Greetings!

I would love to have your input for my magazine, Eve’s Belle! If you are interested or need help with anything, let me know!

 

Whitney Stovall

www.evesbelles.com

Jackie, I have read your blog and I will say this - You loved your son. That is the most important gift a mom can give a child. That's all I ever wanted from my mom - love. Yet, she chose to abuse me and leave me with a shattered life that only God could piece together. I have forgiven her and I forgave my daughter's father. Some things he took to the grave, just as your son did. Time heals all wounds.

 

 

You have a beautiful blog. You do an eloquent job of telling others your story. I am not a parent myself, but could empathize with your grief as a mother based on your words. I hope many blessings come to you and your family from your blog and from your book, once it manifests in the manner you envision.

Hi Jackie. Just wanted to say Hello. I figured this is probably a difficult time and just read that it was.

I have not been blogging for a while (have been very busy) and am just returning to it. I hope you visit my blog. I wrote about the art of constructive criticism and would hope to have you join the discussion.

I also hope all is going well with your daughter in school (you had written to me earlier about some spelling/writing issues) and hope they are all resolved.

Hope to hear from you soon and in the meantime I wish you and your family a happy holiday and hope this new year brings you a year of continued healing, good health, and much laughter and happiness.

All the best,
Meryl
www.departingthetext.blogspot.com

Hi Jackie -- just wanted to say that I really liked your six-word memoir. Thanks for being here.

Hi Jackie. Just wanted to say hello. I just visited your blog and see that these next few weeks will be very difficult. Just know you have a friend here in cyberspace! Hope all is well with you and your daughter's spelling. Let me know how you're doing, when you're up to it.

All the best,
Meryl
www.departingthetext.blogspot.com

Hi Jackie, hope you are doing well. Hope your kids are well too. Just wanted to let you know that I put up my next blog entry addressing your comment. Hope it helps. I'd love your feedback. In the meantime, take care and good luck.

Meryl
www.departingthetext.blogspot.com

One more thing. It is really good that you notice her spelling, while inaccurate, is phonetic. Spelling phonetically means she 'gets' how to structure and spell. It just means that when writing, she is focusing her attention and memory and structuring her writing and not on spelling - hence the editing!

Talk to you soon and all the best,
Meryl
www.departingthetext.blogspot.com

Hi Jackie. Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. I just got a new job (I am teaching an online course for Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth - very exciting) and have neglected my blog for the last week.

Below is the response I wrote to your comment. I would love to use this for my next blog because there is so much to say about this. But, before I do, I would like your permission to use your question.

So let me know if it's alright. In the meantime, I hope my answer helps and if you want more detail, just ask.

Hope all is well with you. It is late now but I will catch up on your blog tomorrow (actually it is already tomorrow, but I need to go to sleep first).

So here is my response in case you don't check the blog:


I do!

Writing is probably one of the most challenging activities any of us face.

My comments are two-fold:
1) Writing is so challenging because it relies on attention, memory, sequencing (knowing the order of letters in a word and how to organize words in a sentence), cognition (knowing what to say), language (how to best express what you want to say). The longer a piece of writing is, the more you have to juggle and keep track of. As a result, spelling is often one of the first things to go.

So, first of all don't worry about your daughter (at least not yet). The most important thing when writing is expressing ideas accurately and succinctly. Then, EDIT.

Most kids HATE going over work and editing. So, for you the job is to get her into that wonderful habit. If you need encouragement ideas let me know.

2) I would love to write a blog around your question and would appreciate your permission to use your question as the prompt. Please let me know.

Thanks for your question I look forward to more!

Good luck and let me know how this works.

All the best,
Meryl
www.departingthetext.blogspot.com