tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post8163010189575925871..comments2024-03-28T02:06:49.582+00:00Comments on In this life: Life and deathPam http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-20059026709365863422010-03-02T23:02:04.890+00:002010-03-02T23:02:04.890+00:00A lovely thoughtful post about people's coming...A lovely thoughtful post about people's comings and goings. I remember my brother-in-law saying that their eldest leaving home was like a bereavement.<br /><a href="http://www.cordbloodfreezing.org" rel="nofollow"> umbilical cord blood </a>umbilical cord bloodhttp://www.cordbloodfreezing.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-79196785665719179512010-02-15T09:24:35.015+00:002010-02-15T09:24:35.015+00:00Oh dear, this post just about made me cry. Our lit...Oh dear, this post just about made me cry. Our little one is not quite two years old and already I want to tell her to just slow down a bit - yesterday she was just a tiny little baby and today she walks, talks and goes off by herself to do things *sniff* <br /><br />Your Dad looks lovely. I feel happy for you, because you got to know him properly. My mother died of cancer when I was seven and I think of her almost every day.The Lasshttp://nomagicpill.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-51729605840462457602010-02-14T19:18:31.136+00:002010-02-14T19:18:31.136+00:00My dad died two years ago today. He was only 64. ...My dad died two years ago today. He was only 64. I agree, that pile of dust just doesn't compute.<br /><br />Your son's sitting room view is wonderful! What great people-watching I could do from there...<br /><br />I always like to imagine "Kibble Palace" as a huge greenhouse full of exotic plants, with dogs and cats meandering through them, munching happily.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-89040181975989821812010-02-14T10:29:44.285+00:002010-02-14T10:29:44.285+00:00Good job Love Links can stretch without fear of br...Good job Love Links can stretch without fear of breaking!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-29391429547371176802010-02-13T21:40:13.441+00:002010-02-13T21:40:13.441+00:00Where has all that wit and charm and intelligence ...Where has all that wit and charm and intelligence gone?...... some to you in your genes I guess...seems almost wasteful when good smart folk die.<br /><br />NZ is further than Australia BUT my younger son is coming for a holiday from London very shortly. He has been in UK over 9 years now but comes home for a visit every 2 or so. ( might come home for good with partner in 2011 he thinks )<br /><br />We only ever share family members young and old and friends as well, but we can have memories!Ali Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671890094425941272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-34271388307144628542010-02-12T02:24:24.510+00:002010-02-12T02:24:24.510+00:00i can relatei can relatepattyhttp://patty-pattyspostings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-77196982636735828072010-02-12T02:06:51.556+00:002010-02-12T02:06:51.556+00:00What a nice view your son has. I still miss my mom...What a nice view your son has. I still miss my mom after more than three years, though we had a rather difficult relationship. My dad will be 80 this year and I really dread the day he passes away. He's very healthy right now, but I think I'll feel a bit panicky when I don't have a parent. Of course, I still have fabulous inlaws. Still, there's something scary to me about ME being the parent, with no one older and wiser to ask about things.wife2abadgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03886552203311389234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-63512864330632687322010-02-11T15:46:44.807+00:002010-02-11T15:46:44.807+00:00Your father looks like such a nice man. He sort of...Your father looks like such a nice man. He sort of reminds me of my father. My father died a long time ago but I think of him often, especially when I run across some interesting new gadget that I know he would love.Christine Threshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472999420963274439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-64956479385927515902010-02-10T22:23:58.752+00:002010-02-10T22:23:58.752+00:00I don't think it ever 'gets easier', a...I don't think it ever 'gets easier', as Lucy suggests. <br />I miss my children every day, even though one of them is close enough to visit within 5 minutes drive. <br />She is a fantastic cook, and loves to feed us.<br />The best we can hope is that they still love to come to visit us, and still feel happy to be in our company.Meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074676856646898900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-1474330506049505042010-02-10T19:14:36.577+00:002010-02-10T19:14:36.577+00:00Your dad looks lovely. I grew up with my father w...Your dad looks lovely. I grew up with my father working abroad. He was away for three months at a time and only home for three weeks, when he was more like a visitor than a family member. I still to this day find it odd that he is around and available all the time now. My mother, on the other hand, is finding out first hand how far away Australia is and she is not liking it. I must throw my own children at her more often by way of compensation!Lothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949068764211292370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-30313369055661124182010-02-10T18:55:49.083+00:002010-02-10T18:55:49.083+00:00You father looks great. Your post sent a shiver u...You father looks great. Your post sent a shiver up my spine just thinking about my old man aging and heading towards his last years (although I hope they are many).<br /><br />Must make the most of him and cook many, many more meals for him and my mother!! Luckily I'm going to see them this weekend so I don't feel too bad!<br /><br />Lesley xLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197039686417212109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-86081001030390504482010-02-10T14:46:46.256+00:002010-02-10T14:46:46.256+00:00Yes, Australia is a long, long way away and my eld...Yes, Australia is a long, long way away and my elder daughter, her husband and my two darling grandsons emigrated nearly three years ago. We've visited twice but it's not the same as the closeness and weekend get togethers. The way of the world, I guess.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16382137851728211157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-41672678797719180212010-02-10T11:44:47.802+00:002010-02-10T11:44:47.802+00:00This post struck a chord. I lost my dad a couple o...This post struck a chord. I lost my dad a couple of years ago so I can relate. My children are also grown and feed me occasionally. I'm glad they all grew up to be fantastic cooks. Unfortunately one does live in Australia so we seldom all get together. Your weekend sounds lovely.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083924435653058457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-59715203314052615592010-02-10T09:09:13.692+00:002010-02-10T09:09:13.692+00:00The best take I have ever read on children is by K...The best take I have ever read on children is by Kahlil Gibran, see:<br />http://www.katsandogz.com/onchildren.html<br />My father died in 1989. We were never close. However, I have all his tools (he was a carpenter and joiner)and the old man is nearer to me when I use them than he ever was in life.<br />Yes, Australia is a long way from the UK, but our daughter (HHnB) and husband come over in May for 5 weeks. Which will be nice!<br />(Your son has a lovely outlook from his flat)Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-84462039003338823882010-02-10T06:54:22.961+00:002010-02-10T06:54:22.961+00:00A lovely thoughtful post about people's coming...A lovely thoughtful post about people's comings and goings. I remember my brother-in-law saying that their eldest leaving home was like a bereavement.<br /><br />But your children are still there, and they obviously love you and love to see you very much. I expect it gets easier...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-35429097704554227112010-02-10T04:11:51.864+00:002010-02-10T04:11:51.864+00:00Oh, it's so very fleeting indeed. Have you ev...Oh, it's so very fleeting indeed. Have you ever read Einstein's Dreams? It's a series of short little stories about time. It passes differently in each story. In one of them, time passes more quickly, the closer you are to the center of the earth. All of the mothers take their children to the highest mountain tops. If only we had such a solution available to us!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-19113963853696665902010-02-10T02:02:33.498+00:002010-02-10T02:02:33.498+00:00I read on another blog a wise old saying (from the...I read on another blog a wise old saying (from the bloggers father) about children: "We only get a lend of them." Sad but true. Thank goodness my lease on my boys has got a few more years to go.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.com