tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post33563495964224683..comments2023-11-02T04:23:14.216-07:00Comments on IT WAS <br> HER <br> NEW YORK: Sunday Memories: In Memory Of A New York And A New Yearc.o. moedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842423601233807880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-46472358037787701312010-09-21T10:27:17.565-07:002010-09-21T10:27:17.565-07:00Thank you so much! I so appreciate when someone s...Thank you so much! I so appreciate when someone shares so courageously. <br /><br />I remember reading this piece about a woman having to suddenly prepare a funeral for her brother and she went through it saying this is love to everything she had to do or the people who came to comfort. love is sometimes excruiating...c.o. moedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842423601233807880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-85439229507280964082010-09-21T05:59:11.451-07:002010-09-21T05:59:11.451-07:00This piece is making me cry -- and now the comment...This piece is making me cry -- and now the comments are making me cry. My own mother is in her 80's and still in fairly good shape. But I know the clock is ticking -- I worry both that I won't be by her side at the end of her life but also that I will be. Excruciating either way....VH McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758245677856344651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-1879183297830270832010-09-14T10:48:37.519-07:002010-09-14T10:48:37.519-07:00thank you so much, Goggla, for such a heartful com...thank you so much, Goggla, for such a heartful comment. <br /><br />I didn't know I could go through what I did but through this journey with Florence I found myself face to face with a depth of courage I didn't know I had. It was born from deep love to care and comfort someone I loved. What also surprised me in this journey was that because Florence was loved more during this time than ever before, I found myself comforted and buoyed knowing she died so loved.c.o. moedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842423601233807880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-69013983439031503552010-09-14T09:22:26.854-07:002010-09-14T09:22:26.854-07:00Ah, this made me cry...having just had a frighteni...Ah, this made me cry...having just had a frightening health experience with my own mother, and her birthday being the day before this post, and this day being the anniversary of her father's death, when she had to go through a similar experience as yours...and I am so frightened of having that same experience...of walking out that door suddenly alone, unsupervised...yes, grown up, adult...that lie is the one we need to hear before granting permission to let go and that's not necessarily a bad thing.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-32055499850244839842010-09-12T09:45:49.605-07:002010-09-12T09:45:49.605-07:00Stirring piece. RIP MOMS! And DADS too!Stirring piece. RIP MOMS! And DADS too!Melaniehttp://melaniemusings2@wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com