tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578015486259796052.post6818382988990130429..comments2023-09-19T01:14:25.715+12:00Comments on Read Like Me: Beauty In The Broken Places - Allison PatakiPoppy Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271337805172036471noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578015486259796052.post-78140552529040154882018-07-19T02:44:55.312+12:002018-07-19T02:44:55.312+12:00What a terrifying event, and for someone so young....What a terrifying event, and for someone so young. It’s good that they had a supportive family; so many do not have anyone but impersonal doctors and bureaucrats to help them.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578015486259796052.post-74716304120013575372018-07-18T04:25:37.978+12:002018-07-18T04:25:37.978+12:00That sounds a really engrossing story. I can’t kee...That sounds a really engrossing story. I can’t keep up with your reading although in my younger years I would do a book in one or two days. I have a pile lined up to read but it makes me sleepy.<br />When I was 8 I started boarding school and 3 of us of similar age had a bath for half an hour together before getting dressed for tea.<br />The one at the tap end would add hot water. The one in the middle would be the slushes up to me, and I at the far end I would read aloud, the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Bayton. Have to say they were really the only Good memories of those days. Boarding School was hell.sallyhickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05154172122165110756noreply@blogger.com