tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post6401467160930131473..comments2024-01-22T00:39:34.849-08:00Comments on melissa shook: Joemelissashookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-15647023077609487422010-02-03T09:11:39.457-08:002010-02-03T09:11:39.457-08:00Hi. It's good to come here. I might not say mu...Hi. It's good to come here. I might not say much but I'll be back.deirdrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298478080497976934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-90297906578734197042010-02-03T06:08:01.115-08:002010-02-03T06:08:01.115-08:00Need to wipe enough tears out of my eyes to write ...Need to wipe enough tears out of my eyes to write this comment. Your tribute of words and images reveal the depth of your feelings for this good man. <br /><br />I've lost a disproportionate number of my friends at an early age. It's damn difficult to get over the loss of a friend but time does heal. You don't forget, that would be awful, but it does heal, mostly. Sometimes I like having a good cry over my best friend, whom I lost when we were 24. I think of it as a nice way to spend time with her.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-91442446296375467382010-01-30T12:58:25.729-08:002010-01-30T12:58:25.729-08:00I'm sorry you lost your friend, Melissa.I'm sorry you lost your friend, Melissa.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-12356732554951204992010-01-29T05:38:48.206-08:002010-01-29T05:38:48.206-08:00I'm sorry your friend is gone.I'm sorry your friend is gone.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-62652484284643579802010-01-29T02:28:44.728-08:002010-01-29T02:28:44.728-08:00Oh Melissa, this is beautiful and so sad. And jus...Oh Melissa, this is beautiful and so sad. And just to think you have many more stories about Joe in your memory backpack. <br /><br />You are a special writer, despite your doubts. You write so poignantly about things we would not otherwise know. The idea of 'a black man on a white horse' like 'a fly in a glass of milk' will stay with me forever, not the detail but the subtle pride mixed with self disparagement.<br /><br />It's a wonderful image. You are so attuned to ordinary people - the best - and to life.<br /><br />Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-25185520384349386832010-01-28T16:29:59.677-08:002010-01-28T16:29:59.677-08:00very hard, I'm having a hard time...very hard, I'm having a hard time...melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205011361740478772.post-2885682431766437502010-01-28T11:43:07.203-08:002010-01-28T11:43:07.203-08:00it's hard to say goodbye to someone so full of...it's hard to say goodbye to someone so full of life.susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.com