With a matter of seconds the characters in Our America Could be dead so they hold on to every moment with their loved ones. They know all to well about how a person can be two feet away, but the next day no where to be found. Llyod one of the characters in my book speaks of his mother and how he would spend time with her, he never thought she would be gone. Have you ever just sat back and enjoyed the poeple in your life? Can you remember a time when you missed someone who has passed and you thought you didn't spend enough time with said person? Do the characters in your book mis someone important, they don't have to have passed. Maybe a long lost love, or even a thing.
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When I'm around my loved ones, i try to cherish each and every moment. My family and friends are very important to me. They love me regardless of my mistakes and take me as I am. I'm glad I can wake up each and everyday and see their faces. It's what I live for.
I try my hardest to let everyone in my life know how important they are, and let them know how much I truly care about them. When my Aunt Cathy had passed away, I wished I had more time to spend with her, but I try not to think about it in that context. I just remember all the times I did spend with her, all the things we discuses and all the things she taught me. In my book the only charters who are really losing any thing are the ones on the submarine. They left everything at home to go to sea.
I have sat back and enjoyed my loved ones and thought how I couldn't imaganine how life would be without them around. You almost feel as if you would be incomplete without them. I Can recall a time around 10 years ago when my grandmother passed I always thought and had regret that I did not spend enough time with her. I always had thoughts of things and times I had an oppurtunity I could've spent time with her. You never think that the person can be gone at any moment.
I can’t say I really consciously sit back and look at the people in my life and “enjoy” them. My dad I sometimes feel like that only because as I get older I see all the things he’s done for me. Every day I come to school I realize I’m partly here because of him. I see the sacrifices he makes for me and his persistence to keep doing so. I guess I enjoy being reminded that some one cares for me like that. On a non sentimental level I do like to people watch. Sit on a bench and just watch people interact with one another; the chemistry between two strangers amazes me. Not in some weird stalker way but in a very non personal way. So VIVA LA STALKER
Every day I miss my grandparents, when my grandmother passed away I never got to say good bye and I kicked myself everyday for it. She was in a nursing home for almost a year and I know that I could of visited her more but I let other things come first. I sort of did the same thing with my grandfather when he was in the nursing home/hospital but I still could of gone more, for the both of them.
But they both knew that i loved them none the less.
in stranger then fiction i think the only thing that can really relate is when they are in the submarine, but as lady g said, they had to leave a lot at home.
I have sat back and taken the time to appreciate the people that I'm with that very moment. I used to worry about where my family was and when they would be home. I would picture the worst case scenario. I don't want to get in detail but that experience made me appreciate who I was with at the time. But if I don't naturally feel the appreciation of their company, I shouldn't force myself too. Eustace Conway from The Last American Man had a tough relationship with his dad as he grew up. But he still appreciates his dad because he owes him that respect for raising him.
I hate the person who wrote this question he is stupid. But to answer his question no I don't and most people don't. See what i've fopund is that the only time poeple really check for their famliy is when asked or they pass. I mean I'm human meaning like most i tend to put more of myself in the world and less with those I love. Ask my ex that's what she said, she said some shit like ah your art and poetry is more important to me. She was right but you know the world needs to know I care because I feel my famliy can tell. You know I don't have to say it I loike to believe that I show it. I'd like to believe.
yeas i have sit bnack and enjoyred the company of others in my life for a period of time. the peole that i spend time with are the people how i care about in my good ol life.
yes, in 1997 my grandma pass and i love her so much i used to go over there and hug her alot to this day i still think about my grandma and i wish she could of seen me graduate
One of my main issues about myself that I personally have come to realize is that I find it hard to put the deep things that I want to say to someone in words. It's like I would try to tell someone I care about how I feel and I would choke on my words. Especially when I try to talk to the people who I want a deeper relationship with, I would resort to text messaging. However, I try to squeeze it out and I say more than I could swallow.
Yes I do enjoyed the people in my life. Ever chance I get to tell them that I love and care about them. I remeber when my Aunt Elosie passed. She was really close to me. She would take me places, buy me things and just show me love. Yes I do miss her but i know that she is in a better place. In Our America, so far the characters dont miss anything.
i do sometimes just sit back and enjoy the people in my life but sometimes i missed the others. i allways remember my cuzn who was killed by a gang and i used to spend time with him allot but then i started moving away from that group. thats one my biggest reason why i changed i didnt want to be involved in a gang no more and i got out. after that i didnt see my cuzn for like 2yrs and then i had a family reunion and he was there he was a different person also that night he was murdered and i felt so bad because i blamed him for my actions and i saw him as someone who wouldnt make it in life but then i knew he can i just wished we could have spend more time together but it didnt happen. in our america lloyd talks about his mom and the way he talks about her it tells you he misses her and wished everything was better.
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