing in the background because I felt that I wasn't as good looking as others were. I guess I blossomed in that summer when my physical body changed dramatically. I earned a spot on the varsity football team and started coming into my own. I was being noticed more and more by girls my age and older. The main reason for this attention was not only my looks, but, it was my personality. The way I treated everyone. There was one girl that everyone made fun and called her "chicken hawk." I saw the hurt in her eyes as the damage was done. We went out on a few dates until she graduated, as she was a senior and had a car. She left town and I ran into her in the summer of '69. The "chicken hawk" grew into a beautiful woman. I didn't recognize her. We dated that summer and she said that I was her first love because how I treated her.
I truly hope that your daughter realizes just how beautiful she is. That outer beauty isn't always the best, unless that beauty and the inner beauty merges into one. Maybe soon, something will light that bulb inside her youthful head.
Good luck with her Gretchen. I will certainly pray for the both of you. Have a great day.
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Gretchen, back in '64 when I was entering high school, I was that proverbial wallflower. Always standing in the background because I felt that I wasn't as good looking as others were. I guess I blossomed in that summer when my physical body changed dramatically. I earned a spot on the varsity football team and started coming into my own. I was being noticed more and more by girls my age and older. The main reason for this attention was not only my looks, but, it was my personality. The way I treated everyone. There was one girl that everyone made fun and called her "chicken hawk." I saw the hurt in her eyes as the damage was done. We went out on a few dates until she graduated, as she was a senior and had a car. She left town and I ran into her in the summer of '69. The "chicken hawk" grew into a beautiful woman. I didn't recognize her. We dated that summer and she said that I was her first love because how I treated her.
I truly hope that your daughter realizes just how beautiful she is. That outer beauty isn't always the best, unless that beauty and the inner beauty merges into one. Maybe soon, something will light that bulb inside her youthful head.
Good luck with her Gretchen. I will certainly pray for the both of you. Have a great day.
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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I thank you on behalf of all the chicken hawks out there. It is rare that someone goes out of their way to make another feel good about themselves. Thank you so much for your wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from F. Wehr3
Oh, teenage angst! How I miss those days, not. Everyone has to go through it, but it is never easy. I think we can tell them it will get better, but they won't believe it until they blossom. Great piece!
Take care,
Russell
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Oh, teenage angst! How I miss those days, not. Everyone has to go through it, but it is never easy. I think we can tell them it will get better, but they won't believe it until they blossom. Great piece!
Take care,
Russell
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Blossoming is very difficult work. Thank you so much for your wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from pmait
I hope she does, too. My daughters were similar. The older was the cheerleader, honor student, athlete, etc. The younger was just as smart, but found a way to be different, a non-conformist, wearing flannel shirts and doing sit-down protests around the high school flagpole. Turns out they both are wonderful and successful young women, just in different ways. Actually, being yourself is what makes you successful at life. I hope both of your daughters can be a success at being the person they were created to be.
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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I hope she does, too. My daughters were similar. The older was the cheerleader, honor student, athlete, etc. The younger was just as smart, but found a way to be different, a non-conformist, wearing flannel shirts and doing sit-down protests around the high school flagpole. Turns out they both are wonderful and successful young women, just in different ways. Actually, being yourself is what makes you successful at life. I hope both of your daughters can be a success at being the person they were created to be.
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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I preach that vanity is bad but not seeing how beautiful you are is just as bad. Thank you for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from brenda bickers
Hi ya,
OMG I think you have just written a story about me, I was so like that. Please tell your daughter that she is beautiful and when someone falls in love with her it will be for who she is and not some trinket that looks good draped across someone's arm.
Wow that brought back some painful memories, so glad those day's are gone.
Great,
Brenda
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Hi ya,
OMG I think you have just written a story about me, I was so like that. Please tell your daughter that she is beautiful and when someone falls in love with her it will be for who she is and not some trinket that looks good draped across someone's arm.
Wow that brought back some painful memories, so glad those day's are gone.
Great,
Brenda
Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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I keep telling hr that one day she will look in the mirror and like what she sees. Hope that day is soon. Lol. Thank you for the wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from RodG
"I wish you would find the beauty inside of you and share it with the world."
I can visualize the mother trying to reason with her daughter as both stare into the bathroom mirror. I remember my mother having similar conversations with my sister who would NOT listen. Nicely done as you capture the universal theme.
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reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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"I wish you would find the beauty inside of you and share it with the world."
I can visualize the mother trying to reason with her daughter as both stare into the bathroom mirror. I remember my mother having similar conversations with my sister who would NOT listen. Nicely done as you capture the universal theme.
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Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 16-Apr-2016
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Thank you so much for your wonderful review. Gretchen
Comment from Joy Graham
You expressed yourself well. I love the praise you pour on your daughter when pointing out her gifts. I think you don't give your daughter enough credit in how she sees you. I'm sure she loves and adores you and listens carefully to your wonderful praise.
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reply by the author on 12-Apr-2016
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You expressed yourself well. I love the praise you pour on your daughter when pointing out her gifts. I think you don't give your daughter enough credit in how she sees you. I'm sure she loves and adores you and listens carefully to your wonderful praise.
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Comment Written 12-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 12-Apr-2016
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I know she loves me. I wish she loved herself. That was the point I was trying to make. Lol. Thank you for the great review. Gretchen