Comments on: A Fish Tale http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/ Eating Vegetables and Watching My Kids Grow Like Weeds Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alison http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5382 Alison Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:39:13 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5382 I loved this story Barb! It sounds like your daughters are about the same distance in age as my girls... and I'm so glad to hear they were scared for life by the fish incident! Our second fish is swimming, now I'm thinking I just may have to go the proper burial route when the time comes! I loved this story Barb! It sounds like your daughters are about the same distance in age as my girls… and I’m so glad to hear they were scared for life by the fish incident! Our second fish is swimming, now I’m thinking I just may have to go the proper burial route when the time comes!

]]> By: barb http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 barb Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:27:26 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5376 My daughter mailed this to me to read and I am laughing but empathetic at the same time. Long ago, my daughters also had goldfish. One was named Goldie! (Must be a common name for fish like Brooke or Brittney is for humans.)Our 18 cent goldfish grew long and luxurious tails and were quite tame and lovely for a year or more until they both got a fish disease called "ick" and first one died and then the other. The trauma was greater than I imagined because when I flushed the first to expire down the toilet I found the girls were expecting something more like a funeral at the flowerbed. When one of the girls related the experience at school and even drew a picture describing the hurt; "when my Mom flushed my fish down then toilet"- it became apparent that it was saddest day of her life. We gave the second fish a little burial service. My daughters are now 26 and 28 and don't seem to have permanent damage from the whole experience. Thanks for the very sweet story! My daughter mailed this to me to read and I am laughing but empathetic at the same time. Long ago, my daughters also had goldfish. One was named Goldie! (Must be a common name for fish like Brooke or Brittney is for humans.)Our 18 cent goldfish grew long and luxurious tails and were quite tame and lovely for a year or more until they both got a fish disease called “ick” and first one died and then the other. The trauma was greater than I imagined because when I flushed the first to expire down the toilet I found the girls were expecting something more like a funeral at the flowerbed. When one of the girls related the experience at school and even drew a picture describing the hurt; “when my Mom flushed my fish down then toilet”- it became apparent that it was saddest day of her life. We gave the second fish a little burial service. My daughters are now 26 and 28 and don’t seem to have permanent damage from the whole experience. Thanks for the very sweet story!

]]> By: Libby http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5320 Libby Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:17:27 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5320 Aw.... poor Maxine. You can tell on the video she really doesn't get it. Hope she's not too traumatised. When Christy "accidently" killed her guinea pig I was way more upset than she was :-). Libby Aw…. poor Maxine. You can tell on the video she really doesn’t get it. Hope she’s not too traumatised. When Christy “accidently” killed her guinea pig I was way more upset than she was :-) .

Libby

]]> By: Pat http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 Pat Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:11:43 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5318 OMG they broke my heart! Poor Max! If there was any decent cheesecake in this backwater redneck place, I'd ship it to you!!! OMG they broke my heart! Poor Max! If there was any decent cheesecake in this backwater redneck place, I’d ship it to you!!!

]]> By: Morgan @ Life After Bagels http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5317 Morgan @ Life After Bagels Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:13:43 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5317 "he got killed" - best line of the movie! “he got killed” – best line of the movie!

]]> By: Alison http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 Alison Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:11:42 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5315 Yes, Goldie was Maxine's fish, but you couldn't really tell them apart, and it was Ava who conveniently decided it was Maxine's fish that died. Yes, Goldie was Maxine’s fish, but you couldn’t really tell them apart, and it was Ava who conveniently decided it was Maxine’s fish that died.

]]> By: Whit http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5310 Whit Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:24:59 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5310 OMG I am laughing so hard, but also crying and not just from the laughter. First of all, Max and Ava have THE CUTEST VOICES. I love to hear kids talk. They are the most precious munchkins EVER. Seriously. Secondly, those precious munchkins remind me of when our 'Goldie' died. She always died. Always went to a watery grave as well. A rite of passage in every kids life. The Death Of Fish. Thirdly, I hope you threw that measuring cup away. OMG I am laughing so hard, but also crying and not just from the laughter. First of all, Max and Ava have THE CUTEST VOICES. I love to hear kids talk. They are the most precious munchkins EVER. Seriously.

Secondly, those precious munchkins remind me of when our ‘Goldie’ died. She always died. Always went to a watery grave as well. A rite of passage in every kids life. The Death Of Fish.

Thirdly, I hope you threw that measuring cup away.

]]> By: Bernadette http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5308 Bernadette Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5308 OMG I am laughing so hard! Because geez, I've been there... we must have got our kids from the same place because mine came with no manual either!! I've been winging it for 22 years and haven't lost one yet (kids that is...). You are SO funny! kisses to the girls!! xoxo OMG I am laughing so hard! Because geez, I’ve been there… we must have got our kids from the same place because mine came with no manual either!! I’ve been winging it for 22 years and haven’t lost one yet (kids that is…).

You are SO funny!

kisses to the girls!!
xoxo

]]> By: Amy http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5307 Amy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:36:40 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5307 Oh gosh, how funny. Just not for Max. Reminds me of when I offhandedly told my daughter that the cat had died, thinking it would be no big deal and it WAS. A very big deal. But it sounds like you guys had a great talk about death and dying. Oh gosh, how funny. Just not for Max. Reminds me of when I offhandedly told my daughter that the cat had died, thinking it would be no big deal and it WAS. A very big deal. But it sounds like you guys had a great talk about death and dying.

]]> By: 8 minutes; 6 minutes; I did it! « a sparkle a day http://mamasweeds.com/2009/12/30/a-fish-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-5306 8 minutes; 6 minutes; I did it! « a sparkle a day Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:36:14 +0000 http://mamasweeds.com/?p=5759#comment-5306 [...] my condolences at your loss of Goldie! May he/she rest with a full [...] [...] my condolences at your loss of Goldie! May he/she rest with a full [...]

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