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Individuality
By Diana J Legun
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Rated "G" by the Author.
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Don't we just love the variety of personalities children have?
 Imaginary dialogue between Colin and Jennica regarding inheriting my 63 journals after I pass along:
CJM: "Okay, Jenn, you take 33 of them and I'll take 30."
JRM: "Why should I have to take more than you? You're the responsible one."
CJM: "Because I will be traveling the world and I don't want tonnage to worry
about."
JRM: "Well, I'm traveling the world, too. You think because I'm a girl I should
be more nesty and want extra stuff?"
CJM: "No. How could you even decifer "extra" stuff in your clutter anyway?"
JRM: "You don't even know what you're talking about. Maybe I was messy
in my life before, but now I am traveling the world, too, and I've learned
a few things."
CJM: "Let's not argue about your messyness. This is about what to do with
Mom's journals."
JRM: "Okay, fine. I'll take all of them."
CJM: "Why?"
JRM: "Because."
CJM: "And your point is?"
JRM: "You will always be too busy to read any of them anyway."
CJM: "Like you won't? I'm not the one who is too busy to floss my teeth."
JRM: "Not fair."
CJM: "Okay. I'm not the one who doesn't even know what's in my closet."
JRM: "Also not fair."
CJM: "If anyone should take them all, of the two of us, it should be me, I'm
afraid."
JRM: "Okay, they're all yours."
CJM: "I didn't mean it."
JRM: "Then what?"
CJM: "We each take 31 and we tear the last one in half."
JRM: "Sure, that would be just like you cutting the odd M&M in half
with your Swiss Army knife."
CJM: "And it would be just like you to eat the odd M&M when I wasn't
looking."
JRM: "Colin. Remember we are talking about Mom's journals, not
childhood grudges."
CJM: "These are not grudges, Jenn, they are pure truth."
JRM: "Well, the truth is we should donate them to a publisher, like
Warner Brothers or something."
CJM: "Ummm, brilliant, Jenn."
JRM: "And you have a better idea?"
CJM: "Yes. I will buy you a high-speed scanner and you scan all the
pages into the computer."
JRM: "Why should I be the one to spend the rest of my life scanning pages?
You are so lazy! You think your time is so much more important
than mine."
CJM: "No, lazy people don't know what's in their closets and my time isn't
more important, it just moves faster than yours."
JRM: "Oh sure, Colin, and OCD people not only have their closets memorized,
but color coded and alphabetized and probably date marked in case
the shoes expire."
CJM: "Uh, Jenn......Mom's journals?"
JRM: "Okay, fine....31 1/2.....happy?"
CJM: "Happy."
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| Reviewed by T Jett |
8/24/2012 |
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| This is so wonderfully written, I felt as though I was there listening to this conversation ... Well, Diana, at least you know your children wants your journals ... An enjoyable read ... |
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| Reviewed by Donna Chandler |
8/22/2012 |
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Delightful and very believable story!
Donna |
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| Reviewed by Budd Nelson |
8/17/2012 |
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wonderful story Diana simply wonderful
budd |
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| Reviewed by Ronald Hull |
8/16/2012 |
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You have conjured up many thoughts. First, it's a lesson in sharing that young people have to learn by experience. My twin brother and I had to share everything. After many arguments, I usually let him get the first look at anything we shared.
I can't believe you have all those journals! I have some unopened ones that I plan to give to the university library. I regret that I had old family portraits from my grandmothers circa 1890–1950That I gave my sister because I thought I could no longer take care of them. I have scanned every photo that I have for the family and only hope that she or her sons scan the portraits for our family's history.
Love it.
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| Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado |
8/16/2012 |
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Cute story, Diana; well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D |
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| Reviewed by Lily of Lough Neagh C. Dennis-Woosley |
8/15/2012 |
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LOL this is so funny! Dilemma dilemma ha ha ha
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| Reviewed by Jerry Bolton |
8/15/2012 |
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| Hah! Actually it might even be worse that that, Diana. I dread to think what my children's conversation would be like. Shudder! |
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| Reviewed by Odin Roark |
8/15/2012 |
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| Delightful depiction of a dilemma that perhaps only writers have to carefully pen in their Wills, eh? |
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