Sara in AZ Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Or am I just a freak? We're finishing up SOW 4 and I feel like I am tearing up at every other chapter reading about the events of the last 100 years. My kids think I'm an bawl baby! We just read about the end of the Cold War and listened to Leningrad. I was trying to read them the words but I was too choked up! Not pregnant or otherwise hormonal for any reason. Apparently just an emotional fool. Is it just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I think it is because you can see the results of those decisions right now. You likely know people who lived in those times. Plus, atrocities and such were so well documented and widely known. I totally understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) I cannot tell you how many times I have cried at the end of a great book with my kids. I get a funny look on my face and they know the tears are coming. They actually laugh about it now. Glad to know I'm not the only one either! Elise in NC Edited September 19, 2012 by speedmom4 Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I was tearing up a little reading 'What Katy Did' yesterday. I think our offspring take our brains and leave us with a few extra sentimental hormones or something. I am sure I used to be cleverer and a lot less sooky. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Do you mean like how I cried so hard at the end of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes that I couldn't finish the last few pages and my kids came over and all sat on me to help me feel better and my daughter had to finish it because I just couldn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Do you mean like how I cried so hard at the end of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes that I couldn't finish the last few pages and my kids came over and all sat on me to help me feel better and my daughter had to finish it because I just couldn't? Yes! I love this! I'm so glad you all are like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Not pregnant or otherwise hormonal for any reason. Apparently just an emotional fool. This describes me exactly! I'm not looking forward to Modern. I am NOT a crier; I almost never cry. The one gigantic exception is 20th century history. :crying: Waterworks. Every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I don't know what I'll do when we get to Modern history. We are just starting medieval history and it can seem so recent compared to Ancient history. How about we just stop at the end of Medieval history? That would work, wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I do a bit, but my 14yodd cried her way through modern history last year. She was just so sick of war and killing and hate. She's very happy to be back to those wild and crazy ancient Greeks this year... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I only cry when reading about WWII. My dear step-father served in the Navy during that war, and he's been dead for 8 years now. Every time we study that war, I want him here to talk to my kids about it. :grouphug:, OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I think it is because you can see the results of those decisions right now. You likely know people who lived in those times. Plus, atrocities and such were so well documented and widely known. I totally understand. :iagree: We have actual visuals from most of these events. It's harder to see them as history, like Hannibal or Genghis Kahn. I feel that way, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I don't know what I'll do when we get to Modern history. We are just starting medieval history and it can seem so recent compared to Ancient history. How about we just stop at the end of Medieval history? That would work, wouldn't it? I cried at the end of The Door in the Wall :tongue_smilie: Modern was tough for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I was tearing up a little reading 'What Katy Did' yesterday. I think our offspring take our brains and leave us with a few extra sentimental hormones or something. I am sure I used to be cleverer and a lot less sooky. Rosie Totally OT, but what a great word, sooky. May I use it? Does it translate exactly as sentimental or is there more history to it that allows for the implied meaning? Oh please oh please, I want to use that word. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Totally OT, but what a great word, sooky. May I use it? Does it translate exactly as sentimental or is there more history to it that allows for the implied meaning? Oh please oh please, I want to use that word. :D :lol: If applying the word to oneself, it's a mildly self effacing word for sentimental. When applying it to someone else, it's a more derogatory word. A sook isn't a sentimental person. A sook is a cry baby who needs to put on their big peoples undies before we all :nopity: :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Not just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Do you mean like how I cried so hard at the end of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes that I couldn't finish the last few pages and my kids came over and all sat on me to help me feel better and my daughter had to finish it because I just couldn't? Dd9 just read this Sunday. I had told her it was hard for me to read because it is so sad so she decided to see what it was all about. She came in sobbing when she finished it - you know the ugly cry? I felt so bad for her. Apparently I didn't explain clearly enough that it is REALLY sad!:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Oh, and I've actually gotten so mad at books, I've thrown them. Case in point: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult. I STILL won't read anything else by her. I guess I get wrapped up in the pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Dd9 just read this Sunday. I had told her it was hard for me to read because it is so sad so she decided to see what it was all about. She came in sobbing when she finished it - you know the ugly cry? I felt so bad for her. Apparently I didn't explain clearly enough that it is REALLY sad!:confused: My dd is super sensitive too. I am worried about some of the stuff coming up - like other people have pointed out about the modern era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I cry over books a lot. It's awful. I've always been that way. :iagree:Yep, me too. Huge pain when reading aloud...:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I don't even need to be reading about genocide - a kid's horse dying in a novel does it for me :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 We are doing ancients too. Seriously considering just doing to the end of SOTW3 (or equivalent) then starting the second cycle. I don't think I can cope with explaining the 20th February to my kids until they're older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I can't get through a single Little House on the Prairie chapter without sobbing like a fool. My son thinks I'm nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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