tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post4394493376621030671..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: Exhale!37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-16223117498911157832021-04-06T08:44:53.676-04:002021-04-06T08:44:53.676-04:00am, thanks for being here around the table. xoam, thanks for being here around the table. xo37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-48165874397123680102021-04-03T20:31:29.903-04:002021-04-03T20:31:29.903-04:00Thank you! So much to celebrate! You've lifted...Thank you! So much to celebrate! You've lifted my spirits.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-816712757404281862021-04-03T14:22:40.953-04:002021-04-03T14:22:40.953-04:00ellen, let's just say putting in those braids ...ellen, let's just say putting in those braids is an art and a notion, but i love them on her.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-58902059500296283592021-04-03T14:21:09.889-04:002021-04-03T14:21:09.889-04:00Lily, never any doubt because I had a contract, so...Lily, never any doubt because I had a contract, so there was no choice but to do it. But gosh I'm glad to be on the other side of it. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-82850414025384963712021-04-03T14:18:50.267-04:002021-04-03T14:18:50.267-04:00Robin, thank you! She's in a happy period of l...Robin, thank you! She's in a happy period of life. May it continue.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-16435751292696656192021-04-03T14:18:07.405-04:002021-04-03T14:18:07.405-04:00Steve, relief doesn't even begin to describe i...Steve, relief doesn't even begin to describe it! It always seems like a bit a of a magic trick somehow.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-68248790344535897232021-04-03T14:17:20.650-04:002021-04-03T14:17:20.650-04:00Darling Mary, seeing her would have made her birth...Darling Mary, seeing her would have made her birthday perfect for me for sure. But I think she was well satisfied anyway. And I did kill a few darlings—what on earth was I thinking?37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-66172575647041306122021-04-03T14:15:43.921-04:002021-04-03T14:15:43.921-04:00Thank you, Elizabeth! You're right, our girl w...Thank you, Elizabeth! You're right, our girl was still in middle school when I began writing here! I think we began our blogs the same year!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-53316886627865272242021-04-02T09:41:45.625-04:002021-04-02T09:41:45.625-04:00what a relief to be finished with the proposal. an...what a relief to be finished with the proposal. and your daughter and her love are just two beautiful people. and here's a white girl question about black hair...as her hair grows, how does she she braid it at the top? does she have to ubraid each one of those long braids and start again from the scalp? it must take all day!ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-40440635489037564062021-04-01T12:55:34.286-04:002021-04-01T12:55:34.286-04:00Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter. She lo...Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter. She looks happy and loved. Who could ask for more?<br /><br />And congrats on your proposal, as if there was ever any doubt:)My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-90069941108079649672021-04-01T10:10:30.915-04:002021-04-01T10:10:30.915-04:00Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter. I love ...Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter. I love that photo of her with her Micky D dinner. She is truly radiantly happy. Sweet to see her with her guy.<br />"Fixing a thing is easier than inventing a thing..." yes! I love that. Good luck with all of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-62082679009060989612021-04-01T09:31:10.776-04:002021-04-01T09:31:10.776-04:00Yay! The proposal is done! Must be a huge relief. ...Yay! The proposal is done! Must be a huge relief. Happy birthday to your daughter. It's so funny that her idea of a celebratory meal is McDonald's!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-28936040379203875502021-04-01T08:45:16.387-04:002021-04-01T08:45:16.387-04:00Oh my gosh! Kai is just gorgeous and as Elizabeth ...Oh my gosh! Kai is just gorgeous and as Elizabeth said- radiant. Luminous. Her birthday sounds perfect with the exception that she didn't get to see her mama. <br />And whoa! On the proposal! I know that you'll kill those darlings with love and perhaps some of them can be resurrected in the book? Hurray for you!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-81189946339749749982021-04-01T00:13:00.796-04:002021-04-01T00:13:00.796-04:00Happy happy birthday to your beautiful and radiant...Happy happy birthday to your beautiful and radiant youngest child! I feel like we've watched her grow up over the many years you've been posting -- and it's been such a privilege to do so! Also, congratulations on another job well done. You are amazing.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com