tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post5590755874666425672..comments2011-03-06T13:23:56.804-05:00Amihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04132594195395924087noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-46942891373111871272011-03-06T13:23:56.804-05:002011-03-06T13:23:56.804-05:00Heartbreaking and gave me chills. I&#39;m so sorry you lost your friend.Elaine A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01044279582701415786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-79256517843187433732011-03-06T12:02:32.275-05:002011-03-06T12:02:32.275-05:00Oh Ami...this makes my heart just ache and burn. I hope it&#39;s mostly fiction, and if it&#39;s not? I am sending you giant hugs. I know you said it was a fuzzy memory....<br /><br />I&#39;m thrilled you linked up and was so happy to see you here! Yay!<br /><br />xoxoxoxoErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214914707096410664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-85714974673812839002011-03-06T10:46:01.231-05:002011-03-06T10:46:01.231-05:00I had chills. Such a sad, sad story. :-( Great job!Jen Has A Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985462114936261199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-6787927248901278952011-03-06T02:25:12.695-05:002011-03-06T02:25:12.695-05:00I remember the boy who died freshman year of high school. Such a rude awakening for kids who think they are immortal. For you, I imagine it was even more upsetting being that it was at a place that you had previously associated with positive memories. Very well written.Mommy Shortshttp://www.mommyshorts.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-28960409522285797592011-03-05T23:10:58.352-05:002011-03-05T23:10:58.352-05:00What resonates most strongly with me is the sense of inevitability that threads quietly through it. The same kind of inevitability that exists in communities near water--a knowledge of the power and threat is poses, even while it provides so much.CDGhttp://moveovermarypoppins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-84404121155947864192011-03-05T20:50:54.537-05:002011-03-05T20:50:54.537-05:00What a horrible thing to have to go through! Lakes are just as unpredictable as a river or the ocean.<br /><br />So sorry that you lost your friend.Stashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12789106734518880998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-15052870866448611812011-03-05T11:52:38.831-05:002011-03-05T11:52:38.831-05:00Every summer our lake always claims a few people. They&#39;re so much more powerful than people know. Very nice capture on this one!Lisa @ Two Bears Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03464839163693785901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-2384595093503224772011-03-05T11:49:23.006-05:002011-03-05T11:49:23.006-05:00That is so sad. My brother-in-law lost his best friend to a boating accident. It makes life feel so much more fragile when someone you know is taken like that. You wrote it beautifully.Staceyhttp://www.staceysmotheringmoments.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-60573868677247746262011-03-04T23:37:18.127-05:002011-03-04T23:37:18.127-05:00This made me tear up. So tragic. You did a great job conveying the emotion and the anxiety of not knowing.Jessica Annehttp://adventureswiththreegirls.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-8772855452453069892011-03-04T23:37:00.968-05:002011-03-04T23:37:00.968-05:00Ugh. I hate these stories, but you did an AMAZING job telling this one. Very well done!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03755605208695539726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-45544441224161182262011-03-04T22:37:52.958-05:002011-03-04T22:37:52.958-05:00Wow. Was this fiction or non fiction?<br /><br />If it was fiction, you did a great job of building up the anxiety.<br /><br />If it was non-fiction, ditto, but also, what a tragic lesson to learn so early in life.Mandylandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431894232423833734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-40405556161323608552011-03-04T21:12:57.313-05:002011-03-04T21:12:57.313-05:00I loved how you built the tension.<br />I really enjoyed your pieceCristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064636500827230911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-61266911556511320652011-03-04T19:25:21.581-05:002011-03-04T19:25:21.581-05:00Thanks for all the great comments! I&#39;ll be coming around to see your posts soon.Amihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04132594195395924087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-8080197151408585392011-03-04T13:26:40.855-05:002011-03-04T13:26:40.855-05:00What a difficult thing to go through!<br /><br />The mom in me is cringing and wanting to keep my boys in safe little bubbles, knowing that things like this can happen.Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06811697675090627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-23035739279869501742011-03-04T12:16:45.645-05:002011-03-04T12:16:45.645-05:00I thought you did a great job of capturing that moment of realization when we realize that many of the things we love most in life can also take our lives away.Jenniferhttp://whispatory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-61636908470480486202011-03-04T12:06:13.877-05:002011-03-04T12:06:13.877-05:00Very very poignant; the feeling of inward pain is almost palpable in the telling of this story. Thank you for sharingAbsolutelyPrimedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07347266720311143125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-51408229880126761112011-03-04T10:27:06.074-05:002011-03-04T10:27:06.074-05:00What a horrible thing to have to deal with. I&#39;m so sorry about your friend.<br /><br />Visiting from RDCCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03472645003197467754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-86359770260166481172011-03-04T09:57:27.155-05:002011-03-04T09:57:27.155-05:00I remember a college friend drowning in the local lake one summer after the end of school-and how my world tilted on its axis. It didn&#39;t seem possible that a place where everyone had so much fun could also be the site of such unimaginable tragedy.<br />Oh, the paradox of water.<br />Great job with this prompt!Valeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08372768206512562126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32283188.post-24872538917605469972011-03-04T08:57:30.626-05:002011-03-04T08:57:30.626-05:00Beautifully written and very touching. It was certainly a tough life lesson but one best learned early.Random Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494483624821880838noreply@blogger.com