tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post5012016750921213257..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: The Third Day of ChristmasBlue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-3758929555586601492008-12-31T15:00:00.000-05:002008-12-31T15:00:00.000-05:00Thanks, everyone! I'm glad you agree about the sto...Thanks, everyone! I'm glad you agree about the stories and liked seeing the pictures of my mother. I did, too! I always thought she was pretty when I was a child, but not THAT pretty. I never thought of her as spunky, either, but now, I see that she was. At least before she got married.<BR/><BR/>That's funny, Anna.<BR/><BR/>At my boarding school in England we read the Bible exactly as I describe it in Blow Out the Moon -- a chapter to ourselves first thing, then closed the book and wrote down the story in our own words.<BR/><BR/>It was NEVER discussed as religion (not that the English are big on that kind of talk anyway). We talked about them as stories and I've always been glad that I have them in my head. I also think that this was great training for a writer! I still have those exercise books and they make me laugh.<BR/><BR/>OK, back to work -- Happy New Year, everyone, and thanks!<BR/>LibbyLibby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-58769009956548905042008-12-30T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-30T21:21:00.000-05:00I loved hearing those stories too, though I wasn't...I loved hearing those stories too, though I wasn't raised Catholic or even Christian. My fifth grade teacher used to read them to us in class with a little warning: "don't tell the principle!" Ha.Anna Alterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158290821419472185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-64802779939212903372008-12-30T16:50:00.000-05:002008-12-30T16:50:00.000-05:00I agree with Meghan about the Bible stories--I was...I agree with Meghan about the Bible stories--I was raised Catholic, and although I'm not religious now, I appreciate knowing all of the stories.<BR/><BR/>And I loved seeing the old pictures of your mother! She's beautiful. She looked quite spunky!alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-19392851171182836472008-12-28T14:04:00.000-05:002008-12-28T14:04:00.000-05:00celebrating each day sounds like a good idea to me...celebrating each day sounds like a good idea to me! And looking at old photographs is always fun.<BR/><BR/>I think the bible stories should be told and people can decide whether they're true or not. I had to learn them in church... and so did my sisters... and now we are all anti-religion. We weren't given a choice as to how to think about them really. Catholic - CCD - teaches them as true. Although, when I did a year of private catholic school in the 9th grade I got a brother who did teach the bible as partially fable, which was really cool.<BR/><BR/>meghanMeghan McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117528918335897128noreply@blogger.com