tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post6483082296071119637..comments2011-09-06T15:38:13.918-07:00Comments on The American Citi-Zen - An Owner's Manual: This Blog is not for you. It's for me ...Dardin Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-90561026995053110582011-06-22T06:26:09.958-07:002011-06-22T06:26:09.958-07:00I would like to thank those that sent me private c...I would like to thank those that sent me private comments regarding this little venture of mine. The feedback and reaction has been enlightening, to say the very least. I am working on the first video-commentary which should be posted in a day or to dealing with the concept of "American". I hope it opens up the can of worms in you, ... that is most certainly did in me as I was filming ;-)Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-48233554999530718792011-06-21T21:25:54.249-07:002011-06-21T21:25:54.249-07:00Crystal,
Thanks for the comments. I agree that be...Crystal, <br />Thanks for the comments. I agree that being a PK gives us an unusual filter through which we see things in many a ways. I had the same experience with Dad. On the one hand, I had to cede to the image he represented as a Pastor, yet on the other hand, I longed for the times he let his hair down and was just "dad", ... without the ceremonial baggage that came with it. <br /><br />There is no proven way .... this is mine. I'm deathly afraid of leaving the planet too soon without leaving some tangible lessons that she can keep watching / reading, when her maturity allow it. I'm sure this project will osmose into something completely different that I envisioned, but no matter the end-result, ... I will feel better for knowing she has something more than the material things I leave behind ;-)<br /><br />My best to Tim ... and the 3 Muskateers ;-)Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-43152211661890823742011-06-21T21:20:37.734-07:002011-06-21T21:20:37.734-07:00Thanks Ginna ;-) This is just the intro, ... I hop...Thanks Ginna ;-) This is just the intro, ... I hope the meat of the future content leaves you just as impressed!Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-3996656094933761782011-06-21T21:07:27.957-07:002011-06-21T21:07:27.957-07:00So great Dardin! How brave of you to make a record...So great Dardin! How brave of you to make a record of these "teachings".... There'll be no denying it later! ;P<br /><br />Since becoming a parent, I have found myself questioning more than ever my own "preferences and learnings" as I find myself imparting them to my children. And in doing so, I am only beginning to fully realize the power my own parents had in the formation of my ideas about The World, and the responsibility one can feel well into adulthood to uphold, or at least maintain the appearance of upholding, those notions, even when I no longer agree with all of them. <br /><br />It's funny how, even as a married woman and mother of three, I still alter my "life" when my parents are visiting..... Not sure yet if it's out of respect or fear; Maybe both.<br /><br />I just hope that by accepting and forgiving my own parents' "humanness", my children will have the same mercy on me when they begin to question some of the ludacris things I will unintentionally but inevitably poison them with.<br /><br />Good luck! I look forward to another parent's perspective!<br /><br />Crystal O'Dea<br /><br />(BTW, I hear we are both Pentecostal PK's which will make it exceedingly more interesting for me.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-29644473282976320632011-06-21T20:35:19.221-07:002011-06-21T20:35:19.221-07:00Eloquent and perfectly spoken. I am speechless...Eloquent and perfectly spoken. I am speechless...ginnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04990306154296029932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-30448020059382247412011-06-21T19:37:53.703-07:002011-06-21T19:37:53.703-07:00Anyone can leave a comment, anonymous or otherwise...Anyone can leave a comment, anonymous or otherwise. If you have a Google account (gmail, for ex) you can log in using that and your Google ID name will appear.Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479790400762903411.post-9355245096520355872011-06-21T19:33:57.416-07:002011-06-21T19:33:57.416-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dardin Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860312622246919118noreply@blogger.com