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Comment on Flowers of the Earth by shestories

shestories — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:25:45 +0000

Eliana
I was blessed the day you walked into my classroom.
Susan

Comment on Flowers of the Earth by Eliana

Eliana — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:13:01 +0000

Dear Susan,

I read again this article this morning, and it reminded me of a beautiful poem wrote by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, one of the most important Brazilian poets. I tried to translate here the meaning of his words:

Forever

Why does God allow mothers to die?

Mother has no limit, she is time without hours,

light that is not extinguished when the wind blows

and the rain falls, hidden velvet

in the wrinkled skin, pure water, pure air, pure thought.

Dying happens to what is fleeting and pass without trace.

Mother, in her grace, is eternity.

Why does God remember it

- deep mistery -

of taking her one day?

If I could be the King of the World,

I would pass a law:

Mother never dies, mother will always be next to her son and he, althought old,

will be as little as a grain of corn.

Love,

Eliana

Comment on Traffic Court by Lila

Lila — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:17:33 +0000

Susan
Thank you for sharing this, while in ESL
Classes I to had similar experience but my friend left courtroom in handcuffs. It’s very hard situation for everyone involved.

Comment on The Conjugation of Be by Shanice

Shanice — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:28:43 +0000

Wow that really is a touching story wow. You just really want to be a teacher even more than I did before. You should that even though teaching can be hard man you meet some amazing students that touch you forever.

Comment on Are You Somebody? by Daniela Williams

Daniela Williams — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:10:37 +0000

I’m going to read it!

Comment on Arboretum by Vaughn J. McLaughlin

Vaughn J. McLaughlin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:02:24 +0000

Dear Susan, I want to thank you for your work in finding our family history. I say “our” because yours is mine as well. My name is Vaughn McLaughlin and I too am a descendant of Barney McLaughlin’s and still live in the same area that he settled in Limestone, Maine. My father is Lloyd Mclaughlin, my grandfather George, and my great grandfather Mike who’s father was also George. We are all potato farmers ( or have been as I now teach music at Caribou High School ). I often travel through the four corners that you speak of and have visited and even lived in one of the old McLaughlin homesteads for a short time. Each time I travel through will have new meaning for me. I live in Fort Fairfield and have traveled across the Dorsey road many times and have had the good fortune to become acquainted with some of the younger members of the existing Dorsey family. I am curious to know if your research turned up any knowledge of Bernard’s existence in Ireland. Thank you for your wonderful story!
Vaughn J. McLaughlin
mclgolf@mfx.net

Comment on F 128 by Sahil Patel

Sahil Patel — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:47:11 +0000

F -128 my first class in my first year of college. Mrs. Boland was my ESL teacher. I guess that was my lucky class for my first semester and last semester. I passed my 3 classes which I took here and I failed my 4th ESL class which I took in some other building with some other teacher…….I have lots of memory with F-128.
Thank You Mrs. Boland

Comment on Brendan Boland by Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:22:58 +0000

I’m glad he had the talent to match his desires/ambition. I chose to concentrate on baseball… and almost made my high school junior varsity team. Alas.

Comment on About by David Alvarez (former Flight Surgeon for HSL-30)

David Alvarez (former Flight Surgeon for HSL-30) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:57:41 +0000

Hello Susan,

I just ran across a picture of my old squadron HSL-30. Your husband, Bookie, was my CO there until I finished my active duty and moved back to Ann Arbor, Michigan to begin my residency in Family Medicine. I’m still here in Ann Arbor in the Family Medicine Department. I also take care of the Eastern Michigan University student/athletes employing the knowledge I gained from taking care of my first “team” of HSL athletes! Relay my best wishes to Bookie for me!

Comment on Arboretum by Jill Johnson

Jill Johnson — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:30:47 +0000

Hi Susan. Barney McLaughlin is my great great grandfather, John McLaughlin my great grandfather and Henry McLaughlin my grandfather. Your story was amazing to read. I have been researching the McLaughlins for the past year or so and have found out a lot of information. I wanted to let you know that John had died sometime in 1880 and his widow Katherine was living with John’s brother George along with her and John’s 3 boys John, Joseph and Allen. By 1880 both George and Katherine were widowed. George McLaughlin had married Margaret Ludgate and John McLaughlin had married her sister Katherine Ludgate so they were two brothers and two sisters married to each other. She was also pregnant with my grandfather Henry in 1880. She went back to Grand Falls in late 1880 to be with her parents Patrick and Elizabeth Ludgate and to have her baby Henry. I have not been able to find out how and exactly when John died but working onit. Would love to swap information with you!