tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2298906450239097575..comments2024-03-18T23:27:37.733+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-77842226811764531342011-03-21T21:14:10.519+00:002011-03-21T21:14:10.519+00:00Your decision - agreed to by your husband - not to...Your decision - agreed to by your husband - not to have the middle-of-the-night phone call was best. You aren't able to do anything then, anyhow. Sending you and yours best regards and prayers for all the sorrows you are having and anticipating. Take care. - Joe, in Wyoming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-62689458169425781632011-03-21T20:05:18.731+00:002011-03-21T20:05:18.731+00:00I do admire the uncompromising honesty of your app...I do admire the uncompromising honesty of your approach here. The 3 am phone call serves no purpose but can be unsettling for years afterwards.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40782348205412803582011-03-21T18:44:53.173+00:002011-03-21T18:44:53.173+00:00My mother -in-law drove me cray for the first 30 y...My mother -in-law drove me cray for the first 30 years of our marriage. For the last 13, she's been the only mother I have.... and I've found I love her much more since then. She will be 89 this fall, and I enjoy every moment I have with her, as my own mother was gone much too soon, at 58,<br /><br />Barbara M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-69660881025924309312011-03-21T18:05:58.074+00:002011-03-21T18:05:58.074+00:00my prayers are with you and your husband and his f...my prayers are with you and your husband and his family. death no matter how anticipated is hard to handle ...Southern Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704854973003741122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-60885039567291454872011-03-21T15:23:50.060+00:002011-03-21T15:23:50.060+00:00I know the feeling of not getting on well with som...I know the feeling of not getting on well with some in-laws. it makes me feel guilty at times, but also annoyed at myself because of that! it might be much harder for you to deal with the mourning of your husband, who looses his beloved sister, than your own loss actually - it would be like that for me. but still - you're there for him and through that for her - if we can't love relatives, at least we can respect them? I wish you strength for the time to come!<br />all the best from ireland<br />BettinaWoolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-77321777268144984052011-03-21T14:38:23.285+00:002011-03-21T14:38:23.285+00:00Whatever your relationship with her, you have spok...Whatever your relationship with her, you have spoken of how devoted your husband is to her, so that makes her an important part of your life whether either of you liked it. His sorrow will be part of your life, too, so sending you healing thoughts.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-8950757848821112982011-03-21T11:47:51.684+00:002011-03-21T11:47:51.684+00:00Thinking back, I never did get on all that well wi...Thinking back, I never did get on all that well with my Mother-in-law, and I never knew whether she really approved of me, but since she has been gone, I certainly miss that burr beneath the saddle.<br /><br />Some time back I happened to say the phrase "love as an act of will" and then had to work out what that meant: something stronger and more potent that the sort with sweet words and twinkly bits. The sort that holds couples, families, and nations together. The sort that accepts people for who they are and doesn't try to change them. <br /><br />I think you know about that. Still keeping you in my thoughts.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40042485992709072082011-03-21T11:43:53.886+00:002011-03-21T11:43:53.886+00:00Dear Jean, you and your family are in my thoughts ...Dear Jean, you and your family are in my thoughts during this difficult time. Hugs RominaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16487554313426893127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-80855005512007859252011-03-21T09:26:46.191+00:002011-03-21T09:26:46.191+00:00Dear Jean,
Yesterday evening I was knitting the h...Dear Jean,<br /><br />Yesterday evening I was knitting the heel of a sock and so could not read. My thoughts were with you and your husband during that time.<br /><br />Wishing you the strength you need to support your husband and nieces through the "agony".<br /><br />DawnDawn in NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189050640379340589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-30262444304043886502011-03-21T08:44:10.428+00:002011-03-21T08:44:10.428+00:00In my job I tell people, "Everyone has the ri...In my job I tell people, "Everyone has the right to a means of communication because, without it, they cannot say "I love you". For many of those who are unable to speak it has been an action which has conveyed that.<br />Love is definitely a "doing" word.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-76152599234270229762011-03-21T08:27:52.524+00:002011-03-21T08:27:52.524+00:00"I have never held much with “love” as a word..."I have never held much with “love” as a word or as a feeling. All that matters is the doing."<br /><br />Ah - but that is exactly what love is. Love is a verb - a doing word. That is how it works. You are doing that, Jean.<br /><br />I keep thinking of you.Anitanoreply@blogger.com