tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6070420122440028789..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Waiting is the Hardest Part --- Peter LeylandKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-63256777608884952922022-06-06T11:29:23.963+01:002022-06-06T11:29:23.963+01:00Thank you both for such positive comments. It is a...Thank you both for such positive comments. It is an emotional investment to story one's life in this way so it is great to get feedback from fellow writers and I do appreciate what you say, particularly your detailed comments Griselda which really tap in to what I was trying to achieve here, reflective without being too 'maudlin'. <br /><br />It is nice to report too that our Jubilee day was enormously successful thanks in no small part to Sue, my beloved wife. Peter Leylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717370262319438102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80215280756128318882022-06-03T15:07:13.657+01:002022-06-03T15:07:13.657+01:00I am touched and honoured, Peter, that I should ha...I am touched and honoured, Peter, that I should have inspired such a moving piece about loss, separation, acceptance and hope that life will turn around - which it did, for both you and the well-known hostages you talk about. <br /><br />And oh gosh, holidays with a 16 year-old... they are always a couple of steps ahead of you, aren't they? Just as you're looking forward to an enjoyable evening together exploring the local streets and cafes, now that they no longer go to bed early and can be good conversational company, they've moved on to finding their own social life and have left you behind, oh yes, and with the worry about how late they'll come back and will they be all right. You paint a wonderfully wry and evocative picture of your evenings spent reading by yourself, just like a character in an Anita Brookner novel (wasn't the Booker winner set in a Lake Garda hotel?)<br /><br />However difficult divorce is for the children, you clearly got things as right as you could have done, from the close, fun relationship you have with your daughter and your grandchildren now. Not all fathers manage that.Griselda Heppelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207965148074302337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9406888176554884992022-06-02T09:52:21.721+01:002022-06-02T09:52:21.721+01:00I am so moved by this post. Thank you, Peter - it ...I am so moved by this post. Thank you, Peter - it has brought home to me how undeservedly lucky I have been.Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.com