tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post3247458909673612574..comments2023-08-28T03:19:34.617-07:00Comments on It's Nelly's World: FamilyMelissa Holbrook Piersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617752678155038816noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-73426395086245284282012-03-13T08:24:03.573-07:002012-03-13T08:24:03.573-07:00Interesting observations.
I'm wondering if ...Interesting observations. <br /><br />I'm wondering if the sister whose teeth you hit with a hammer is the one who's a stranger or the one who'd walk through fire for you... (Just teasing!)<br /><br />We never know what the future holds. I had a younger brother who stuck to me like glue growing up, which kinda annoyed me. Then he died early (33) and has been absent from my life for two decades. Nobody could have predicted that. We make the best choices we can at moments that pass into the past.Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-70784453210685557192012-03-12T18:44:09.297-07:002012-03-12T18:44:09.297-07:00I do hope, trust, and maybe even believe a little ...I do hope, trust, and maybe even believe a little bit that I am a good and solid rock in my son's life . . . I have to remember not to let him see me overcome with worry (oops, yes, this afternoon), because I see what worry it brings on him. And it is not his to feel, as no child should be made aware of a parent's fear of falling. It's cruel.<br /><br />Thank you, Dale, for reminding me that I couldn't have a better donut: tasty, rich, and entirely satisfying. It's all I want, really.<br /><br />Thank you all for the kindness. I don't quite know how just yet, but it will all be OK. As the aforementioned sister said to me a few minutes ago, "Keep the faith." That's when you look down and realize that you didn't think you had it, but you do--and you now plan to hold on fast to it.Melissa Holbrook Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617752678155038816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-85285874692379189932012-03-11T06:05:01.046-07:002012-03-11T06:05:01.046-07:00No, you didn't do a bad thing unless you chang...No, you didn't do a bad thing unless you changed the whole world. The extended family would be your built in back up system if it weren't in such decline. Uncles would substitute for Dad and cousins for siblings. I envy people with those big extended families. Your son has you and believe me - you can't appreciate what you mean to him. Even in the largest families the mother is the center. But where is your support sytem? This decline of the extended family happened to so many of us. <br />Your son will be fine and many of his generation enage in a sort of psuedo tribal lifestyle at least in their 20's. Its kind of the flip side of the decline of extended families - the hipster tribe. So is freedom , in the Janis Joplin sense. <br /><br />Sal <br />HighlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-35461437911808118822012-03-10T13:58:49.190-08:002012-03-10T13:58:49.190-08:00Albert Rowe is right!
Nothing else could be said a...Albert Rowe is right!<br />Nothing else could be said about this story, Things are the way they are, for the best and the worst. Time manages to keep us strong and together. Life has its own ways. Don't have any regrets.Pierre Simhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151453445774540879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333594380363882958.post-55028421618788686252012-03-10T08:42:00.630-08:002012-03-10T08:42:00.630-08:00My mentor and great friend Albert Rowe said, "...My mentor and great friend Albert Rowe said, "Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole."<br />Dale F. GruverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com