Comments on: Thoughts on Writing from my Eight-Year-Old Poet http://thismaternallife.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/thoughts-on-writing-from-my-eight-year-old-poet/ Mothering in the middle yeas: Never a dull moment. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jodiellen http://thismaternallife.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/thoughts-on-writing-from-my-eight-year-old-poet/#comment-21 jodiellen Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:24:56 +0000 http://thismaternallife.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-21 Thanks! I think I know what to ask for for Christmas from my kids this year:) Thanks! I think I know what to ask for for Christmas from my kids this year:)

]]> By: sfrack http://thismaternallife.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/thoughts-on-writing-from-my-eight-year-old-poet/#comment-20 sfrack Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:32:51 +0000 http://thismaternallife.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-20 What a great mom you are for taking the time and having the insight to do this with your son! I am sure it was a Hallmark moment that you will always cherish. My kids love to write too (ok, my son doesn't love it, but he's really good at it. haha) Every gift giving occasion when my kids asked what I wanted from them I would always say a story. Of course they would role their eyes, but what keepsakes! My kids are both in college now and my daughter e-mails me her writing assignments to get another opinion. This summer she had an internship where she had to produce a creative writing piece. She was so excited about what she had written that she called to tell me to look at my e-mail right away. Then she stayed on the line as I read it. Now that my kids are older when they ask what I want as gifts I probably should still say a story (however, now when they ask they also add, "and don't say a story!" Anyways, now my answer is that I just want time with them. Enjoy your family! What a great mom you are for taking the time and having the insight to do this with your son! I am sure it was a Hallmark moment that you will always cherish.

My kids love to write too (ok, my son doesn’t love it, but he’s really good at it. haha) Every gift giving occasion when my kids asked what I wanted from them I would always say a story. Of course they would role their eyes, but what keepsakes!

My kids are both in college now and my daughter e-mails me her writing assignments to get another opinion. This summer she had an internship where she had to produce a creative writing piece. She was so excited about what she had written that she called to tell me to look at my e-mail right away. Then she stayed on the line as I read it.

Now that my kids are older when they ask what I want as gifts I probably should still say a story (however, now when they ask they also add, “and don’t say a story!” Anyways, now my answer is that I just want time with them.

Enjoy your family!

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