tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post983905928177184969..comments2023-12-25T03:23:04.127-05:00Comments on Farmwife at Midlife -: Ten Years OnCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11361090241108323002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-59024529358212567712011-09-15T15:49:00.752-04:002011-09-15T15:49:00.752-04:00Thank you all and welcome here. Elaine, I apprecia...Thank you all and welcome here. Elaine, I appreciate what you said and I keep thinking about what Delores posted above: "We do what we can." (and for many reasons!) It should be an a bumper sticker.<br /><br />Meanwhile, no one gets to almost 50 without war wounds. I know it seems self-serving, perhaps, to muse about fracture family issues on such an occasion when people clearly suffered far more than most. But anniversaries always conjure up stuff, and 9-11 really was a pivotal time.<br /><br />But onward! And now to the Bartlett pears!<br /><br />Best, CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361090241108323002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-18943213135157590002011-09-15T11:54:14.624-04:002011-09-15T11:54:14.624-04:00Very moving. I enjoyed your honesty and thoughtful...Very moving. I enjoyed your honesty and thoughtfulness in this post. Life sure is hard sometimes but if we can come out and find a way to be happy with the little things then we are so lucky.Sunny Simple Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442975157454720956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-91906609232297706192011-09-13T19:12:51.710-04:002011-09-13T19:12:51.710-04:00This was an absolutely beautiful post, really well...This was an absolutely beautiful post, really well written. I found the haiku most interesting as well.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456032622571187918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-84291181441089662502011-09-13T00:11:31.716-04:002011-09-13T00:11:31.716-04:00"The real differences around the world today ..."The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it; between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past; between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists". ~William J. Clinton, 1997Jobertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301945428777221583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-69939005608425918592011-09-12T02:45:53.864-04:002011-09-12T02:45:53.864-04:00Destiny, we have more in common than I realized, b...Destiny, we have more in common than I realized, besides NH of course! I know what you mean about wanting to fix things but sometimes it is hard to know where to start. I have tried in many areas but you can only take so much outright rejection. There is no pain like it, really. And yes, having no home base any longer -- while we contributed to that by buying and then selling the family farm, it was gone before we bought it (figuratively speaking). We are probably all better off now in our own worlds and yet it pains me with envy to see other families get together no matter what and for whatever reason. There is nothing like family and so I hold tight to my own hive while being so blessed to have the friends that I do in the world! And I strive to be a matriarch in training. We need that kind of glue in a family, whether from a father or mother or grandparent.<br /><br />And hello Musical Gardener -- thanks, I think that we are!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361090241108323002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-4152219374596450382011-09-11T20:38:01.262-04:002011-09-11T20:38:01.262-04:00Well and thoughtfully crafted.
Best wishes on you...Well and thoughtfully crafted.<br /><br />Best wishes on your new journey, sans medication. You sound like you are in the right place in your life to do it.The Musical Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332837447346666460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-42656316920650805902011-09-11T18:45:50.335-04:002011-09-11T18:45:50.335-04:00Boy did this post hit a nerve, Catherine. So much ...Boy did this post hit a nerve, Catherine. So much so that I had a lump in my throat by the third sentence.<br /><br />Our queen left the hive five years ago, and my extended family seems to be irrevocably broken as a result. Although I long for New Hampshire, (Those fabulous stone walls, birch trees and mountains.) It is unsettling to return to a place you love so much and realize that you no longer have a "home" there. There are days I'm hellbent on "fixing" things, restoring relationships, and others where I think it is best just to "let sleeping dogs lie."<br /><br />My sister's best friend is Todd and Lisa Beamer's (Flight 93 "Let's Roll") sister-in-law, and they were in New Jersey caring for their children while Todd and Lisa were on vacation just days before September 11. As a result, this day was life changing on so many levels. <br /><br />God bless America and those who have died, and those who so selflessly serve and sacrifice for our safety and freedom.<br /><br />DestinyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727686262349800435.post-34114430428145587852011-09-11T16:54:47.380-04:002011-09-11T16:54:47.380-04:00We do what we can.We do what we can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com