Nike, thank you for this bittersweet read. Your resilience is amazing. Thank you also for reminding me about record stories! I remember those, I had versions of the Grimms fairy tales. I also loved Peter and the wolf, your description of the buttery static is just perfect! xo
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading. I think those story records must have been part of a lot of childhoods. Weirdly, I kinda miss record static 💚
I am so touched by this story and your childhood. What a lot for a young child to understand and bear. Your resilience and determination are amazing and I love this story. I can only guess what it cost you to write this but I'm so honoured to have read it. Thank you for letting us into this childhood of your and this life. x
Dear Diane, Thank you so much for reading, and for your generous response. It was very difficult to write this piece, in many ways, not least because of the fragility of my memories of these events from so very long ago. Still, writing about it is also liberating: the opposite of holding these memories, and the thoughts and feelings that go with them, in some shameful secret cabinet of the self.
Nike, thank you for this bittersweet read. Your resilience is amazing. Thank you also for reminding me about record stories! I remember those, I had versions of the Grimms fairy tales. I also loved Peter and the wolf, your description of the buttery static is just perfect! xo
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading. I think those story records must have been part of a lot of childhoods. Weirdly, I kinda miss record static 💚
Yes me too! your post made me nostalgic and wanting to dig out the old record player I have in the garage.
I am so touched by this story and your childhood. What a lot for a young child to understand and bear. Your resilience and determination are amazing and I love this story. I can only guess what it cost you to write this but I'm so honoured to have read it. Thank you for letting us into this childhood of your and this life. x
Dear Diane, Thank you so much for reading, and for your generous response. It was very difficult to write this piece, in many ways, not least because of the fragility of my memories of these events from so very long ago. Still, writing about it is also liberating: the opposite of holding these memories, and the thoughts and feelings that go with them, in some shameful secret cabinet of the self.