Comments on: The Power of “Story” http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/ Sassy Texas Storyteller Fri, 18 May 2012 20:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alissa http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Alissa Fri, 25 May 2007 01:35:29 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1518 That is wonderful to get that affirmation that a story you told 20 years ago made such an impression on someone! I hope I can make an impression like that in my chosen profession. I can't make up stories but I do read them with flair! At least my kids think so. That is wonderful to get that affirmation that a story you told 20 years ago made such an impression on someone! I hope I can make an impression like that in my chosen profession.

I can’t make up stories but I do read them with flair! At least my kids think so.

]]> By: JAM http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 JAM Wed, 23 May 2007 20:07:57 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1458 I bet that was an incredible moment when she recognized you. She probably told everyone she knew about seeing you again after all those years. Some of my favorite childhood memories were crawling into bed with my paternal grandparents and Mamaw Eunice making up a story to tell me on the spot. Papaw Masters would chime in from time to time with a funny joke that fit the story. I was almost as tall as them when I quit climbing in there with them. I bet that was an incredible moment when she recognized you. She probably told everyone she knew about seeing you again after all those years.

Some of my favorite childhood memories were crawling into bed with my paternal grandparents and Mamaw Eunice making up a story to tell me on the spot. Papaw Masters would chime in from time to time with a funny joke that fit the story.

I was almost as tall as them when I quit climbing in there with them.

]]> By: Damien Riley http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Damien Riley Wed, 23 May 2007 04:56:15 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1433 Not only does reading to kids make them faster and better readers, but even reading to kids in the parents' native language will have an impact studies show. <strong><em>So right Damien. And, bi-lingual children need to hear both languages!`skt</strong></em> Not only does reading to kids make them faster and better readers, but even reading to kids in the parents’ native language will have an impact studies show.

So right Damien. And, bi-lingual children need to hear both languages!`skt

]]> By: Shauna http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Shauna Wed, 23 May 2007 02:05:13 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1425 That's great she remembered the story! <em><strong>I thought so, too Shauna. Thanks for visiting~skt</strong></em> That’s great she remembered the story!

I thought so, too Shauna. Thanks for visiting~skt

]]> By: Suzanne http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1419 Suzanne Tue, 22 May 2007 22:40:15 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1419 When my son was a toddler, we made up stories about two dogs named Louie and Jiffy, who flew around in different colored bi-planes (my son was very into planes)and had adventures. Right now, my kids love to hear Rumplestilsken at bedtime. They love when I do "the voice". We have the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival here every year in August. I've always kind of wanted to enter at amateur level... lessons would be great! <em><strong>You could enter! Keep telling stories to your kids. That's how it all starts. If you have the desire to tell, you can do it. I love the dogs in the bi-planes :wink:~skt</strong></em> When my son was a toddler, we made up stories about two dogs named Louie and Jiffy, who flew around in different colored bi-planes (my son was very into planes)and had adventures. Right now, my kids love to hear Rumplestilsken at bedtime. They love when I do “the voice”. We have the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival here every year in August. I’ve always kind of wanted to enter at amateur level… lessons would be great!

You could enter! Keep telling stories to your kids. That’s how it all starts. If you have the desire to tell, you can do it. I love the dogs in the bi-planes :wink: ~skt

]]> By: Derek http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Derek Tue, 22 May 2007 22:29:31 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1418 When I was younger I was definitely told stories by my parents. It was interesting and a good time to do something together. For me, though, it was the fact that they engendered a love of reading that got to me. I guess that's another side of the same coin as storytelling: being able to experience a story. I don't much have a reason to tell stories nowadays, but I know that when/if I do that my imagination will still be alive because I've been feeding it. <em><strong>Yes, you are, Derek. Every day you are telling stories on your blog. Don't discount that. Keep feeding the imagination. Thanks for visiting.~skt</strong></em> When I was younger I was definitely told stories by my parents. It was interesting and a good time to do something together.

For me, though, it was the fact that they engendered a love of reading that got to me. I guess that’s another side of the same coin as storytelling: being able to experience a story. I don’t much have a reason to tell stories nowadays, but I know that when/if I do that my imagination will still be alive because I’ve been feeding it.

Yes, you are, Derek. Every day you are telling stories on your blog. Don’t discount that. Keep feeding the imagination. Thanks for visiting.~skt

]]> By: Toni http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Toni Tue, 22 May 2007 21:53:58 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2007/05/22/the-power-of-story/#comment-1417 That is awesome that she remember you, or rather the story! <em><strong>That's the way stories work, Toni. It's happened more than once, and it is totally wonderful when it does.~skt</strong></em> That is awesome that she remember you, or rather the story!

That’s the way stories work, Toni. It’s happened more than once, and it is totally wonderful when it does.~skt

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