tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post5205130858978554610..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: What they know37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-65957817419443860682018-04-25T20:55:54.885-04:002018-04-25T20:55:54.885-04:00Love yeah and have a beautiful birthday.Love yeah and have a beautiful birthday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-86923172277226847252018-03-17T13:07:55.575-04:002018-03-17T13:07:55.575-04:00lily cedar, it's funny when we embark on big l...lily cedar, it's funny when we embark on big life changes, in the moment it just seems like the next step, the next right choice. only in retrospect does it seem bold. I love your daughter's courage and spirit of belonging everywhere. i too hope to give my future grandchildren an expansive view of the world, as my mom did, and yes, us too. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-70380844994553995152018-03-17T13:03:29.516-04:002018-03-17T13:03:29.516-04:00robin, it moves me even now to think of the bond m...robin, it moves me even now to think of the bond my children and my mother forged during her time with them. their closeness to her has definitely shaped who they have become, in the best of ways. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-68687452269374126862018-03-17T13:02:00.960-04:002018-03-17T13:02:00.960-04:00Am, I think because she grew up in an island, trav...Am, I think because she grew up in an island, travel was always part of her adventurous spirit. I always said she and my dad had travel karma—they moved homelands four times in life. I think they might have passed that travel karma on.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-91223478995337558262018-03-17T13:00:01.070-04:002018-03-17T13:00:01.070-04:00Liv, thank you for your kind words about my mom. S...Liv, thank you for your kind words about my mom. She was a special one. xo37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-22042724002559604962018-03-17T10:57:18.857-04:002018-03-17T10:57:18.857-04:00Didn't you leave everything you knew to start ...Didn't you leave everything you knew to start a new life in the States? Didn't you leave a job to become freelance? I'm thinking you're braver than you give yourself credit for.<br /><br />My middle daughter has travelled a lot to. She spent three months in Zambia which I wouldn't have had the courage to do when I was 22 but she did it. I feel the same way that you do. I live only 100 miles from where I grew up. I like the familiar, even though I have travelled some, I like home.<br /><br />And your mom, that's the kind of nana I want to be:)My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-50818806866982817082018-03-17T10:10:15.011-04:002018-03-17T10:10:15.011-04:00I love how your children were so wonderfully inspi...I love how your children were so wonderfully inspired by your very beautiful mother. The tribe is a thing of the heart, handed down lovingly generation to generation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-46993697354776114972018-03-17T01:09:45.050-04:002018-03-17T01:09:45.050-04:00e, I think my tribe is my life’s great blessing. I...e, I think my tribe is my life’s great blessing. I’m grateful for them. But we are a tribe here, too, and I’m so glad you’re part of mine. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-62586772845551430462018-03-17T01:08:31.428-04:002018-03-17T01:08:31.428-04:00Thank you, dear Barbara. Thank you, dear Barbara. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-35561787822943086912018-03-17T01:04:05.768-04:002018-03-17T01:04:05.768-04:00Nice to see you here, A. ❤️Nice to see you here, A. ❤️37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-9032198955038487962018-03-17T01:01:47.008-04:002018-03-17T01:01:47.008-04:00Mary, would you believe I was thinking of you as I...Mary, would you believe I was thinking of you as I wrote this post, thinking how you are creating the same kinds of memories for your grandchildren that my mom did with hers. Mermaids! Are you kidding? That’s magic! Feeding the chickens and looking for eggs. All the things you do as a family. I was thinking, as I wrote this post, that your grandchildren are as connected to you, in the same loving, imaginative nurtured way, as my kids were to my mom. You are doing for and with them exactly what my mom did. The geography might differ but the bonds are powerful and enduring. You’ll see. I promise you. So don’t feel inadequate. You, dear friend, are pure magic and adventure, whether you see it now or not. Love love love37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-77438405489476095992018-03-16T23:05:30.589-04:002018-03-16T23:05:30.589-04:00Another poignant post...and a wonderful tribute, t...Another poignant post...and a wonderful tribute, too. I wish I had a tribe like yours.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-86086133427662707022018-03-16T22:56:01.556-04:002018-03-16T22:56:01.556-04:00A heartfelt tribute to your mother and children. Y...A heartfelt tribute to your mother and children. Your writing is so lovely!<br />Xoxo<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-1464705786669585762018-03-16T21:14:54.260-04:002018-03-16T21:14:54.260-04:00Ay yi. This makes me feel so inadequate- just taki...Ay yi. This makes me feel so inadequate- just taking my grandchildren a few miles south to see mermaids. <br />Your mother was amazing. How lucky you and all of your children were to have her. <br />I have to tell you that all of your foremothers seem absolutely fearless and invincible. This explains a great deal about you and your children. <br />I wish I were more like those women- strong and determined and ready to travel with grandchildren in hand. <br />I love you and all that I learn from you and from your reports of your mother and your aunts, Thank you. So much. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-85174420410377144282018-03-16T18:49:31.175-04:002018-03-16T18:49:31.175-04:00A lovely tribute to your mother's graceful and...A lovely tribute to your mother's graceful and adventurous spirit.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-23238084646336105392018-03-16T18:25:04.517-04:002018-03-16T18:25:04.517-04:00Thank you for that lovely quote that will inspire ...Thank you for that lovely quote that will inspire my day.<br /><br />Your mother was a very pretty woman. The pictures you show of her reveal that not only in her face. It's easy to see that her gifts have been passed on through the generations.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-26361329662966637862018-03-16T11:53:04.448-04:002018-03-16T11:53:04.448-04:00Beautiful.Beautiful.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.com