tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post6195270579239050130..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: Nothing Much to Say37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-53967368270445017062013-03-25T15:18:24.794-04:002013-03-25T15:18:24.794-04:00I see my family in your family so many times. and ...I see my family in your family so many times. and I love what your cousin Maureen said. I don't think it even has to be an island, just so you spend lots of real time together during those growing up years.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-17447517343566818272013-03-25T13:24:23.021-04:002013-03-25T13:24:23.021-04:00But you have said much, and I read it all with ple...But you have said much, and I read it all with pleasure. The photos are remarkable -- there is something so luminous about your children and relatives -- I can't put my finger on what makes it so.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-64201656881780374342013-03-25T10:09:08.307-04:002013-03-25T10:09:08.307-04:00I keep scrolling between the two pictures and marv...I keep scrolling between the two pictures and marveling. My youngest is six right now. On my desk is a picture of her at two. It just doesn't stop. <br /><br />I love the way you write about your life. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-47844237150383248232013-03-25T03:15:48.619-04:002013-03-25T03:15:48.619-04:00"All of us together on a small island." ..."All of us together on a small island." That sounds so idyllic!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-14502705435435518862013-03-25T01:25:00.643-04:002013-03-25T01:25:00.643-04:00I love how you love your family so much. I am env...I love how you love your family so much. I am envious that I never had that and marvel in its beauty. Your children will thrive on that alone. Sweet JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-74829437713706184112013-03-25T00:51:47.490-04:002013-03-25T00:51:47.490-04:00So much beauty, love, and genetics intertwined.So much beauty, love, and genetics intertwined.gradydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-36621225273193009722013-03-24T20:50:22.837-04:002013-03-24T20:50:22.837-04:00Angella, your family is just a few years ahead of ...Angella, your family is just a few years ahead of mine. My own chickadees are cooking dinner right now. One day they will be gone and I am dreading it. I am so connected to them and they to me. I don't know how you do it. <br />Thanks for sharing this. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-106001256805700752013-03-24T20:05:50.637-04:002013-03-24T20:05:50.637-04:00Gary, thank you! It's true, we are all so much...Gary, thank you! It's true, we are all so much the same. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-90143996773461622622013-03-24T20:04:53.640-04:002013-03-24T20:04:53.640-04:00Mary, you have no idea how much it means that you ...Mary, you have no idea how much it means that you understand. You really, really do get what I feel. It is such a grace to feel known like this. thank you for getting it. For really truly getting the depth of it. Love to you, dear Mary. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-83143984781540039992013-03-24T18:52:11.119-04:002013-03-24T18:52:11.119-04:00I love reading your thoughts about family and love...I love reading your thoughts about family and love. You always make me realize how much all have in common even if our outward circumstances appear different. We all cherish love and family and roots and togetherness. <br /><br />Hope you feel better soon. Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715784900659276067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-29457708813667565662013-03-24T18:23:54.660-04:002013-03-24T18:23:54.660-04:00I remember right before Jessie moved out and I was...I remember right before Jessie moved out and I was at a park and saw a young college girl sitting at a picnic table, studying, and I thought to myself that soon Jessie would be doing things like that and I would have no idea! None! She wouldn't be calling me to check in and say, "I am going to the park to study Anatomy," and she wouldn't be home for supper and I wouldn't have any idea what she was eating for breakfast or wearing each day and, and, and...<br />I cried and I will never forget that moment, even though three of my children had already moved out and moved on and you would have thought it would be easy by then, or at least easier. <br />No. <br />It is a process, isn't it, letting them go? <br />And one that grieves mamas dearly sometimes. And yet, we do it. We manage. And the miracle of it is- so do they. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com