tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824333.post5924550481541356394..comments2024-01-31T16:57:12.875-08:00Comments on Just a bunch of silliness, really: A Ghost ChildFiregirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16174530557489715536noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824333.post-31162287830680980272013-01-23T23:23:29.580-08:002013-01-23T23:23:29.580-08:00"It was a lifestyle of being quiet, to not dr..."It was a lifestyle of being quiet, to not draw attention, of being able to predict someone by the way that they walked, talked, stood, or drove. It was the lifestyle of expecting to be disappointed by people. It was the lifestyle of one day at a time." ---- this is interesting. <br /><br />My father quit drinking when I was four...I don't even remember him ever drinking. Instead, without substance, he acted with random, explosive anger. <br /><br />Yet, your words here describe how I lived my life because of him. The description I have given to others has been, "I would try to blend into the walls so as not to be noticed. I could sense a mood out of the thickness (or thinness) of the air."<br /><br />Chanarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824333.post-15303248026588115122013-01-23T19:29:33.032-08:002013-01-23T19:29:33.032-08:00Aww, I'm sorry Surely.
Nice blog post. I rela...Aww, I'm sorry Surely.<br /><br />Nice blog post. I related. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824333.post-11591912244050846022013-01-21T15:00:31.360-08:002013-01-21T15:00:31.360-08:00(This, by the way, is incredibly stirring: "U...(This, by the way, is incredibly stirring: "Unfortunately for everyone else, we were forced to live that lifestyle as well." Not just for this particular example, but for parenting/childhood in general.)Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824333.post-21598612459606989162013-01-21T14:58:56.529-08:002013-01-21T14:58:56.529-08:00I wonder what he would have been like without it. ...I wonder what he would have been like without it. My mom often says that age tends to make people MORE like themselves, and I wonder if drink, by lowering inhibitions, is the same way.Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.com