tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post5365203332702320680..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: Yesterday, Today and TomorrowJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-34439378059459412112009-05-21T20:22:14.247-07:002009-05-21T20:22:14.247-07:00This is powerful writing, joared. Thank you.This is powerful writing, joared. Thank you.kokopelliwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228315660523880859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-82639498325127442422009-05-19T22:42:20.776-07:002009-05-19T22:42:20.776-07:00Cop Car: "Unique" is truly the word to describe e...Cop Car: "Unique" is truly the word to describe each of our experiences in so many situations. <br /><br />Hattie: I do agree that allowing others to garner from our experience what they will may well be best. <br /><br />I didn't know the name of the bush either for a long time. I was equally surprised the flowers had such a strong but delightful fragrance. My bush had been hidden in the joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-22996399541196270002009-05-19T20:23:47.184-07:002009-05-19T20:23:47.184-07:00Oh Joared - just being with you across the miles. ...Oh Joared - just being with you across the miles. I love this reflection of your journey - your writing is so wonderful - sending golden thoughts your way - take care of yourself.Suzannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324352371488938537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-17949411253069139372009-05-18T21:42:00.000-07:002009-05-18T21:42:00.000-07:00This was so wonderful. And I like it that you don'...This was so wonderful. And I like it that you don't suggest "solutions" but simply describe what things were like for you after your husband died. And that you eventually came to appreciate your solitude.<br />I had a yesterday, today, and tomorrow plant in my yard once but never knew it was called.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-37205199880666630202009-05-17T09:44:00.000-07:002009-05-17T09:44:00.000-07:00Each person's grief is unique; yet, we many of us ...Each person's grief is unique; yet, we many of us have similar paths in enduring the time following our loved one's death.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts, feelings, and philosophies with us, Joared!<br />Cop CarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-3512507707588602122009-05-16T03:15:00.000-07:002009-05-16T03:15:00.000-07:00CP: Seems like I spent a lot of time soul searchin...CP: Seems like I spent a lot of time soul searching. I really did have to get away from trying to write about that in the beginning as my thoughts became convoluted, complicated and turning inward on themselves. <br /><br />Darlene: I can sure identify with the "trying to find a substitute" aspect.<br /><br />Kenju: I might have moved if I hadn't had so much "stuff" I didn't want to have to joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-34541956220665282532009-05-15T20:38:00.000-07:002009-05-15T20:38:00.000-07:00What a beautiful post Joared...and one I think you...What a beautiful post Joared...and one I think you greatly needed to express. This definitely must have been difficult...kind of like a metamorphosis. I am so touched by the depth of your writing. It will be four years in November since my husband died. I spend a lot of time in this big old house alone...so there are times I understand EXACTLY what you're talking about. I love the poem at the Joy Des Jardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893445642606862131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-71481620010285283162009-05-14T15:22:00.000-07:002009-05-14T15:22:00.000-07:00Your writing your experience may prove to help oth...Your writing your experience may prove to help others going through something like that, where nobody can be prepared by sometimes knowing how it has been for others can help. It sounds like you went through it with awareness-- at least now-- and growth. We can't ask for much more than thatRain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-25839498474580430662009-05-14T14:31:00.000-07:002009-05-14T14:31:00.000-07:00Good for you for writing this, Joared, and I know ...Good for you for writing this, Joared, and I know it wasn't easy. In your shoes, I might have moved to another home/apt., in order not to have memories constantly invading my thoughts. But I realize that the memories will intrude no matter where you are physically, and that the memories or not unwelcome, at least at times.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-20041151528384553682009-05-14T13:40:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:40:00.000-07:00We each have different ways of coping after an abr...We each have different ways of coping after an abrupt change in our lives. I think your ambivalent feelings of alternatively feeling restless while wanting to be home is part of the healing process. Nothing is the same; yet we run around like your squirrel trying to find a substitute. You have described it well.<br /><br />It sometimes takes years to adjust to our new life of living alone, butDarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-250277864248155192009-05-14T11:09:00.000-07:002009-05-14T11:09:00.000-07:00Joared, I can imagine this was tough to write, lot...Joared, I can imagine this was tough to write, lots of deep soul searching. Your pain and loss are palpable, but I am smiling to read your final upbeat words.<br /><br />May the days ahead just get brighter and brighter.Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.com