tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post2951431975167425013..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: FRIENDS -- MEMORIES -- GENEALOGYJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-3070695599834077742017-02-04T08:50:37.685-08:002017-02-04T08:50:37.685-08:00So true. BTW I am with you on extremism. Barry G...So true. BTW I am with you on extremism. Barry Goldwater was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1244353923079035192017-02-03T13:51:30.826-08:002017-02-03T13:51:30.826-08:00Welcome your comment.....hope all goes as well for...Welcome your comment.....hope all goes as well for you as possible.....difficult losing a spouse under any circumstances. The early years for widowed me, when I thought I had adjusted so well, were actually a bit erratic I realized in retrospect. Am sure the visit of your friends would have been very significant for you, especially at that time -- just as was my traveling east a month or so joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-78822047297127345042017-02-03T06:53:17.656-08:002017-02-03T06:53:17.656-08:00Old friends are the best. I too am experiencing s...Old friends are the best. I too am experiencing similar circumstances as I enter my "circling the drain" phase. I shallnever forget though that 3 yrs ago when my wife died, 4 days late 3 of my oldest and best friends made the trek from CA to Ft Worth to spens a couple of days with me and make sure I was OK. As the anniversary of her death rapidly approaches, I find myself drawn to Shackman https://www.blogger.com/profile/01690901432037614409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-35090553968270599002017-02-01T21:48:57.051-08:002017-02-01T21:48:57.051-08:00We often spoke of how fortunate we felt to have ou...We often spoke of how fortunate we felt to have our enduring friendship, especially given that we didn't actually see each other that often. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-19057611850410304692017-02-01T21:39:46.536-08:002017-02-01T21:39:46.536-08:00Thank you, Hattie. We women are lucky to have eac...Thank you, Hattie. We women are lucky to have each other.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-73252703195725964652017-02-01T18:30:57.070-08:002017-02-01T18:30:57.070-08:00What a beautiful remembrance. You honor all that i...What a beautiful remembrance. You honor all that is good and wonderful about friendship. How lucky you both were. Thank you...Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000946159208468311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-65010271754185276482017-02-01T11:51:59.516-08:002017-02-01T11:51:59.516-08:00I am struck with how much women do in their lives,...I am struck with how much women do in their lives, mostly unsung. Condolences on the loss of your oldest friend. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32189072854643235152017-01-30T11:31:21.511-08:002017-01-30T11:31:21.511-08:00Yes, I had hoped she would hang around for another...Yes, I had hoped she would hang around for another ten or twenty years with me as we both have been optimistic about the future, but we never know. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-71069145875637003402017-01-30T11:20:20.949-08:002017-01-30T11:20:20.949-08:00A sad ending in a way, but a nice celebration of a...A sad ending in a way, but a nice celebration of all the good things involved in a long friendship. I had forgotten about the sand dance. Thanks for the reminder. Bojangles was one of the great ones.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-17672458211337038132017-01-29T18:49:23.006-08:002017-01-29T18:49:23.006-08:00We're all so fortunate if we can have friends ...We're all so fortunate if we can have friends of the soul in our lives. Thanks for sharing terminology, Anam Caras, which has prompted me to read about. So sorry you've had to experience the loss of such friends.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-75884102314116635072017-01-29T13:25:30.961-08:002017-01-29T13:25:30.961-08:00I am moved beyond words. My heart has been broken ...I am moved beyond words. My heart has been broken too far too many times by the loss of these Anam Caras as we call them in Ireland. (Friends of the Soul). What a powerful tribute. You captured so well her great spirit.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-26914381546436821872017-01-28T14:16:41.538-08:002017-01-28T14:16:41.538-08:00Thank you, Cop Car.Thank you, Cop Car.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-35981433284377295462017-01-28T14:15:28.310-08:002017-01-28T14:15:28.310-08:00Thank you, Olga.Thank you, Olga.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-3725327573809874772017-01-28T14:14:26.135-08:002017-01-28T14:14:26.135-08:00Thanks, Rain. I agree with your in-laws as seems ...Thanks, Rain. I agree with your in-laws as seems the rate of losing friends and family has increased, especially the past twenty years.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-82683940103243379362017-01-28T14:12:00.820-08:002017-01-28T14:12:00.820-08:00Thanks you, Snowbrush.Thanks you, Snowbrush.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-40970038664790883122017-01-28T14:11:29.646-08:002017-01-28T14:11:29.646-08:00Can appreciate how difficult losing your long time...Can appreciate how difficult losing your long time friend must have been. Living in close proximity allowed the creation of many shared memories, but would not have been easy when she was ill. Lost a family member to ovarian cancer years ago when so few could hope to survive. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-68039315633173201842017-01-28T14:04:39.734-08:002017-01-28T14:04:39.734-08:00"...like losing a piece of ourselves..."..."...like losing a piece of ourselves..." -- so true. I agree we should all make some sort of arrangement to see that friends our children may never have met, or know that much about, are informed about us when we're no longer able to communicate ourselves. The same could be true with letting our blogging buddies know, too.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-23024632840152639602017-01-28T13:59:46.989-08:002017-01-28T13:59:46.989-08:00Thank you, Tabor -- you are so right about how for...Thank you, Tabor -- you are so right about how fortunate we were to have this long friendship which we often marveled about. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-81769820882827331222017-01-28T13:55:58.930-08:002017-01-28T13:55:58.930-08:00My friend and I had some varied views, did not avo...My friend and I had some varied views, did not avoid civilly discussing any differences, but we focused mostly on other matters. As for whether you should join your friend on the very far left....why?....real friends like us just the way we are. Personally, I have no desire to align myself with extremist views on either end of the spectrum or with rigid uncompromising ideologically driven joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-37482232274768875652017-01-28T13:38:39.747-08:002017-01-28T13:38:39.747-08:00Forgetting who you and daughters are must be espec...Forgetting who you and daughters are must be especially difficult to cope with each day as you describe. I'm sure your memories must be priceless treasures. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-85634722049817874822017-01-28T10:47:45.119-08:002017-01-28T10:47:45.119-08:00Your loss has my heart-felt sympathy.
Cop CarYour loss has my heart-felt sympathy.<br />Cop CarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-74795441914013011132017-01-28T07:39:54.127-08:002017-01-28T07:39:54.127-08:00A wonderful tribute to your friend. You are bless...A wonderful tribute to your friend. You are blessed to have had her. I have/had few life long friends. One of them is very far to the left. Should I join her? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-7052831316790073312017-01-28T05:00:52.364-08:002017-01-28T05:00:52.364-08:00My sympathy for loss of a special friend.My sympathy for loss of a special friend.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-66717424062754011152017-01-27T18:58:30.108-08:002017-01-27T18:58:30.108-08:00What a great post about your friendship. What a j...What a great post about your friendship. What a joy to have had such a friend for so many years. I am so sorry that she is now gone. You have such great memories with her. And that is it – memories are so helpful. That is why it is so hard when one’s memory is gone – tonight I asked my husband who he thought I was, and he could not tell – he said “you are a housekeeper, no?” then he does notVagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-90835875875016963592017-01-27T08:24:25.373-08:002017-01-27T08:24:25.373-08:00Sorry for your loss. My in-laws said that was the ...Sorry for your loss. My in-laws said that was the hardest part of living to be really old-- all those who go first.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com