tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post3811781459539353250..comments2023-06-08T07:08:53.236-07:00Comments on Writing Beside Me: Summer reflectionsMaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08404917167112072640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-20908042245517578162020-07-14T18:14:16.087-07:002020-07-14T18:14:16.087-07:00Your words let me live in your world for many spec...Your words let me live in your world for many special moments. Thank you<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924954102047031603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-49497541635832921342020-07-01T04:42:17.709-07:002020-07-01T04:42:17.709-07:00"Just being with her is to live in poetry&quo..."Just being with her is to live in poetry"--that line gave me the goosies! This post captures so much of what life is like for all of us right now. So much unsettling and so much uncertainty, and the small pleasures of life feel even more important. Elisabeth Ellingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747914394861199796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-49510590583198327462020-06-30T21:41:15.559-07:002020-06-30T21:41:15.559-07:00Oh, Maureen, what a great slice of your life today...Oh, Maureen, what a great slice of your life today. I was sitting right with you and Frog during the sweet poem of your bird watching. <br /><br />By the way, I had not seen your post about your surprise retirement yet. I'm sorry about that. I'm glad you filled up your car twice, as there are certainly some exciting DAP activities in your future! Denise Krebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00583406241247334445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-25230501658317147682020-06-30T19:09:07.143-07:002020-06-30T19:09:07.143-07:00I wish all adults shared your love of children as ...I wish all adults shared your love of children as expressed in the line “Just being with her is to live in poetry.” Wouldn’t the world be a lovely place then. And that cake sounds so good. I think it’s important to have a family pod. At some point we must find a way to be with and without people in ways that don’t involve technology. People need people. Glenda Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020745976555044975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-65410555721328111852020-06-30T17:39:08.753-07:002020-06-30T17:39:08.753-07:00Your post is so sincere and heartfelt. I love thi...Your post is so sincere and heartfelt. I love this sentence: "Our two households are keeping wise and respectful about COVID, allowing us to be sort of a 'pod' or a 'bubble' together, and see one another regularly." We also are being careful and respectful, sharing few social moments with one or two other families (not at the same time). My oldest son is 25, youngest is 18, with a 20 year old in between. They are all "in places" they did not expect to be when 2020 started, We are settled into uncertainty, as you are, too. I enjoyed your post! Carol @ The Apples in My Orchard! jlcjbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790798402432484057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8728867573837168357.post-62733946030676609792020-06-30T17:11:01.570-07:002020-06-30T17:11:01.570-07:00Reading this felt like a looking at a photograph o...Reading this felt like a looking at a photograph or a set of photographs. From the moment of waking to a feeling of uncertainty, to your baby boy turning 25, the family "The Ingram Family Mess Cake," and then finally ending with that poem inspired by Frog. How beautiful you have described a day of living, even though it may have felt a bit more like pause. <br />-MarinaMrodzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675061909167446723noreply@blogger.com