tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post773996140557212086..comments2024-01-16T05:48:40.398-07:00Comments on Being Sober: 1968Mary Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-17275118096406890342009-11-21T19:29:32.953-07:002009-11-21T19:29:32.953-07:00I can just close my eyes and almost see it, like a...I can just close my eyes and almost see it, like a movie in my mind. Incredible!Just Another Sober Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850531488095008131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-60633973949559734862009-11-16T18:34:59.608-07:002009-11-16T18:34:59.608-07:00I am sure that writing and remembering this isn...I am sure that writing and remembering this isn't easy. I can remember some of 1968 but it seems long ago and not very significant compared to today. I guess that I have buried the past to an extent.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-30298128830310848522009-11-16T01:36:02.346-07:002009-11-16T01:36:02.346-07:00I remember talking to somebody who had grown up bl...I remember talking to somebody who had grown up black in Watts -- the terror of that civil rights struggle. Missisippi burning. And in South Africa we had Sharpeville and the anti-apartheid protests.<br /><br />Human beings at the heart of history.Mary LAhttp://louisey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-83340272115208486062009-11-15T12:40:55.548-07:002009-11-15T12:40:55.548-07:00I absolutely love the way you are weaving the hist...I absolutely love the way you are weaving the history of the time into your personal story. <br /><br />During my teen years, every time I opened my mouth it was to tell my parents a lie. That was before adults understood we really meant it when we said "sex, drugs,and rock n roll."<br /><br />Oh, and thank goodness you have a better memory than me.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-78106839887794763632009-11-15T12:39:03.409-07:002009-11-15T12:39:03.409-07:00JFK was gone and that was scary. MLK and RFK made ...JFK was gone and that was scary. MLK and RFK made it scarier. Vietnam was looming large in my brain. I just wanted to be a hippy. Find utopia in San Francisco. Thank God I was too young...Scott Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361224878660334532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-14842518736852366992009-11-15T11:40:09.107-07:002009-11-15T11:40:09.107-07:00Because of your wonderful writing, I remember my f...Because of your wonderful writing, I remember my fear and confusion and all the ways I tried to cope.<br /><br />I think this is a good thing.<br /><br />Blessings and aloha...Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15063291064985198651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-84675181101007894542009-11-15T10:39:03.839-07:002009-11-15T10:39:03.839-07:00Mary,what a great posting.I admire your poeness fo...Mary,what a great posting.I admire your poeness for it.I too was a teenage when the Rev Dr.Martin luther King and Bobby Kennedy were killed.I thought that the world had gone completly mad.Mike Golchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472496241893921107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-66774138423875811592009-11-15T09:50:40.222-07:002009-11-15T09:50:40.222-07:00wow, great post.wow, great post.Bethhttp://motherhood.untanglingknots.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-78094250701387646742009-11-15T09:02:38.154-07:002009-11-15T09:02:38.154-07:00I am so loving your writing Mary. The story though...I am so loving your writing Mary. The story though sad, is your personal story and you are telling it well.<br />It makes me realize that there are people walking into our program everyday with a personal story as well, and I need to remember that what I see is often times the result of their road thru life.Pammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513814300181006348noreply@blogger.com