tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post2883015341082843172..comments2024-03-28T18:07:36.692-07:00Comments on STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: ThirteenSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-65930966167384651892014-06-26T13:20:43.050-07:002014-06-26T13:20:43.050-07:00fresh-faced girl, but what a burden to you ~fresh-faced girl, but what a burden to you ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-69089548232908244962014-06-15T07:44:56.972-07:002014-06-15T07:44:56.972-07:00There is just so much in this... Teen-age angst an...There is just so much in this... Teen-age angst and everyday not knowing who you are or who you'll be (at that age) I think many will identify, but the sledgehammer ending took my breath away... Amazingly well written, Sherry, as always!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-40780067690338709912014-06-14T11:17:04.419-07:002014-06-14T11:17:04.419-07:00this was all so blissful until the end with the de...this was all so blissful until the end with the death of your father and you felt grown then. Happy and sad memories. Love them!!!Nicholas https://www.blogger.com/profile/05252355730748268069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-62789141783217463012014-06-13T20:21:06.534-07:002014-06-13T20:21:06.534-07:00I was quite identifying - until that sudden end sh...I was quite identifying - until that sudden end shocks the reader (not as much as it must have shocked you!). Beautifully written, Sherry.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-81945723304175300642014-06-13T14:04:15.346-07:002014-06-13T14:04:15.346-07:00A sad reality at thirteen. It was an awkward age a...A sad reality at thirteen. It was an awkward age all on its own. But to have to deal with the passing of Dad. Was more than you could've imagined. Thanks for the share, Sherry!Walt Wojtanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723314300320671675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-36706872095982008882014-06-13T07:23:24.598-07:002014-06-13T07:23:24.598-07:00How sad. to cease being a child at that tender age...How sad. to cease being a child at that tender age.. yes the death of a parent changes a lot... brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-32997910684763502272014-06-13T01:13:54.230-07:002014-06-13T01:13:54.230-07:00The suddenness with which the poem changes from th...The suddenness with which the poem changes from the beautiful childhood to growing up is painful... Its beautifully composed!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-43013256856814171512014-06-12T22:25:12.967-07:002014-06-12T22:25:12.967-07:00Emotionally profound poem....the normalcy of being...Emotionally profound poem....the normalcy of being thirteen in the first stanzas juxtaposed against the death of a father.....so far from anything any 13 year old should have to endure....so moving.C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-61048308257394276112014-06-12T20:18:26.803-07:002014-06-12T20:18:26.803-07:00Great escape~ this is how we become stronger and w...Great escape~ this is how we become stronger and writers ~ I was escaping in music/friends/bookshumbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-38640878599095455292014-06-12T19:07:53.598-07:002014-06-12T19:07:53.598-07:0013 is hard even under the best circumstances, I en...13 is hard even under the best circumstances, I enjoyed seeing your picture..You have a warrior spirit my friend and that has helped you in your journey.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-91373843660409615302014-06-12T16:32:51.262-07:002014-06-12T16:32:51.262-07:00YOU are a survivor - I believe those in pain searc...YOU are a survivor - I believe those in pain search harder for beauty! <br />You were so pretty - I know you have endured a lo t of battles for peace.Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-80667023338864500202014-06-12T14:45:27.874-07:002014-06-12T14:45:27.874-07:00This is a very nice picture of you, Sherry! I love...This is a very nice picture of you, Sherry! I loved books too and liked to think my bike was not just a bike.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-43350387026758417852014-06-12T12:33:15.184-07:002014-06-12T12:33:15.184-07:00At home in the trees or with a good book, the weig...At home in the trees or with a good book, the weight of your grief changes to something that makes you wise, so you were able to ride your bike out of childhood with your sense of childlike wonder intact.aelfbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435434167680145600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-74588400326790314622014-06-12T06:41:52.382-07:002014-06-12T06:41:52.382-07:00How quickly life can change...there are definitely...How quickly life can change...there are definitely pivotal moments..and yet it makes us who we are..and that should be celebrated I suppose..however i think normality is a much underrated wish and if given the option to surrender some of the dust for a white picket fence it's tempting to say yes please..you are/ were a sweetie..and pedal pushers - weren't they great!Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-3309707288972423182014-06-11T19:41:24.074-07:002014-06-11T19:41:24.074-07:00you were so cute at 13 and hardships have made you...you were so cute at 13 and hardships have made you stronger and more beautiful...each word of your poems always reflect that beauty Sherry...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-31515732418173416472014-06-11T19:28:24.242-07:002014-06-11T19:28:24.242-07:00Very much like my life at that age. Many of my fr...Very much like my life at that age. Many of my friends - the same. I suspect a lot of those Dads came back from WW II with post traumatic stress, but back then, the kids just kept their distance - whether they had picket fences and milk bottles on porches . . . or not. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-71381897984285706742014-06-11T18:44:21.908-07:002014-06-11T18:44:21.908-07:00numbers do play a part in the life of a human bein...numbers do play a part in the life of a human being but our faith forbids to use them for futuristic prophecy-I was introduced to Cheiro's Numerology and for many years I studied and related it to daily affairs and found that our family was a '4 and 8 ' and so 13 came in -3+1= Value of my name is 8 as it is the 8 pointed Star of the Magi-and then a lot more followsAnjum Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252859337697790445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-67675391379957166062014-06-11T18:32:20.339-07:002014-06-11T18:32:20.339-07:00What a memory to share. Thank you.What a memory to share. Thank you.Gen Giggles https://www.blogger.com/profile/13744815023509063722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-77324567680904160702014-06-11T16:57:21.474-07:002014-06-11T16:57:21.474-07:00Sherry, you are one of the kindest spirits I know....Sherry, you are one of the kindest spirits I know. You have weathered so much in life and yet you look for the beauty around you. Love the photo...I too escaped my family life through books. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-64693356997305722832014-06-11T16:14:30.549-07:002014-06-11T16:14:30.549-07:00How sad & moving Sherry ~ But I love your self...How sad & moving Sherry ~ But I love your self portrait of your young life with a bike and books ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-16094137099742032192014-06-11T16:01:13.468-07:002014-06-11T16:01:13.468-07:00What a painful, powerful close.What a painful, powerful close.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-86284751903829431372014-06-11T14:22:47.523-07:002014-06-11T14:22:47.523-07:00I was like you too, Sherry. Loved getting away on...I was like you too, Sherry. Loved getting away on a bicycle or roaming the woods behind our house and lost myself to books that painted a happier reality. I too longed for the lives of my friends... Thirteen is such a tough age...sorry for your hardships. Love your photo...an open and sweet face.Bodhirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630769135515322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-10018905721101645582014-06-11T13:44:05.213-07:002014-06-11T13:44:05.213-07:00That lovely girl is still in there, in spite of ha...That lovely girl is still in there, in spite of hardship. Clear to see.avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051456576217305095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-45508837571136091712014-06-11T13:37:06.865-07:002014-06-11T13:37:06.865-07:00Oh Sherry, what a terrible thing to experience so ...Oh Sherry, what a terrible thing to experience so young - being a child one minute, then having all the cares of the world the next. I too escaped into books all the time, and my Dad was absent for much of my childhood, but not like that. I was just a very confused little girl. Books were my escape from that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-61352576221299636962014-06-11T12:15:38.772-07:002014-06-11T12:15:38.772-07:00ugh. what a hard transition...from being a child t...ugh. what a hard transition...from being a child to having to be an adult...especially at such a transitional phase sherry...your picture made me smile...i was away more on adventures than anything at that age....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com