tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post1869321082157967852..comments2024-03-18T12:22:23.106-07:00Comments on Thumper Thinks Out Loud: 11 October 2013Thumperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02154314376352066709noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post-16561050683995134402013-10-22T17:27:33.303-07:002013-10-22T17:27:33.303-07:00very nice post, my Dad was like your Dad but I don...very nice post, my Dad was like your Dad but I don't recall him ever considering my opinion ... <br /><br />I wish he and and your post made me try and think of maybe he did... nope<br /><br />You're a very easy to read writer ;)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663919207326700505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post-38102452144395110922013-10-16T19:32:58.327-07:002013-10-16T19:32:58.327-07:00Very nicely written Karen. I'm always startle...Very nicely written Karen. I'm always startled by myself when I suddenly have an adult illumination on something that I'd previously only understood with a child's eyes. Shaggy and Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16472258881852660775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post-20752460744812159122013-10-12T03:59:11.367-07:002013-10-12T03:59:11.367-07:00Guess there are many of us who didn't have dem...Guess there are many of us who didn't have demonstrative dads, but looking back with adult perspectives it was shown in a thousand little ways and a few huge ways.Vicathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03679883669585336628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post-5399351858611886362013-10-11T16:07:21.051-07:002013-10-11T16:07:21.051-07:00Beautiful post. My Dad was a hugger. WE caught M...Beautiful post. My Dad was a hugger. WE caught Mom and Dad hugging and kissing all the time. My friends were amazed! One friend blushed so red, ran from the room yelling. Your parents are making out in the kitchen. They always told me they bought the house I grew up in because I wanted to live there because of the duddle bugs! Angel, Kirby and Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142914249981749713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post-82967184749477370282013-10-11T07:27:45.301-07:002013-10-11T07:27:45.301-07:00loved this post! glad to know you have gotten a gr...loved this post! glad to know you have gotten a greater payoff from these memories than just the knowledge that you had a nice house & neighborhood. your dad sounds like mine :-) (HUG) (yes, i AM demonstrative)olrebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230544715987823644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652957.post-41576713881012783112013-10-11T06:10:27.947-07:002013-10-11T06:10:27.947-07:00Something made me want to stop and read your post....Something made me want to stop and read your post..it was very moving and similar to what I'm experiencing myself now, with my dad gone and the inevitable sifting through of memories and decisions that affected my childhood and my life. <br /><br />My dad wasn't demonstrative, either. He was in the military and that was something you kept under wraps. He was sensitive, though and I look Fr. Tom Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917538617477786013noreply@blogger.com