tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post7968582266049661577..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: The other side of the world37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-83091280159749423052015-01-27T17:32:46.925-05:002015-01-27T17:32:46.925-05:00I can feel your pain, a mother's pain. Jeez. ...I can feel your pain, a mother's pain. Jeez. I would tie him up and keep him at home every night and every weekend so you can spend as much time as possible drinking him up....every last drop you can get your hands on...yours eyes on...your ears on....every last drop! I hate this. Sigh.Kathleen Botsfordhttp://kathleenbotsford.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-87790053935274901482015-01-20T10:23:29.944-05:002015-01-20T10:23:29.944-05:00I feel it. That hollow feeling in the pit of your ...I feel it. That hollow feeling in the pit of your stomach.....it's fear mostly. Who says you have to let go of your children?!! Are they mad? My baby girl will be moving soon and only a few hours away but I feel it. The threads that connect us grow longer and looser. There is nothing for it but to focus on this moment. <br />xxooplantingalongtheverge.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899341805908954700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-11882070276104754462015-01-20T10:03:59.260-05:002015-01-20T10:03:59.260-05:00My dear friend, this is hard but it will be good!!...My dear friend, this is hard but it will be good!!!<br /><br />My daughter has been travelling and living abroad for ever it seems and she is presently - though hopefully not for good - happy in NZ, which is certainly the most distant place apart from the south pole. Mind you NZ is easier on this mother than Laos or Usbekistan.<br /><br />You will soon begin to admire and eventually love his spirit of adventure, you will become addicted to skype and develop your own version of jetlag due to the time difference and you will look up all the nooks and crannies in his part of Australia on google earth. You may start watching Australian tv shows online, try out Australian recipes ate home and read Australian newspapers and bloggers. And maybe, you will go and visit, imagine!<br /><br />The world is his and our homeland and humanity is his and our family - just make sure he has decent health insurance cover.<br /><br />Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-15425567081108778532015-01-20T08:20:48.687-05:002015-01-20T08:20:48.687-05:00I say more power to him...sounds like he is pretty...I say more power to him...sounds like he is pretty much at a standstill here. He may find out the grass is not greener on the other side or he may love it....at least he will have tried.ain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-39575737325759680652015-01-20T05:45:45.545-05:002015-01-20T05:45:45.545-05:00Well it's certainly natural to be apprehensive...Well it's certainly natural to be apprehensive about a move like that! But a lot can happen between now and then, and not to trample your son's ambitions, but I wonder if getting permission to work in Australia will really be as easy as he thinks. I can sympathize with his desire to see the world, though. And maybe you can think of this as an opportunity -- a good reason to visit Australia (and New Zealand, though it's not that close) yourself!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-65818320433592698352015-01-19T22:17:04.601-05:002015-01-19T22:17:04.601-05:00Australia. Wow. Hang in there sis. Can't sa...Australia. Wow. Hang in there sis. Can't say that if I were his age and were in the same situation that I would not jump at the same opportunity. Excited for him, feeling for you and praying for all.Bruce Arrindellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472018023157806226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-48485843561930414452015-01-19T22:14:06.890-05:002015-01-19T22:14:06.890-05:00 Dakota leaves for Puerto Rico in March to go on t... Dakota leaves for Puerto Rico in March to go on tour with his band and I feel the same way. ( hugs for us )Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-11490016851251587352015-01-19T21:00:44.897-05:002015-01-19T21:00:44.897-05:00Sounds like it could be exciting for him, although...Sounds like it could be exciting for him, although it is far away. This is the time to explore, when he can. And when you and your husband are young enough to go visit. You just never know what's coming along. I think it beats joining the army. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-42413303711364115882015-01-19T18:20:24.004-05:002015-01-19T18:20:24.004-05:00We need our chickadees as close to the nest as pos...We need our chickadees as close to the nest as possible. My family has lived in the same community for 160 years and I am sad to think that they will have to go away to school and to find work. You have every right to be down and it would hijack my mood as well. Let's hope he finds work close by. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-14494829758843123252015-01-19T16:45:43.994-05:002015-01-19T16:45:43.994-05:00Wow. Wow. NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-80644387289339282742015-01-19T16:30:54.153-05:002015-01-19T16:30:54.153-05:00I get it. I totally get it. I want to live in a fa...I get it. I totally get it. I want to live in a family compound. We'd all like that, my grown children and me. How to accomplish it with the jobs and all is the question. Living close is a dream I'm chasing. But when they live far, it is a chance for travel.......Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-55006060534550222092015-01-19T13:59:45.536-05:002015-01-19T13:59:45.536-05:00A taste for adventure combined with a desire to he...A taste for adventure combined with a desire to help people. Fine qualities.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-23332737882956490192015-01-19T13:43:49.660-05:002015-01-19T13:43:49.660-05:00oh, angella..i feel for you. this mothering/parent...oh, angella..i feel for you. this mothering/parenting bizness never ends..the ache and the anxiety never end. i talked with my son this weekend...he told me he is having a lot of stress and headaches. i hate that he is going through what he's going though (work pressures; relationship issues) and i cant do anything at all except be glad that he called to talk. that's it; that's all we can do. they'll call us when they need us--otherwise, these birds need to fly. doesnt mean we have to like it. and that we dont feel that bottomless hole in our gut. xosusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-38330765575709154332015-01-19T13:18:04.412-05:002015-01-19T13:18:04.412-05:00Do parents ever stop thinking like this? no. Oh An...<i>Do parents ever stop thinking like this?</i> no. Oh Angella this made me cringe in my deep heart places.<br />xoRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-38835384462953596552015-01-19T13:02:02.205-05:002015-01-19T13:02:02.205-05:00I know this will be hard when it happens to me (an...I know this will be hard when it happens to me (and I fully expect it to happen to me!), but I can't help but feel excited by your son's desire to go on such an adventure. The life he's leading right now DOES sound grueling and to be so grueling at so young an age -- I don't know. Plus, if he goes to Australia or New Zealand, you'll get to visit and you'll probably fly through Los Angeles, and, and, and.....Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-23084328210868247152015-01-19T10:44:32.194-05:002015-01-19T10:44:32.194-05:00Well, quite frankly, I would be totally freaked ou...Well, quite frankly, I would be totally freaked out too.<br />Of my four kids, three have moved away for awhile. Not as far as Australia but too far to jump in the car and go meet for lunch. And it was hard for me. BUT, they all came home. <br />We have to let these birds fly. And yet...it is the hardest thing there is. And you did it too. And so did I. And so it goes. And however it works out, it WILL work out and somehow be fine. <br />(I hear that New Zealand is the most beautiful place in the world.)Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-17976547424047791032015-01-19T10:26:26.568-05:002015-01-19T10:26:26.568-05:00Why do our children do things like this to us? I d...Why do our children do things like this to us? I did it to my own mother and spend time worrying that means my children will do it to me. Something in the future that isn't here now, and I worry about it anyway, even though it's silly, as you say. Maybe your boy will change his mind. If he doesn't, maybe you'll get to see New Zealand. I don't know, Angella. I wish you some comfort. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-58245212525585120562015-01-19T10:26:19.697-05:002015-01-19T10:26:19.697-05:00My daughter is leaving today to go back to school ...My daughter is leaving today to go back to school too. My son left on Saturday. I feel your sadness, and I would feel the same way if any of my three kids told me they were going to move across the world. I don't think we ever stop thinking and worrying about them. I think about moving to a different state and can't budge because I think about them and can't leave them behind, but I know they will eventually be leaving me to live their own lives.My Corner of the worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848296854617809245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-54611475827578512302015-01-19T10:25:26.174-05:002015-01-19T10:25:26.174-05:00He's not gone yet...Time will tell...You also ...He's not gone yet...Time will tell...You also live away from your own Mom but do get to her when needed...He is merely following in the family tradition and wanting to strike out on his own. Hugs.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.com