tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post7139922055583632171..comments2024-02-19T10:16:13.581+00:00Comments on Past Imperfect: Is that the time?Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-45871794249924644722013-03-09T17:26:02.047+00:002013-03-09T17:26:02.047+00:00Philip: thank you Philip.Philip: thank you Philip.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-30908394161764923132013-03-08T23:06:13.491+00:002013-03-08T23:06:13.491+00:00Yes, he'd be proud.Yes, he'd be proud.Philip Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164671362164285231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-90884589464347759082013-03-03T10:18:23.536+00:002013-03-03T10:18:23.536+00:00JudyB: don't worry. It's enough you dropp...JudyB: don't worry. It's enough you dropped by:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-33347474572298834002013-03-02T17:34:52.748+00:002013-03-02T17:34:52.748+00:00Pat, I wish I could find the right words. You are ...Pat, I wish I could find the right words. You are in my thoughts.xJudyJudyBelghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652217114633723176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-40179954062704809542013-02-28T23:19:38.336+00:002013-02-28T23:19:38.336+00:00SDC: I'm just so thankful that he died in his ...SDC: I'm just so thankful that he died in his own home with the minimal of suffering and being his lovely self to the end.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-21039907191117607632013-02-28T19:02:22.541+00:002013-02-28T19:02:22.541+00:00Pat, I feel so privileged to be getting a clearer ...Pat, I feel so privileged to be getting a clearer picture of the man you loved so much. Your blog touches me so deeply and I'm so glad you have friends, family and readers that love you so much. Wow, sorry for all the emotion.SDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-2134144558132825432013-02-28T16:17:44.279+00:002013-02-28T16:17:44.279+00:00Lom: thank you:)
Granny Annie: please don't b...Lom: thank you:)<br /><br />Granny Annie: please don't be fearful. Don't waste what you have now.<br />My dark is slowly lifting.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-67146939165880834502013-02-28T12:49:08.784+00:002013-02-28T12:49:08.784+00:00These posts...I feel deeply for you and fear deepl...These posts...I feel deeply for you and fear deeply for me.Granny Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165058412950953296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-80108477635448181162013-02-28T12:11:06.212+00:002013-02-28T12:11:06.212+00:00I sit here crying, that was just beautiful, sendin...I sit here crying, that was just beautiful, sending you love and hugslomhttp://giveitanothergo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-57820420357340104532013-02-28T07:39:00.645+00:002013-02-28T07:39:00.645+00:00Gadjo: it was very brave of you to speak your fath...Gadjo: it was very brave of you to speak your father's funeral. <br />I'm not sure I could have done.<br />My watch now tells the correct time but The clocks remain skewift for the moment. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-16038101537762511012013-02-28T06:02:54.475+00:002013-02-28T06:02:54.475+00:00Beautifully put, Patricia. As a stammerer I'm ...Beautifully put, Patricia. As a stammerer I'm hopeless reading so always have to ad-lib on such occasions, but that didn't stop me blubbing after I'd said my bit at my father's funeral. I once had a girlfriend who lived in a house with her elderly mother where all the clocks were set 25 minutes fast - I never dared to ask why 25 was the magic number.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-17202070554003651302013-02-27T23:40:03.998+00:002013-02-27T23:40:03.998+00:00John: your eyes are very far from hardened.John: your eyes are very far from hardened.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-84569448553335466492013-02-27T23:38:44.089+00:002013-02-27T23:38:44.089+00:00ALW: what a lovely thing to say. Thank you.ALW: what a lovely thing to say. Thank you.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-11532877392486029142013-02-27T23:37:07.651+00:002013-02-27T23:37:07.651+00:00Chef: :)
Mage: the sharing helps. Don't be ...Chef: :)<br /><br />Mage: the sharing helps. Don't be too sad.<br /><br />Parsnip: like Chef you have great courage.<br /><br />Z: so many of my friends - over the years have become widows and set great examples for me to follow.<br /><br />Marjolein: the love is the bonus.<br /><br />GG: thank you. He was all of that - and fun and quite naughty too. <br /><br />Keith: oh Keith - after all you have been through I am so sorry to upset you. Please forgive me.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-59470857159129537342013-02-27T23:10:31.311+00:002013-02-27T23:10:31.311+00:00You are indeed a great and strong lady. What a bea...You are indeed a great and strong lady. What a beautiful tribute. I had to have three tries at reading the full post. Each time my eyes misted over.<br /><br />I always thought that after losing both my partner and son to cancer I was immune from grief and nothing would ever upset me again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-36468389625411683632013-02-27T16:38:56.661+00:002013-02-27T16:38:56.661+00:00He was a good man...but I feel I should say 'i...He was a good man...but I feel I should say 'is', because he lives on in so many ways, in what others have said about him and these beautiful words you've written here. He's a treasure, rare and true.<br /><br /><br />neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-14261305482922094482013-02-27T16:24:30.663+00:002013-02-27T16:24:30.663+00:00It's wonderful to read about all the love that...It's wonderful to read about all the love that surrounds you both. Marjoleinhttp://thoughttrail.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-22372971458701561232013-02-27T11:35:49.785+00:002013-02-27T11:35:49.785+00:00That is a beautiful tribute, darling Pat. A step-...That is a beautiful tribute, darling Pat. A step-parent relationship can be a wonderful one, where the children can see how happy it is. My daughter named her son (as a middle name) after my stepfather, which was a lovely tribute to her granddad.<br /><br />When my mother's terminal cancer was diagnosed, we were very frightened for the first few weeks every time she felt under the weather, but after that we learned not to let that get in the way, just as you describe. When you know, or have the instinct, that time is short, you appreciate it all the more. Although afterwards you miss what you had so much. You're not a wimp and you've had an awful loss which you're dealing with courageously, head-on. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-9882608954278951352013-02-27T03:52:22.972+00:002013-02-27T03:52:22.972+00:00Such a beautiful post and I am so happy to see you...Such a beautiful post and I am so happy to see you writing what ever you are thinking about.<br />Like Chef I have lost a child and I did think the world ended but I had had a child still to raise at home and I lived. This is different that your pain but still the same. A death of someone you love. But I wrote in books all the pain and anger and I wrote, no blogs back then. I wrote.... So if you keep writing I will keep reading.<br />I think about you every day, I always have but now I keep you and your family in my heart.<br /><br />xo gayle<br /><br /><br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-36147244794491546632013-02-26T23:03:24.930+00:002013-02-26T23:03:24.930+00:00Misty eyed here too. Thank you so much for sharin...Misty eyed here too. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-88607231857261040032013-02-26T22:36:25.019+00:002013-02-26T22:36:25.019+00:00No hen, you are what it is all about. No hen, you are what it is all about. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871866841906377841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-89209083487424909782013-02-26T22:19:20.446+00:002013-02-26T22:19:20.446+00:00Ub: that would be nice. Tea or coffee? Probably b...Ub: that would be nice. Tea or coffee? Probably better tea.<br /><br />Kiom: yes it made me very proud.<br /><br />CC: that is kind of you.xxx<br /><br />Debra : I think there always will be. But happiness too.<br /><br />Scarlet; I'm giving you grief what with the scrunch and all:) <br /><br />Chef: I cannot imagine what it must be like to lose a child.<br />I know you are right. <br />I'll stop being a wimp and get on with it.<br />Forget religion. Faith is what it is all about.<br /><br />Naomi: he knew all about you and loved to hear of you and my many blogging pals.<br /><br />Map: xox<br /><br />Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-62761630337830772013-02-26T21:40:36.032+00:002013-02-26T21:40:36.032+00:00Your posts are always poetry, Pat.
"Sometime...Your posts are always poetry, Pat. <br />"Sometimes one goes down and down. Then very slowly a gentle breeze composed of family, friends, loving thoughts and memories raise you up again.<br /><br />You know who you are."<br />What a lucky man he was to be with someone who loved him so much.About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-23536623402980338942013-02-26T21:09:53.435+00:002013-02-26T21:09:53.435+00:00Beautifully said and undeniably deeply felt. You m...Beautifully said and undeniably deeply felt. You made me cry; for you and with imagining how I might fare in a similar situation. I doubt I'll do as well, given the opportunity (which I hope I am not.) <br /><br />I am glad that you and Joy can help each other. Perhaps a group situation would be better in months to come, after the initial shock is over. I know you could be helpful to many women in the same situation. kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-34914106951056927172013-02-26T19:11:07.853+00:002013-02-26T19:11:07.853+00:00Beautiful.
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xxxBeautiful.<br /><br />:¬)<br /><br />xxxmapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.com