Poems of Parenting by Loryn Brantz
I bought this as an e-book at a special low price. I read the sample that Amazon offers online, then I wanted to be able to read its entirety to see if I would want to buy the printed book for a gift. I enjoyed it. Humorous. I enjoyed some of the poems better than others, most of them discussed thoughts that I have had. Like the kids bringing Mom breakfast in bed on Mothers Day; and Mom smiling as she is thinking, boy that glass of juice is going to be a mess when it spills on the bed linens, and the syrup, oy! (Not that I have ever been served breakfast in bed. I'd rather have an extra hour of sleep, while Dad takes the kids out for breakfast! But you snooze, you lose out on precious memories.)
I might buy it for a gift, but it would have to be for the right recipient. I think the parents of toddlers may be about right, or kindergartners. Parents of younger babies may be too exhausted to take it in. Not that toddlers and kindergartners aren't exhausting, but parents of toddlers and above have learned some coping skills. :)
82 Days on Okinawa
by Col. Art Shaw (Ret.) with Robert L Wise
I started reading this one on Sunday. I'm over halfway through it. I've been getting a lot of reading done as I have had a stomach ache the past couple of days, and so I've spent a lot of time lying down and reading. Today I began wondering if maybe my stomach ache was because of this book.
It's not my usual genre. I picked it up because my dad served in the Battle of Okinawa. I'm over halfway through it, and I'm feeling like it is a miracle he made it home, and that I (and two of my sisters) were born. It's very well written, but also definitely enough to give me stomach trouble. I'm glad to know these things. I wish I had asked my dad more questions. I'll be glad to finish this one.
82 Days on Okinawa sounds intense but incredibly moving, especially with that personal family connection. It must be quite something to read it and reflect on your dad’s experiences while feeling both gratitude and a bit of that stomach-churning tension.
ReplyDeleteA lot of stomach-churning tension, actually. I need to do some research to see if I can figure out his military specifics. It's kind of driving me crazy wondering where he was exactly.
DeleteI read With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge when we were studying Okinawa in my military history class. Very intense. Did you watch The Pacific, I think it was on HBO?
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen The Pacific
DeleteDon't know how I hit publish.
DeleteI was going to add that I know my dad was a radio operator, and that as his group was leaving the island one of the craft's crew made some kind of comment or question because my dad was noticeably older (34yo) than the other soldiers leaving the island. My dad told him his age, and found out that the demobilization rules had changed, and he would be dicharged sooner than he expected. He was happy to hear it.