Comments on: My Mother, the Writer http://www.hungermtn.org VCFA Journal of the Arts Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Follow-Ups « Allison's Book Bag http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-16591 Follow-Ups « Allison's Book Bag Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:49:59 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-16591 [...] daughter? Anne Mazer lost her mom, who was also a teacher, in 2009 to brain cancer. You can read a tribute by Anne Mazer to her mom at Hunger Mountain Literary Journal and see photos of Norma Fox Mazer that [...] [...] daughter? Anne Mazer lost her mom, who was also a teacher, in 2009 to brain cancer. You can read a tribute by Anne Mazer to her mom at Hunger Mountain Literary Journal and see photos of Norma Fox Mazer that [...]

]]> By: Trissy Fox http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-8142 Trissy Fox Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:05:33 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-8142 I lost my mother from lung cancer 15 years ago . I miss her . No matter what I'm doing each day , I always compare to what she would have said or done. I thought it was just unique my name being Terisa "Trissy" Fox, my mom's name was Betty,"the same as your mother's friend and my mother in law's name is Norma. I was born in 1970 , she and my sister was taken away from me in the mid nineties I had a nervous breakdown . Lost everything , even gave my two daughters to their father . When I came to I thought it had only been two years . Not knowing it had been eight , I was on the porch of a church , barefooted it was raining so hard lighting was striking bright I started asking God what to do? I looked down between my feet and a big shiny bullet laid there all I could do is sit down and I just busted out laughing . Knowing God , knew I would never do that . I just thought even God knows a good laugh, never hurt anyone. I apologize for all of this I just started writing and I couldn't stop ,weird huh? I 'm just missing my mom right now. I was told in 2004 there was a mass behind my right eye, causing my seziures . I have never been scanned again fraid of what else they will find . My head is starting to hurt alot more now days , knots are showing up on the back of my head. I just wish I could talk to my momma, I guess I should have found somewhere else to write this down at and I am very sorry I'll go now. Goodnight , momma , Love Trissy I lost my mother from lung cancer 15 years ago . I miss her . No matter what I’m doing each day , I always compare to what she would have said or done. I thought it was just unique my name being Terisa “Trissy” Fox, my mom’s name was Betty,”the same as your mother’s friend and my mother in law’s name is Norma. I was born in 1970 , she and my sister was taken away from me in the mid nineties I had a nervous breakdown . Lost everything , even gave my two daughters to their father . When I came to I thought it had only been two years . Not knowing it had been eight , I was on the porch of a church , barefooted it was raining so hard lighting was striking bright I started asking God what to do? I looked down between my feet and a big shiny bullet laid there all I could do is sit down and I just busted out laughing . Knowing God , knew I would never do that . I just thought even God knows a good laugh, never hurt anyone. I apologize for all of this I just started writing and I couldn’t stop ,weird huh? I ‘m just missing my mom right now. I was told in 2004 there was a mass behind my right eye, causing my seziures . I have never been scanned again fraid of what else they will find . My head is starting to hurt alot more now days , knots are showing up on the back of my head. I just wish I could talk to my momma, I guess I should have found somewhere else to write this down at and I am very sorry I’ll go now. Goodnight , momma , Love Trissy

]]> By: Naomi Colb http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Naomi Colb Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:05:59 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-1735 Dear Anne, I appreciated your letting in on your experience of Norma as a mom. I love her books and often recommend her work to young mothers. Dear Anne, I appreciated your letting in on your experience of Norma as a mom. I love her books and often recommend her work to young mothers.

]]> By: Alyson http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Alyson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:40:04 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-1733 Anne - Thank you for sharing about your mom and how she influenced you with her own writing practice. Wonderful piece. Anne – Thank you for sharing about your mom and how she influenced you with her own writing practice. Wonderful piece.

]]> By: David Weber http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 David Weber Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-1729 My wife, Marilyn, and I will always fondly recall our summer or holiday visits to the Fox/Mazer household on Bear St. in Syracuse with our three daughters in the middle sixties. Harry and Norma were just beginning to publish in magazines. Harry still had to keep his welding job so the writing was relegated to after work, a very stressful schedule for both Norma and Harry. We were most impressed with their determination to fulfill the demands of the confession market and the discipline they exercised to adhere to the form. The prestige issue was a concern but we said that whatever the praxis, it would lead to something more heartfelt. And so it did most emphatically. Love, David and Marilyn Weber My wife, Marilyn, and I will always fondly recall our summer or holiday visits to the Fox/Mazer household on Bear St. in Syracuse with our three daughters in the middle sixties. Harry and Norma were just beginning to publish in magazines. Harry still had to keep his welding job so the writing was relegated to after work, a very stressful schedule for both Norma and Harry. We were most impressed with their determination to fulfill the demands of the confession market and the discipline they exercised to adhere to the form. The prestige issue was a concern but we said that whatever the praxis, it would lead to something more heartfelt. And so it did most emphatically.
Love,
David and Marilyn Weber

]]> By: Bethany http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1717 Bethany Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:00:45 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-1717 Anne, Thank you again for opening your heart to Hunger Mountain and letting us read your words about your mother. I am grateful. Anne,

Thank you again for opening your heart to Hunger Mountain and letting us read your words about your mother. I am grateful.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.hungermtn.org/my-mother-the-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Andrea Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:37:48 +0000 http://www.hungermtn.org/?page_id=1825#comment-1714 It is wonderful that you not only loved, but admired, your Mom. Thanks for giving me a little glimpse into such an inspiring woman. It is wonderful that you not only loved, but admired, your Mom. Thanks for giving me a little glimpse into such an inspiring woman.

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