Comments on: Straddling Between Two Worlds http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/ Only the finest in online classics Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the fearless blog http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-251 the fearless blog Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:30:42 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-251 Thank you Karen, Yasmin, Rob, Geisa, Dawn, Sarah and Maria for your feedback. Maria and Geisa It is clear that you both understand my sentiments. As immigrants there are certain feelings that are difficult to describe and even more difficult to comprehend. Honoring my father in this way has brought me great joy. Thank you all. Thank you Karen, Yasmin, Rob, Geisa, Dawn, Sarah and Maria for your feedback.

Maria and Geisa
It is clear that you both understand my sentiments. As immigrants there are certain feelings that are difficult to describe and even more difficult to comprehend.

Honoring my father in this way has brought me great joy.

Thank you all.

]]> By: Maria http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-250 Maria Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:57:49 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-250 Bless you for honoring your father's memory so poignantly. My parents fled their native Albania with their eldest son on their back in 1961. Risking everything to afford to us everything life had to offer is a gift I'll take to my grave. Thank you. Bless you for honoring your father’s memory so poignantly. My parents fled their native Albania with their eldest son on their back in 1961. Risking everything to afford to us everything life had to offer is a gift I’ll take to my grave.

Thank you.

]]> By: dawn_wilson http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-249 dawn_wilson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:58:11 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-249 Touches the heart Touches the heart

]]> By: SARAH http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-248 SARAH Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:56:23 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-248 Very moving. Very moving.

]]> By: Geisa gonzalez http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-247 Geisa gonzalez Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:18:34 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-247 Prof Cueto your story touched my heart so deep that tears came out of my eyes. Maybe is because I was in Cuba recently I don't know. The last day I lived in cuba, 2001, I went to "The Malecon" and sat there to see the sunset. However, in my recent trip to Cuba I did'nt do it because it was going to be so painfull for me. But, that is the destine that we did'nt got to choose, and we have to live with it every day of our lives. Prof Cueto your story touched my heart so deep that tears came out of my eyes. Maybe is because I was in Cuba recently I don’t know. The last day I lived in cuba, 2001, I went to “The Malecon” and sat there to see the sunset. However, in my recent trip to Cuba I did’nt do it because it was going to be so painfull for me. But, that is the destine that we did’nt got to choose, and we have to live with it every day of our lives.

]]> By: Rob Mathews http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-246 Rob Mathews Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:08:27 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-246 Marlene, this is such a wonderful story that you have written here. You have such a talent for writing creatively. You really touched my heart and my soul. I do not know the experience of leaving my country and moving to another one, never to return. My wife left Cuba when she was three. Her sister, Bertha, was five at the time. I can feel your sense of loss, and I can also feel how much you loved your father. I loved my father very much as well. This part I can relate to. Also, I know what it is like to live in one place for fourteen years and then have to leave it all behind. The starting over is sometimes very difficult. I enccourage you to write more stories creatively. Love, Rob Marlene, this is such a wonderful story that you have written here. You have such a talent for writing creatively. You really touched my heart and my soul. I do not know the experience of leaving my country and moving to another one, never to return. My wife left Cuba when she was three. Her sister, Bertha, was five at the time. I can feel your sense of loss, and I can also feel how much you loved your father. I loved my father very much as well. This
part I can relate to. Also, I know what it is like to live in one place for fourteen years and then have to leave it all behind. The starting over is sometimes very difficult.
I enccourage you to write more stories creatively.
Love, Rob

]]> By: Yasmin http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-245 Yasmin Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:22:57 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-245 Mrs. Cueto, I can't imagine what your family went through during their migration to the U.S.;your parents were very brave,and couragous to do such a thing. Your story inspires me;I love the fact that you can share your father's wisdom. No matter where life takes us we go through obstacles that makes us who we are today. This story hits home a little with me. I Love it :) Mrs. Cueto, I can’t imagine what your family went through during their migration to the U.S.;your parents were very brave,and couragous to do such a thing. Your story inspires me;I love the fact that you can share your father’s wisdom. No matter where life takes us we go through obstacles that makes us who we are today. This story hits home a little with me. I Love it :)

]]> By: Karen http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-244 Karen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:12:34 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-244 bittersweet and touching bittersweet and touching

]]> By: the fearless blog http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-243 the fearless blog Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:48:21 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-243 Thank you Heather, Robin and Liz for your constant support and encouragement. In addition to writing this for myself and in my father's memory, I also wrote this piece in a sincere attempt at providing my reader with a pathway to my heart. Thank you Heather, Robin and Liz for your constant support and encouragement. In addition to writing this for myself and in my father’s memory, I also wrote this piece in a sincere attempt at providing my reader with a pathway to my heart.

]]> By: lizh http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-242 lizh Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:34:09 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/07/31/straddling-between-two-worlds/#comment-242 How hard it must be to leave one's homeland even though life may be difficult. Through your words I can 'see' your father's final good-bye and your tiny feet in the water. What a beautifully written story... How hard it must be to leave one’s homeland even though life may be difficult. Through your words I can ‘see’ your father’s final good-bye and your tiny feet in the water.
What a beautifully written story…

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