The Tattered Bookmark

You've captured a lifetime in this one essay, and you've done it beautifully.
Nancy

Nancy

I've received a lot of comments on this story from the various places it has appeared.Yours was the best and you summed it up in one line. I didn't thing about it that way, but your are right. I summed up my life.

Thank you

This is beautiful! Guess I don't need to tell you, but don't ever lose that bookmark...

Kathy Baker

Kathy

You know that bookmark will be with me forever. The memories it brings back asre definitely worth holding on to.

Thank you.

Mike

What a wonderful essay. Your words brought an inanimate object to life. BJ

Hi Mike,

An incredible essay! Congrats on a well deserved win!

Hugs

Nadine *Teddie*

Thank you Mike for such a beautiful story to read on Mother's day. I'll book mark it :-)

Erma/ Sharon

Hi Mike,
What a delightful story, and I have read it more than once, each time relishing the reminder that a small gift such as your bookmark can be more valuable than an item costing fifty times more money. You gave the bookmark its value. Congratulations on your prize-winning story! I hope it's the first of many more here at Our Echo. You're such a good author, and I eagerly look forward to reading more, including some of your funny episodes like the one about the ladder on the roof in that rainstorm. Please post that one so we can all laugh aloud!
Your friend and fan,
Sandi in FL.

Michael, it has been many years and tears that we have shared over time. I'm so proud of you to have continued to write your stories. My dear husband Willie is watching from heaven's sky with great anticipation to what is to come next. You and Willie had a friendship that grew from great distances and many tall tales. Congrats on this story and what is to come in the future. Sandra

CONGRATULATIONS on winning story of the month. You truly did deserve it.

Kathy Baker

Thank you, Kathy. I hope more of my stories will touch youin the same way.
Mike

You've penned a beautiful story of real life, the ebb and flow of it, and the bookmark is a tangible piece of cloth that made the journey with you. God is good to have blessed you with two precious wives and children and time to enjoy them. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us. ~ Susan

Hello Michael,

Having experienced the loss of a soulmate, I know what sorrow is. Your life story give hope and is an inspiration to widows and widowers everywhere.

Thank you.

Linda Della Donna
http://www.griefcase.blogspot.com

Thank you, Linda.
My new wife lost her husband as well.
We both know the pain. We met in an
online support group for widows and widowers.
You might want to check out, http://www.ourecho.com/story-2257-Life-Is-A-Bag-Of-Frozen-Peas.shtml
It's a story on grief
Mike

wow Like all of your stories I've read this one touched my heart.

Thank you so much.
I love it when my stories touch the heart of another.
Mike

You are a very good writer, Michael. Your story brought tears to my eyes and I'm not usually an emotional person.

Keep writing.

Jim

Thank you so much, Jim
I appreciate you taking the time to email.
Mike

Michael, I am new to this site so just getting to read some contest winners and recent posts. I noticed when I finished your piece, and just as Nancy said above, that your essay summed up your life so beautifully. That is quite an accomplishment. My heart beat faster and with a bit of pain at the loss of your wife (I'm so sorry...she seemed like such a gift to you...loving and understanding of the many changes you had to go through) and then was eased by you finding love again. So you took me through a gamut of emotions in one small (in length only!) piece...another feat.

Congrats on winning...very well deserved.

Thanks again, Lisa
This story was written for the many people
who mailed me about the story called "The Happiest Day of my Life." You should be able to find it on this site.
The story has been published in many places. The last time it was used, several hundred people emailed me. They wanted to know what happened to my daughter since I say I live in New Jersey with my wife and son. The Tattered Bookmark was written to tell the story. When I completed it, I knew I had a great story.
Mike

A great read, Michael. -Glenn

Thanks, Glenn
Mike