http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/#comment-47623 kathy cassity Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:14:38 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/#comment-47623 Just wanted to send a short response. Just saw "My Left Foot" again last night. It's been a LONG time since I'd seen it. I'm going to get Georgina Hambleton's book. Sounds really good. I also love James Joyce and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Have never had anyone to talk about these books to. I have 6 children and have ususally worked full-time. No one that I ever come in contact with has any interest in Joyce or Christy Brown or The Pogues,whom I LOVE.Or, anything literary OR Irish. Would be nice to have someone to chat with that has similar interests. Anyway, I enjoyed the article. I cannot even imagine caring for 13 children, losing 9 others, and still having the physical or mental stamina to care for and encourage the development of a disabled child. I would HAVE to, but it would just be so incredibly difficult. Hats off to Mrs. Brown. Just wanted to send a short response. Just saw “My Left Foot” again last night. It’s been a LONG time since I’d seen it. I’m going to get Georgina Hambleton’s book. Sounds really good. I also love James Joyce and “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”. Have never had anyone to talk about these books to. I have 6 children and have ususally worked full-time. No one that I ever come in contact with has any interest in Joyce or Christy Brown or The Pogues,whom I LOVE.Or, anything literary OR Irish. Would be nice to have someone to chat with that has similar interests. Anyway, I enjoyed the article. I cannot even imagine caring for 13 children, losing 9 others, and still having the physical or mental stamina to care for and encourage the development of a disabled child. I would HAVE to, but it would just be so incredibly difficult. Hats off to Mrs. Brown.

]]> http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/#comment-29878 Tara Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:53:10 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/#comment-29878 You should check out Georgina Louise Hambleton's biography of Christy Brown (out Nov 1 2007). She interviewed Christy's family and friends, uses lots of unpublished letters of Christy's as well as never seen before artwork/sketches of Brown's. Its well written and has a great section on his wonderful mother - including a poem he wrote for her when she died:'For My Mother' - its truly beautiful. What a great man - check it out on amazon.com or just google her name - and Merry X mas! You should check out Georgina Louise Hambleton’s biography of Christy Brown (out Nov 1 2007). She interviewed Christy’s family and friends, uses lots of unpublished letters of Christy’s as well as never seen before artwork/sketches of Brown’s. Its well written and has a great section on his wonderful mother - including a poem he wrote for her when she died:’For My Mother’ - its truly beautiful. What a great man - check it out on amazon.com or just google her name - and Merry X mas!

]]> http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/#comment-10581 Krista Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:26:01 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2007/10/10/to-you-mrs-brown/#comment-10581 Thank you for letting me know about this author, of whom I had never heard! And thank you for highlighting this amazing person in a time where it is so easy to use "handicapped" as a euphemism for "disposable person". What a bright spirit he had! And his mother! Thank you for letting me know about this author, of whom I had never heard! And thank you for highlighting this amazing person in a time where it is so easy to use “handicapped” as a euphemism for “disposable person”. What a bright spirit he had! And his mother!

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