Comments on: FFF: Giving Thanks

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:20:15 +0000

Man! Tragic! It was so beautifully started.
Well written. So sad.

Thanks! ~Tim

By: lime

lime — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:17:46 +0000

wow. your fred and ginger stories never fail to take my breath away, this one and the last one…just wow.

Thanks! Breathe now. ~Tim

By: Estrella Azul

Estrella Azul — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:15:10 +0000

Wonderfully written. So tragic yet so beautiful… speechless!

Thanks! Now I don’t know what to say either. ~Tim

By: Laura Eno

Laura Eno — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:03:52 +0000

I had to come back and tell you that 2 days later this story is still stuck in my head. It is written in such a beautifully tragic way.

Wow! Thanks. Now, though, I find myself at a loss for words. ~Tim

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:02:44 +0000

Yes, it ends with a prayer of thanks, but only after a wretched and terrible loss. My cup is always half-empty, or shattered on the floor.

Faith in the face of loss is unfathomable. ~Tim

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:44:24 +0000

These FFFs are getting more and more sad in nature, O Tim. Is everything okay? (Have to ask.)

Sad? But this one ends with a prayer of thanks. ~Tim

By: J. Dane Tyler

J. Dane Tyler — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:06:42 +0000

Excellent! A great job of providing a load of impact in a small space. You did really well showing the normalcy of a richly blessed life and setting the reader up. Great work!

Thanks! And there are blessings we can’t see. ~Tim

By: mazzz_in_Leeds

mazzz_in_Leeds — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:30:36 +0000

Very sad. Good build-up
You don’t half give poor Fred and Ginger a hard time!

Thanks! Fred and Ginger will survive and thrive. ~Tim

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:49:03 +0000

How sad and poignant.

Thanks! ~Tim

By: Kim Batchelor

Kim Batchelor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:47:33 +0000

With a little slower build-up, this would be a very powerful story of loss. Thanks for sharing it.

Thanks! In an earlier draft I had more exposition but I like this shorter version better to give the sense of loss without belaboring the point. It could be made into a much longer story though. ~Tim