tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post7291927052682982340..comments2023-11-29T02:47:41.224-06:00Comments on Begin Again: Just a noshSuzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329289442910294160noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-61143389262847894802010-12-15T17:19:32.593-06:002010-12-15T17:19:32.593-06:00You are welcome. I hope it was a gentle kick.You are welcome. I hope it was a gentle kick.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-4845843754053776192010-12-12T10:38:48.296-06:002010-12-12T10:38:48.296-06:00Lucky you to have had such glorious grandparents a...Lucky you to have had such glorious grandparents and memories....thanks for writing such a wonderful piece-I do think that old lady was your Grandmother just back for a wee little visit with you!Kathe W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781645436343424010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-90078753256105701962010-12-11T17:31:37.227-06:002010-12-11T17:31:37.227-06:00When you're in your teens, sixty seems such a ...When you're in your teens, sixty seems such a looooong way away, but when you get there and look back it seems to have been a very short trip.<br />I love that your grandparents have been paying you attention and that you are savouring the experience. Happy Birthday :)Sue Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864986500627496240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-19841767858023379082010-12-11T12:30:36.851-06:002010-12-11T12:30:36.851-06:00Oh Robin...I know I know
Have you ever watch Peggy...Oh Robin...I know I know<br />Have you ever watch Peggy Sue got Married? The opening of the movie she falls and hits her head and she wakes up back home...walking around seeing those long dead..but they are real...oh my heart aches at that beginning...how I wish I could just go home sometimes...see them all again<br />RELYN..okay I will...I think I dismissed how much I would miss it..thank you for the kick in the butt<br />MHeart....But isn't it a sweet taste these visits<br />so close to being<br />whistling?...hmmm my grandpa whistled and I had forgotten that..<br />He walked with his hands clasped behind his back ...oh my..<br />weren't we blessed to have them<br />and to have them visit time and againSuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329289442910294160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-65705581622963992722010-12-11T11:20:51.931-06:002010-12-11T11:20:51.931-06:00Happy Birthday Suz, this is such a beautiful post....Happy Birthday Suz, this is such a beautiful post. I lost my grandparents when I was still just in high school, my grandfather even before that, but my memories of visiting with them are so lovely. In fact whenever I hear someone whistling a certain way I think of my grandfather, who loved to whistle while he walked around enjoying nature in my parent's back yard.Umāhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680155603317072829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-86582806957054318092010-12-11T10:31:06.907-06:002010-12-11T10:31:06.907-06:00There's still time for that tree, my friend. ...There's still time for that tree, my friend. I say, put it up. QUICK! I think you might be surprised at how much it gladdens your heart.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-55611807494453427532010-12-11T10:17:38.132-06:002010-12-11T10:17:38.132-06:00Suz, you really know how to bring tears to my eyes...Suz, you really know how to bring tears to my eyes. I sooooo understand that longing and yearning----for the people and places of times gone by. I ache to be able to go "home". To see my mom and dad, their tiny 1950's kitchen with the original appliances, my dad's workshop in the basement, my old bedroom.....<br />Or to be able to wander thru either of my grandparents houses. The old farmhouse my mom grew up in with the "mysterious" upstairs where the hired help stayed or the Sears Roebuck house in Mt. Greenwood where my dad grew up. Both are gone. But I can slmost feel them and smell them. All the places that felt like home.....Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07552443425449150666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-70632063636623909552010-12-11T09:35:19.839-06:002010-12-11T09:35:19.839-06:00Thank you Marilyn...I just looked you up on my glo...Thank you Marilyn...I just looked you up on my globe...boy are you far away...the internet... isn't it a miracle in our time....where like minds cn be friends as we are...glad I got you thinking about your precious days with your grandparents..tell us about themSuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329289442910294160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-87993204486715910502010-12-11T08:57:33.348-06:002010-12-11T08:57:33.348-06:00suz, i so understand the yearning creeping in unin...suz, i so understand the yearning creeping in uninvited, just *a nash* comforting.Janeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199479552850644959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-90312632948602897742010-12-11T01:55:07.993-06:002010-12-11T01:55:07.993-06:00Thank you so much for sharing this, how very speci...Thank you so much for sharing this, how very special that your grandparents visited you. I can't imagine how wonderful that was/is for you.<br />I have so many sweet memories of my first decade, it was such a special time especially with my grandparents.<br />Happy birthday for tomorrow, have a wonderful day.Marilyn & Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851884880790561276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-48653421011617583632010-12-10T23:20:55.490-06:002010-12-10T23:20:55.490-06:00Ah Terry you are making me cry a bit...we were so ...Ah Terry you are making me cry a bit...we were so lucky ..<br />and yes, I guess I wasn't ready<br />and now some things I'd like to do just wouldn't be right now...oh well..oh well, I can write stories<br />about whatever I want..now can't I<br />My granddaughter who is back in california will be 4 on the 11th..oh I miss that little one so much...we connect her and I..yes, you and I connect..I always sensed that..thanks for the birthday wishes<br />TrulyFool...nosh/nash...same thing..eat a bit of treat! have you seen Chicago lately..it is beautiful...crooked..but beautiful<br />How sweet ..things don't die..no they don't..I will love them until I see them again...they were special to me ANd thank you for the birthday wish of happiness...I ache a bit in the morning but everything works...:)<br /><br />Oh Vicki...there she was..I know this feeling so well.. this wonderful sweetness that comes over you when they are near..you can taste it. Cayenne? my how interesting...oh she was happy<br />Like Teri we are blessed to have our grandparents as part of our beingSuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329289442910294160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-19864615184546732952010-12-10T21:37:28.753-06:002010-12-10T21:37:28.753-06:00My grandparents occasionally visit me in dreams ....My grandparents occasionally visit me in dreams . . . and just this afternoon I made my grandmother's pound cake and there she was, a little surprise to see me adding cayenne and nutmeg. I love your wonderful incidents!!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-56597177928363986362010-12-10T21:07:30.934-06:002010-12-10T21:07:30.934-06:00Suz,
Yes. Have a little nosh. I would have been ...Suz,<br /><br />Yes. Have a little nosh. I would have been a Chicagoan since I was born there, but we moved when I was very young.<br /><br />Had relatives for years there.<br /><br />60? Been there, done that. Your grandparents share with you that realization that things don't die.<br /><br />60? That's when we seriously start thinking 'cosmological'.<br /><br />Happy Birthday!<br /><br />TrulyfoolTrulyfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13385653066007723233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-31843440378987609132010-12-10T16:47:25.998-06:002010-12-10T16:47:25.998-06:00I knew we had something in common (or that there w...I knew we had something in common (or that there was a connection!). My twins are celebrating their BD on Sunday too. And, I turned 60 this year also (only a few months prior to you). I thought that after 50 it was the other side of the hill...now I find that it is 60! I feel much better. I think that we are never too old to learn new things and if it takes us all this time to find certain things, then we just were not ready before, don't you think? I have the most incredible memories of my Grandmother and Grandfather who practically raised me growing up. Maybe it has something to do with our era, that closeness we feel to them. Kids grow up so much faster these days and perhaps don't have the time to spend with their grandparents. I grew up learning about plants and gardening from them, like you. I guess this is why I feel so lucky to spend so much time with my granddaughter and (soon) newest grandchild-to-be! Happy Birthday Suz. I'll be thinking of you when we blow out candles on Sunday.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046623774704584939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-87839872979845607622010-12-10T16:15:43.985-06:002010-12-10T16:15:43.985-06:00ha ha...so much folly going on calling itself poli...ha ha...so much folly going on calling itself politics....<br />This birthday is a little harder...it's on the other side of the hill...so much I just discovered that I would have wanted todo if I had only known...<br />My health is good, I'm still a chic inside...and some say outside..old guys of course...but hey I'll take it<br />My grandfather is my nugget of gold<br />No one else in my family loved him like I did...he was stoic and grumpy...but I know he loved me<br />He taught me about gardens by showing me...He took me for walks..silent walks..the best kind I know now...yes, good stock<br />thank you for the birthday wish<br />and I still say houligansSuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329289442910294160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-4190567320606188612010-12-10T15:54:12.204-06:002010-12-10T15:54:12.204-06:00Good morning Suz, and happy birhtday for Sunday. T...Good morning Suz, and happy birhtday for Sunday. These days sixty is where life begins if you let it. You carry the genes af those wonderful grandparents, and with such rich memories they are alive in you!<br />So, how can you ever think (ref your comments at my place) you are a grumpy old woman... Maybe you have just cause!Stafford Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048757515249725540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-6813593431589115582010-12-10T15:10:31.676-06:002010-12-10T15:10:31.676-06:00Bug, they are attending to me aren't they!
An...Bug, they are attending to me aren't they!<br />Annell...I love when sweet sadness hits me..it's kind of like an emotional dreamsicle...I don't fret the future..It's all in God's hands...I know where I'm going<br />and yes we never know whne our time has come..young or old..sick or healthy..I seek beauty and joy in every moment...most times I find it..like finding you<br />Happy one..no way in May..and you walk 6 miles a day..shame on me and thanks<br />Jabblog..why thank you..I had my first birthday cupcake out to breakfast with my mom...mothers!<br />Oh John...I love my little girl...she has full use of my being when she wants..mostly to find joy and adventure<br />CL a waif and a mean broad...ha ha now I know where it comes from!!!<br />Write about them...we should all write about grandmothers..Do you have her recipe and want to share it?<br />Mama Zen...notice her hands <br />How wonderful you still have her around...take it all in now<br />I wanted to go out with my girlfriends but it is not working out for this week...I have been thinking about a spa...a week at a spa..where they can kick my booties and make me a vegetarian..know any good ones?<br />and when yours visit...in an unexpected place..isn't it just sweet sadness...all warm and happy<br />that you had them once and still have themSuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329289442910294160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-66971538087796745522010-12-10T14:24:43.778-06:002010-12-10T14:24:43.778-06:00Your post gave me chills! Happy birthday to you a ...Your post gave me chills! Happy birthday to you a little early. Wow, it's a milestone birthday. Any special plans. I know what you mean about your grandparents coming to visit ... that happens to me to sometimes.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023344268805812912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-3240978593401989372010-12-10T14:08:49.914-06:002010-12-10T14:08:49.914-06:00I am blessed that my grandmother is still living. ...I am blessed that my grandmother is still living. As long as she lives, I get to be somebody's little girl.<br /><br />This is a really beautiful post.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-86901759806238853992010-12-10T13:44:28.093-06:002010-12-10T13:44:28.093-06:00I'm balling my eyes out right now because I, t...I'm balling my eyes out right now because I, too, had grandparents--my paternal and maternal grandmothers--who were fixtures in my childhood landscape. One, a little waif of a woman whose speech was barely audible, and the other a tough Irish broad who baked the meanest soda bread outside of County Clare. <br /><br />Oh, Suz, I love your stories. And 60? Just a number, but a pretty damn good one, at that :-)C.L. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040522403393233000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-76537381410945159992010-12-10T12:40:49.195-06:002010-12-10T12:40:49.195-06:00Love forms an unbreakable bond which cannot be bro...Love forms an unbreakable bond which cannot be broken. What a wonderful connection to have and of course the little girl inside you is alive and well.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831017007089393889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-18517099039001755292010-12-10T11:49:14.110-06:002010-12-10T11:49:14.110-06:00This is wonderful - beautifully written and very t...This is wonderful - beautifully written and very touching. I hope you have a lovely birthday and many more visits.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-12160451883195075782010-12-10T10:44:31.845-06:002010-12-10T10:44:31.845-06:00Lovely post about your grandparents. I love when ...Lovely post about your grandparents. I love when everyday things remind us of the people we love. It keeps them alive in our hearts! :-)<br />I very Happy Birthday to you! I have that number one coming up in May!!happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-78705177305305362722010-12-10T10:17:15.533-06:002010-12-10T10:17:15.533-06:00Your write is beautiful, especially at this time o...Your write is beautiful, especially at this time of year. Perhaps as the number of our birthday grows, there is more longing, as there have been many more of who we loved, that are no longer here. It is a sweet sadness. It is said there is longing, and loss in the past. Anxiety in the future, so best to be in the now. If only we can be grateful for those that are here now.....and soon in the "big picture", won't be here. It seems that folks who are older than us, say, "This might be my last_________." But they are right, and we all might not be here, it might be our last, too. But maybe we shouldn't say it outloud? I enjoyed reading what you said about your Grandfather. I feel just a little, I know him now. Thanksannell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510596473943702617.post-19535545728635254922010-12-10T10:05:08.700-06:002010-12-10T10:05:08.700-06:00I love these stories! I'm glad you have such w...I love these stories! I'm glad you have such wonderful memories of your grandparents & that they're attending to you know. Bliss!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com