tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post8988826086920374257..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: Mother's Day ThoughtsJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-2241474866939302272008-05-26T00:10:00.000-07:002008-05-26T00:10:00.000-07:00Thanks to everyone for your comments though I dela...Thanks to everyone for your comments though I delayed in expressing my appreciation here. Each of us has such unique and special memories of our mothers regardless of when we come to be able see their life from their perspective and more fully appreciate them.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-46525443614569655232008-05-13T06:42:00.000-07:002008-05-13T06:42:00.000-07:00This is just a beautiful, fabulous post. Things h...This is just a beautiful, fabulous post. Things have changed so much in just a couple of generations. What you've listed are skills that young women have lost, never learned or think are completely irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>Your list covers so many things that brought pictures to my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-34751805430158327832008-05-12T21:09:00.000-07:002008-05-12T21:09:00.000-07:00Wonderful portrait of your Mother and her life and...Wonderful portrait of your Mother and her life and times. My Mother also taught in a one room school house and went from the horse and buggy to the airplane and a man on the moon in her lifetime. I remember her telling me about her first ride in an automobile. that new fangled contraption. The local doctor stopped and gave her a ride in his auto. She always said she only got in the contraption Chancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-26181821168304917662008-05-12T18:02:00.000-07:002008-05-12T18:02:00.000-07:00It's so wonderful that you respected and appreciat...It's so wonderful that you respected and appreciated this woman so much while she was alive. That means you could see how much she had achieved, even though you were young. I envy you that; I didn't see the strengths of my mother until after her life was over.mlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698164235651461147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-39682038681242717622008-05-12T09:08:00.000-07:002008-05-12T09:08:00.000-07:00I have thought of this also how much the world cha...I have thought of this also how much the world changed for my parents. It changed a lot in my lifetime but probably more in theirs. I wonder what the world will be like for the children being born today when they get old, what they will have seen in their lifetimes.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-92229620845191511122008-05-12T08:38:00.000-07:002008-05-12T08:38:00.000-07:00Wow."We've come a long way, Baby!" I imagine my ow...Wow.<BR/><BR/>"We've come a long way, Baby!" <BR/><BR/>I imagine my own grandmother, who passed away in the 1950's at the age of 47, would be shocked, delighted, and awed simultaneously.<BR/><BR/>Great Momma day post!Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-84692502516961403372008-05-11T21:05:00.000-07:002008-05-11T21:05:00.000-07:00Wonderful! and I know you learned much from this a...Wonderful! and I know you learned much from this amazing woman.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-13267373466511831642008-05-11T20:59:00.000-07:002008-05-11T20:59:00.000-07:00Joared, I loved, loved, loved this post. What a b...Joared, I loved, loved, loved this post. What a beautiful picture you painted of your 19th century mother and her magnificent life. And what a perfect day to share it with us. Gorgeous!Joy Des Jardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893445642606862131noreply@blogger.com