This weeks Family First

amother

Snapdragon ↓

Mon, Oct 07 2024, 10:05 am

amother Molasses wrote:

This style of writing is super trendy .... I don't think it was a mistake

They should get rid of this trend. Fast.

amother

↑ Snapdragon

Mon, Oct 07 2024, 10:07 am

ladYdI wrote:

So who’s writing a letter to the editor for an explanation?!

It would be sooo much easier if someone can clarify on here. Author or editor if you're on here

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Oct 07 2024, 11:04 am

amother Snapdragon wrote:

It would be sooo much easier if someone can clarify on here. Author or editor if you're on here

I'm sure one of the writers are here. I can't understand how the editors let it go through.

I appreciate an upgraded writing style, but the ends did not tie up here.

amother

↑ Oxfordblue ↓

Mon, Oct 07 2024, 1:59 pm

I don't think it was hard to understand. It shows how someone is triggered, and how she eventually sees it differently, and comes round. I thought it was a very clever piece.

It clearly shows how 2 people, even sisters, can have such different ways of seeing things. And how one's thought processes can change when the situation allows it.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Oct 07 2024, 8:59 pm

amother Oxfordblue wrote:

Did you understand what had happened to her that caused her to change her feelings? It seems like most people did not.

Ihatepotatoes

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 12:03 am

I'm not looking forward to Calligraphy this Sukkos if it's going to be all esoteric, with us having to "read between the lines" of stories without clear flow and meaning.

↑ NechaMom

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 12:53 am

amother Dill wrote:

When I read it I thought for sure they left out a paragraph or a few sentences. There is no way they intended for the audience to understand the story as it was printed.

This makes the most sense. There's a paragraph or a page missing. I'm expecting them to fill it in next week.
Let's see who guessed the real story.
I'll add mine. She fell down the steps when she was 13 and no one was there to catch her. (To me this makes as much sense as all other possibilities. It's not our job to figure out an unwritten story. That's what the author was hired for.)

amother

Chicory ↓

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 9:29 am

I don't think it was easy to follow, but it was beautifully written. Still not quite sure what happened to her when she was thirteen, but I do get that something happened and that was enough for me to understand what was going on? I don't know, I don't mind reading literary fiction (nonfiction? don't remember) in the magazine occasionally. It's nice to have a variety.

Absolutely HATE when it's a full-fledged short story or a serial that's cryptic like this, though. I'm fine with it in small quantities. Everyone has different tastes and different pieces cater to different people.

amother

↑ Dill

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 9:38 am

momallhours wrote:

Very unlike FF to let this get past

This. That’s why I say they were missing a paragraph.

amother

↑ Molasses

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 10:27 am

amother Chicory wrote:

If its abuse they need to write cryptic. How would you want them to write it out the details on abuse ?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 10:47 am

amother Molasses wrote:

If its abuse they need to write cryptic. How would you want them to write it out the details on abuse ?

I thought of that, but it was very, very unclear. Maybe it was and maybe it wasn't abuse. What was the message? Where does it connect to having a niece with ds? Stories can be written cryptic, but at the end it should come to light. This one did not.

amother

Hydrangea

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 10:47 am

I didn't appreciate the article at all. It reminded me of the summer fiction story in the Ami Living that no one understood and they had to write an explanation for it a few weeks later. I thought that was pretty embarrassing on the part of the writer. If you need to explain the story, it wasn't very well written in the first place. I certainly hope the Calligraphy will live up to its usual standards this year.

amother

↑ Chicory

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 10:53 am

amother OP wrote:

To me, it seemed like the message was that she didn't get support when she went through her situation, and now, she's finally understanding from her sister that she should have, too, and this is how it should have gone for her. The whole idea of 'it takes a village' in the title.

amother

↑ OP

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 11:48 am

amother Chicory wrote:

I hear that, although it felt vague. I did email them. I hope they will clarify.

Queen Of Hearts

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 11:52 am

Ihatepotatoes wrote:

I'm not looking forward to Calligraphy this Sukkos if it's going to be all esoteric, with us having to "read between the lines" of stories without clear flow and meaning.

Exactly.
When I'm exhausted and finally get to read something I don't want to have to exert my brain cells to figure out what the author meant. A little mysticism is good but to literally not know what the author is saying is too much for a bunch of overtired Mamas.

amother

Blonde

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 1:21 pm

Ihatepotatoes wrote:

I'm not looking forward to Calligraphy this Sukkos if it's going to be all esoteric, with us having to "read between the lines" of stories without clear flow and meaning.

It was just one story out of hundreds of articles (including Misphacha, Family First and Treeo).
Why the negativity?
Why assume that the whole calligraphy will be a bust?

I also scratched my head and moved on and yes, the magazine is my downtime and I go crazy without it, but really? It was just one article.

Can someone explain to me all this negativity? Especially during Aseres Yemei Teshuva. What

amother

↑ Oxfordblue

Tue, Oct 08 2024, 3:03 pm

amother Blonde wrote:

Omg thanks for saying this! Been thinking the same, such negativity because of one article! I understood it very well...she was triggered, because of what we don't know, but her feelings changed with time and she came round to 'it takes a village'.

But even if people don't get the story, big deal! The rest of the magazine was great.