tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post427495222784894280..comments2023-04-29T23:47:17.183-04:00Comments on North Carolina Narrations: To Dream Of ShoesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05112972195028944426noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-7342286346245735902011-07-15T22:43:19.628-04:002011-07-15T22:43:19.628-04:00Thank you all for your wonderful comments - I REAL...Thank you all for your wonderful comments - I REALLY appreciate them!<br /><br />Lex - Dobry means good, good welcome, or good day...so yep, you've heard it! In theory it's a boy OR girl's name, but I've never heard of a boy named Dobry. My family is a fun mix of Italian, Czech, Polish, and Scandinavian so our names are all over the map (literally).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112972195028944426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-65556973009566352222011-07-15T22:32:28.594-04:002011-07-15T22:32:28.594-04:00What an amazing, powerful piece! This is so well ...What an amazing, powerful piece! This is so well written it tore a bit of my heart. It feels like it belongs to someone, in this case it's the character Dobry, but it feels real. It very well may be. <br /><br />Having a Polish-speaking husband, I hear more in the name you've given Dobry. Not sure how to spell it, but in Polish - Dobry sounds like the general greeting I often hear when I'm around my in-laws.<br /><br />I loved your piece today. It is perfection, in my eyes. So well written!!Lex the momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000384127075772584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-42594598237249986642011-07-15T22:22:46.670-04:002011-07-15T22:22:46.670-04:00Wow, very powerful. While I could never truly und...Wow, very powerful. While I could never truly understand a situation like that, I do appreciate how shoes can hold such a powerful meaning. I also love how you show the Mother's silent and endless love of both her sister and children, by keeping the memory to herself.MarieElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07723480613016712362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-48687428922442611882011-07-15T13:53:26.227-04:002011-07-15T13:53:26.227-04:00This was really dark, really sad, really well done...This was really dark, really sad, really well done.Galit Breenhttp://theselittlewaves.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-65285589367381026692011-07-15T13:20:21.927-04:002011-07-15T13:20:21.927-04:00I'm not a shoe lover either, so I can apprecia...I'm not a shoe lover either, so I can appreciate the approach you took on these shoes. That you chose such a topic, then wrote on it so beautifully, sharing with us the horror and pain of the era...The Drama Mamahttp://frommywriteside.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-33991416134772975952011-07-15T13:11:52.919-04:002011-07-15T13:11:52.919-04:00This was a strong piece in so many ways. The respo...This was a strong piece in so many ways. The response to the prompt, the POV, and the awful pinnacle of the story, the flower on the shoe--all full and true and present.CDG @ Move Over Mary Poppins!http://moveovermarypoppins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-45233821082596557222011-07-15T12:24:18.913-04:002011-07-15T12:24:18.913-04:00Amazing. Such a powerful tale. You had me hooked f...Amazing. Such a powerful tale. You had me hooked from your first line, and then we you revealed why Dobry carried this perception of shoes, my heart broke. Beautifully written. <br /><br />I, too, have never been a great lover of shoes, so I know where you're coming from.Katie @ Chicken Noodle Gravyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852793993330125727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-12891653173691929212011-07-15T08:35:27.918-04:002011-07-15T08:35:27.918-04:00le Chef - I'm fascinated by the way our experi...le Chef - I'm fascinated by the way our experiences color the way we see even the simplest things in our lives!<br /><br />Julie & Vikki - thank you very very much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112972195028944426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-36532784100575684632011-07-15T07:21:05.953-04:002011-07-15T07:21:05.953-04:00Oh. :'(
So well written I have no words.Oh. :'(<br /><br />So well written I have no words.SheHasCuteShoes!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00561204720142033959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-2108789631893114672011-07-15T06:26:14.691-04:002011-07-15T06:26:14.691-04:00This is one of the best pieces I've read. From...This is one of the best pieces I've read. From beginning to end Dobry is one to love. The ending reveals her wonderful heart "Better that Beth think she was too cheap to buy more than one pair of shoes at a time than to know that sometimes, her mother dreamed about shoes."julie moorehttp://www.juliemooreonlife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614392109385268811.post-55479680803515681302011-07-15T04:46:03.166-04:002011-07-15T04:46:03.166-04:00Some shoes we can never fill, and perhaps it is th...Some shoes we can never fill, and perhaps it is that we weren't meant to. My heart goes out to the Dobrys of this world. Everyone walks through this world with their own perspective. You have to wonder what kind of world it would be if we could see, even for the briefest of moments, just one other's perspective.<br />This was a thoughtful post. I especially liked the tenderness of the yellow flower.le Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901186271246515448noreply@blogger.com