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Another Side
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Saturday, October 19, 2019    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Members of a family can be so different in their actions, their voice, their size, yet loved so much but not liked for their behaviour.

Another Side 

October 19, 2019

By Rose Marie Rideout

 

Soft yet ruff on the edges, 

Round yet very square,

Silent but noisey to hear,

Low but very high.

What can it be but another side,

Another side of ups and downs,
Sitting in a shadow of life,

Yet surrounded by light.

Loved yet not liked,

For how one reacts to family members,

What can it be but another side,

Another side of ins and outs,

A love tattered and torn.

Another side to blind one's heart,

Like a storm blowing in the night,

Tossing and turning feelings,

Another side of what is to be.

 

 


 


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Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on October 22, 2019
I have but only friendships as family, as my own family has cut me off for now 12 years...but I still hope they are well and happy, though I seem to doubt that they think about me in the same vein...-e-

Reviewed on October 20, 2019
What fascinating metaphors and your brush with your words flowing so smoothly......I believe we all have a few sides. Am I sounding crazy? lol!!! You really got me goin'!!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 20, 2019
Strange, this love for family when all things are not going well. I think the fear of loneliness sometimes overcomes the fear of family relationship, holding together what should be apart. I like the way you expressed that as ups and downs, ins and outs, this side and that.

As a personal defense from what we don't know, we often polarize our thoughts and don't see the other side of an issue. Hence, disagreements. My sister and I are politically opposite. But she ends most messages with the word, Love, and for the most part is the only one really caring for our aging and angry mother who has lost all of her independence in an assisted-living home.

Ron

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on October 20, 2019
Dear Rose,

It's funny how some people become more like we envision them to be. For example, if I wake up thinking my wife is an angel and focus on what good things she has done for me in the past, she usually acts like an angel the rest of the day. I could also just as easily focus on the things she did not do for me and think of her as a negative person. If I chose this road then somehow she will act in a much more negative manner the rest of the day. So I have learned that how my mind chooses to focus about a person's personality can make or ruin my day. It's hard for a person to be nasty to you when you start complimenting them about their looks, their talents, or the way they dress etc. On the other hand, if you chose to focus of their negative traits you just may get that person angry or resentful and a whole different person comes out of the same shell. Try this and see...

Blessings,

John Michael

Reviewed on October 19, 2019
All of us have unique character that is different to others. Sometimes we get along, and sometimes don't. It's like that in every family. I had a great Thanksgiving Day all day...until towards the end when we began discussing politics. LOL!!! So much for the day!!!

Sandie


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