Once Upon A Time......

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

13 Oct 10

You are such a great friend who supports me and it is so appreciated. Thank you for being you. I do not know when the next class will be but they have asked me to do it again... Many blessings and have a wonderful day. Also congratulations to India for winning a gold medal in the Commonwealth games.

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bodhisatya

@bodhisatya (2384)

• India

14 Oct 10

Thank you dear friend, and it was a beautiful day indeed for me as well as for Indian sports. Apart from the common wealth games Gold tally soaring India won an all important test cricket match against Australia! I knew it was gonna be a special day hehehehhe

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paula27661

@paula27661 (15811)

• Australia

13 Oct 10

It sounds like it all went very well and it was a fun experience! You sounds as though you would be a fantastic story teller if the way you write is any indication...It must brought back you teaching memories…Your grandchildren must have been so very proud of you! You should make it a monthly event or something...Everybody would look forward to it.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

13 Oct 10

Well.... they did ask me to do it again! The twins were so proud. At the end all the children thanked me and said, 'Bye bye Cynthie' in unison. So cute. Yes. and I did enjoy it. Thank you for your kind words.Blessings

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120981)

• United States

13 Oct 10

Your story made MY heart feel good. Your grandkids are no doubt bragging on you even now. You are famous to all of those children! I'm glad you got to do that, and they have that memory.

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moondancer

@moondancer (7431)

• United States

13 Oct 10

Thank you for that tip. I have heard it before but forgot about it. Another thing they use lots of peppers and onions, this is another reason why Chinese and others don't get sick like we do.

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ANTIQUELADY

@ANTIQUELADY (36440)

• United States

12 Oct 10

u MAKING THE TWINS & ALL THEIR FRIENDS DAY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, cYNTHI. i KNEW U WOULD BE A STAR. tHE TWINS WILL NEVER FORGET U DOING THIS. u ARE MAKING GOOD MEMORIES FOR THEM JUST LIKE I TRY TO DO W/RYAN. I'm sooooo glad it went well. Would have loved to see the twins faces when they saw u. U are a good lady[granny, lol].

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u are a star

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Thanks Jo. They were so excited to see me on the screen in their classroom. really enjoyed it so much and it has made me happy as DIL taped it to keep for them as a memory

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ANTIQUELADY

@ANTIQUELADY (36440)

• United States

12 Oct 10

U & Ryan are both famous now.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Opal26

@Opal26 (17679)

• United States

13 Oct 10

Hi "Cynthie"! Yeah! Yipee" Clap!

I knew you'd be great! I had no doubt that the kiddies would love you! See, they did! Now you can do it again and not be nervous at all! You were a teacher after all, so how could you forget and I'm sure you were one of the best ever! And I bet the twins were so proud! Now you can get back to your "real life", at least the one you have now. You never cease to amaze, "Cynthie". I think that's why everyone loves you so much, I know that's why I do!

Love, Les

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

13 Oct 10

Thank you Opal so very much for the compliments. So kind of you - too kind. I felt so happy that it went over well. Many many blessings.

cyrus123

@cyrus123 (6363)

• United States

13 Oct 10

I'm so glad the storytelling went so well for you! It sounds like it was a lot of fun! I was hoping you would tell us how it went and I'm glad you did. This sounds like something I would like to do. Maybe I can sing and play my guitar to the children. Who knows? I can't think of anything that's made me feel good today, I hate to say. I've had a headache all day. I have bad sinuses, anyway. I went to the chiropractor, though, and I'm feeling better now.

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storytelling

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

14 Oct 10

I do not live in the USA and neither know where you live but perhaps you could contact local grade schools and suggest doing it. I expect depending in where you lie will determine if the school can afford to pay. But try it and see what happens - you just never know what it can lead to. Be modest in your fee and they may take you more frequently. Good luck and many blessngs

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

13 Oct 10

But you sound so talented and children love music. This is an excellent idea that you could explore. I am sorry that you haven't been well though. I have developed sinus problems in my old age.......Many blessings

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cyrus123

@cyrus123 (6363)

• United States

14 Oct 10

I will have to look into this. How do I go about getting started? Do they pay you for this? I sing at one nursing home and one assisted living facility every month. That's just volunteer work, though, which I enjoy doing. I do need something that will supplement my SSI check I get once a month.

Thoroughrob

@Thoroughrob (11742)

• United States

12 Oct 10

I am glad it went well for you. I had read your last post of being nervous, but had not gotten around to answering it. There has been nothing going on here today at all. It has been very quiet, been cleaning.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Thank you. Made me so happy as they were proud to have me tell their class a story. I need to do a big clean and sorting out of things that I can dump. Has to be done but I don;t like doing it

moondancer

@moondancer (7431)

• United States

13 Oct 10

I knew you would pull it off just fine. The jitters would go as soon as you started talking to the children. It is tough to go back to doing something you have not done in a long time and especially when it's talking to people...no matter their ages. You did great! I knew you would. Telling you not to worry would have done no good. The butterflies were already there. But now you are so excited and happy. I'm so glad for you! The good thing that happened for me today is I finally got to go get my pain injections. which I needed so badly. After that I go to go shopping with my brother and some of my grandchildren. It was over all a good day.

moondancer

@moondancer (7431)

• United States

13 Oct 10

That is wonderful and it's a blessing for you that they want you to do this again. Children do love having someone tell stories. I read stores and bedtime stories to my grandchildren every night.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

13 Oct 10

I'm glad that you had a good day too despite having to have injections for pain. I do hope that they gave you relief. It has been so long since I was in he classroom. I had to leave to earn more money when my husband became sick. However, it was good and I felt such joy.Many blessings

jillhill

@jillhill (37353)

• United States

12 Oct 10

You story! I think children are the prizes of our lives...a true blessing and to see that you got the job done by entertaining them and giving something to smile about it outstanding!

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Now I am blushing but once I begun all the old drama skills to use with children came back automatically. Thanks Jill - it was so much fun

skysuccess

@skysuccess (8857)

• Singapore

14 Oct 10

cynthiann, I must admit that this is best emote code I can find here although I'd like to add pat on the back and clap here. Anyway, give yourself a good round of applause for a job well done especially at such a challenging hour. The kids must have really relished it as if their grandparents are telling them the stories, especially some who may not have seen theirs for a long time. Thanks to technology, we are all able to have such almost real life experience with our love ones who are far away from us.

skysuccess

@skysuccess (8857)

• Singapore

15 Oct 10

cynthiann, You are welcome and most of all you really deserve the credit where it is due. Being away from home for my overseas assignments I can understand the time zone problems which can be daunting when work is mixed with us trying to adjust our bodies. I skype and messenger with my family when I travel and I am just thankful for the available technologies that is helping us get on with our lives, most of all our relationships. I hope that you will do it again and it meant a lot to me when I was young hearing stories from excellent story tellers starting with my grandparents. I just miss them even nowadays. So, Kudos again!

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

14 Oct 10

Thank you so very much for your generous praise. I heard last night that the teacher wants me to do it again so that is a compliment. Yes, because they are from so many different countries maybe on a two or three year contract or children of diplomats etc they are not seeing their families at all. Whereas my grand twins were home for the 9 weeks of summer so there is more continuity in family life. My son talks to them all daily on skype and will be there for Christmas and Easter.Blessings

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Patsie Hatley is Deceased

@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

12 Oct 10

hi cynthiann what great time you must have had. I can imagine your grandchildren were thrilled and bragged to their classmates thats my grandmother. It sounds like you really enjoyed it also and the children in Dofur enjoyed your story telling too.That was a great idea and perhaps you can do it again. Takes a real knack to be a really good storyteller and keep the little ones enthralled. I used to work on the children's side of the libary and was often called in to help with story hour. Gale the kids librarian had that knack too and the kids would get so quiet then as she made the appropriate noises for the characters in her stories they would go off in gales of laughter.It was fun\ for me just to watch the children's reactions to Gales stories.

Patsie Hatley is Deceased

@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

14 Oct 10

hi cynthiann thanks so much for best response. I sure miss those days working in the library but I have a lot of lovely memories. I have often thought of writing some of them down in a sort of auto biography as I am not an oral story teller but I love to write.

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Thank you Hatley.I could see their reaction on my screen. It was gratifying and this is what I am. An old fashioned story teller

It is fun to watch them as their expressions on their faces changed as they got into the story.Despite the early hour I would do it again but as Kat suggested take one of our own folk tales from Ja and dramatize it for them. Blessings

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TheRealDawn

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

12 Oct 10

Of course you're a storyteller at heart. and reading this made me feel good today!

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Ah, thank you Dawn. I felt so good and when my son spoke to them when they came home from school they were so proud of me.

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katsmeow1213

@katsmeow1213 (28716)

• United States

12 Oct 10

I'm glad it all worked out so well. I hope you do get a chance to do that again. So far nothing really great has happened to me today, but it hasn't been an awful day either. Hubby did call a moment ago to say he's been working on getting prices for the things we need for the move, and the dumpster is definitely coming on Friday, so that's good news. However before he was done telling me everything he's working on, his father showed up at his work, so he had to go. Hope FIL does not have bad news for him. I'm sure he doesn't.. it's probably just something about the car or something else equally uninteresting.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

12 Oct 10

Yes, it went well - I don't know why I got my knicker in a twist. Am happy that things are getting better for you. Your hubby's aunt is wonderful to offer to help with the finances

bounce58

@bounce58 (17380)

• Canada

18 Oct 10

I just responded to the other discussion where you said you were gonna do this! It's great! Sometimes I marvel at the technology. On how it can reach a lot of people from across the globe, even for just as simple as a story telling. Too bad you lost connection, but still, it gets me excites. I wish there was something like that at my son's pre-school!

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

20 Oct 10

Thank you. They were very proud of me. It is an Internationa schoo so many of the chdren do not have their famiies around them

dorannmwin

@dorannmwin (36392)

• United States

15 Oct 10

That is such a great story. I think that it is awesome that in this day and age it is possible to talk to people throughout the world and to be able to see them in real time. The thing that has been making me feel good this week is the fact that Paul celebrated his 4th birthday this week and we are getting ready to have his birthday party over the weekend and I'm excited about that because he has been wanting Hungry Hungry Hippos since Christmas last year and he will be getting it for his birthday.