Comments on: Remembering My Parents http://lillieammann.com/2008/06/25/remembering-my-parents/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:31:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/06/25/remembering-my-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-49089 Lillie Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:46:50 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=598#comment-49089 Murray, Yes, it shocked me that my father—who was such a kind, generous, and loving man—was prejudiced. He was influenced by the culture of the time, but, thank God, he didn't pass his prejudices on to his children. Fortunately attitudes have changed dramatically in the last fifty years or so. Murray,

Yes, it shocked me that my father—who was such a kind, generous, and loving man—was prejudiced. He was influenced by the culture of the time, but, thank God, he didn’t pass his prejudices on to his children. Fortunately attitudes have changed dramatically in the last fifty years or so.

]]> By: Murray@Steel Cattle Yards http://lillieammann.com/2008/06/25/remembering-my-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-49075 Murray@Steel Cattle Yards Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:27:06 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=598#comment-49075 This is a fantastic story, it's amazing how times have changed with regards to people's attitudes to race! I also think that despite all of life's changes, life in the country has not changed as much as in the city; it's in the country that the good old fashioned values (to use a cliche phrase) still remain. This is a fantastic story, it’s amazing how times have changed with regards to people’s attitudes to race!

I also think that despite all of life’s changes, life in the country has not changed as much as in the city; it’s in the country that the good old fashioned values (to use a cliche phrase) still remain.

]]> By: What I Learned from The Plant World : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor http://lillieammann.com/2008/06/25/remembering-my-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-37031 What I Learned from The Plant World : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:06:45 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=598#comment-37031 [...] My father turned to chicken farming after it became impossible to grow crops or provide feed and water to the cattle. He even gave up growing his beloved vegetable garden because he couldn’t water enough to keep the plants alive. [...] [...] My father turned to chicken farming after it became impossible to grow crops or provide feed and water to the cattle. He even gave up growing his beloved vegetable garden because he couldn’t water enough to keep the plants alive. [...]

]]> By: What I Learned from Love : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor http://lillieammann.com/2008/06/25/remembering-my-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-23964 What I Learned from Love : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:20:47 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=598#comment-23964 [...] first experience with love was the love shown to me and my siblings by our parents. They never had much money, but they always showed their love in countless ways. My father was a [...] [...] first experience with love was the love shown to me and my siblings by our parents. They never had much money, but they always showed their love in countless ways. My father was a [...]

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/06/25/remembering-my-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-21581 Lillie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:09:10 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=598#comment-21581 Andrew, Yes, my parents were absolutely wonderful. I wish everyone could have such loving parents. Andrew,
Yes, my parents were absolutely wonderful. I wish everyone could have such loving parents.

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