tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post5383980661903433218..comments2024-01-08T17:53:50.573-06:00Comments on Joy Preble: So Good they called it Illegal: My Interview with Bettina Restrepo and a Signed Copy ContestJoy Preblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-87870400244185066622011-05-29T18:20:13.771-05:002011-05-29T18:20:13.771-05:00I would definitely do it. My family is the most im...I would definitely do it. My family is the most important part of my life. Being without them is the scariest, most awful thing I can imagine. Taking an enormous risk like crossing the border illegally would be worth it to find them. I'm a coward in all aspects of life except my family. It'd be worth the risk to find them again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-70709524865039795582011-05-29T14:44:46.804-05:002011-05-29T14:44:46.804-05:00I'm a mama bear when it comes to my family -- ...I'm a mama bear when it comes to my family -- always have been, always will be. I like to think that I'd cross into another country -- illegally if I had to -- to save my family. I'm a writer, so, of course, I can picture it in my mind. Would I, in actuality? I don't know. But, in the past 10 years, I've been doing things that I never imagined I'd ever do: I'm divorced after 30 years of marriage; I've moved across the country twice (once without knowing where I'd live and once without having a job); I've started a company, started a writing group...and these all took more courage than I ever thought I had. So...yeah. I think I definitely would cross illegally into a country to rescue my family! Especially if I couldn't get help from anyone else (or if that help seemed too slow in coming).<br /><br />Congratulations, Bettina! I'm not surprised at all that this book is a success. I saw your potential from the very beginning. :-)Pam Zollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813877005100989651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-9974842740099745092011-05-28T22:01:11.490-05:002011-05-28T22:01:11.490-05:00Yes I would cross a border illegally to find my fa...Yes I would cross a border illegally to find my family.Leah Shttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1291212995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-24507664063832715582011-05-28T21:19:32.789-05:002011-05-28T21:19:32.789-05:00I would without a doubt! cross Illegally!! it'...I would without a doubt! cross Illegally!! it's just that! family and love know exactly ZERO boundaries so you cannot keep me from getting to them by just drawing an imaginary line on a piece of land and tell me that just because I'm from some place else I'm not allowed in and cannot go for my family.<br /><br />well at least for me is simple as that...no one would take a chance between me getting to my family and specially not a thing such as a border!^_^ I'm really passionate when it comes to my family! lol<br /><br />calbizzz_152(at)hotmail(dot)comAlbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195682676086472221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-19330449987244381692011-05-23T00:25:59.061-05:002011-05-23T00:25:59.061-05:00Yes I would cross the border illegally to find my ...Yes I would cross the border illegally to find my family!<br /><br />I hate it when people diss on immigrants, it really makes me mad! Our country vast majority was mostly immigration at many points in history. <br /><br />My dad's father would cross over the Mexican boarder illegally to work and make money to feed and provide for his family. My dad was later adopted by one of his older brother so he could stay in the states to get an education to have a better life then what his parents were able to provide him. Because of him coming over he was able to meet my mom and have my 2 sisters and I.<br /><br />Providing for your family and giving them the best possible future transcends boarders. To hell with government officials! :)<br /><br />myworldofbooks18 at hotmail dot comKristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030213824714651715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-83027895202485862442011-05-22T10:26:30.420-05:002011-05-22T10:26:30.420-05:00Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Illeg...Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Illegal. It's one of those books that stays with you long after you've finished reading it.Vonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228707287799345805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-1594242212991220842011-05-22T07:30:59.098-05:002011-05-22T07:30:59.098-05:00That is a difficult question. I love my family as...That is a difficult question. I love my family as much as anyone, and I would surely want to reunite with them. I'd like to think I'd be so brave as to give up everything in order to track down one missing family member. Everything though! The entire ball of wax: home, friends, security of place - it's a lot to ask, and there is a level of braveness I'm not at all sure I'd possess. Perhaps I'm over thinking - in the virtual world, I'm brave and bold and wouldn't even consider the terrible things that might happen to me and my mother in a strange unknown land where I don't speak the language. I'd just go and find my father, my family - in the virtual world!<br />cwex at embarqmail dot comCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876244998512961379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-63734138052394095472011-05-21T21:08:39.375-05:002011-05-21T21:08:39.375-05:00Oh YES!!! That is an easy one. I would cross it in...Oh YES!!! That is an easy one. I would cross it in Amy attempt to make life better for my family. Amy @ www.bookgoonie.com<br /><br />bookgoonie at yahoo.comAmy @ bookgooniehttp://www.bookgoonie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-27975145263469096042011-05-21T16:56:24.874-05:002011-05-21T16:56:24.874-05:00My family is my life, so I would swim across the o...My family is my life, so I would swim across the ocean walk through fire or sneak into any country to find my family.<br /><br />Kimberly(dot)brasher(at)gmail(dot)comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235848133282362886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-35737998478054954052011-05-21T16:54:35.681-05:002011-05-21T16:54:35.681-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04235848133282362886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-26885083648622798332011-05-21T15:20:44.623-05:002011-05-21T15:20:44.623-05:00Most definitely! When it comes to family I think I...Most definitely! When it comes to family I think I'd be willing to do a lot just to see them. Nothing's closer than family.<br /><br />chicareader(at)gmail.comLilixtremehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752508063795405204noreply@blogger.com