tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post115456363703641308..comments2023-09-11T23:57:00.520-05:00Comments on Velvet Sacks: Happy Birthday, Mama-TooLinda@VShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154738173362797212006-08-04T19:36:00.000-05:002006-08-04T19:36:00.000-05:00Thank you, Sandy. I am thankful, and I'm glad you...Thank you, Sandy. I am thankful, and I'm glad you understand why.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154735348015427252006-08-04T18:49:00.000-05:002006-08-04T18:49:00.000-05:00Lovely story Velvet. I wouldn't even try to analyi...Lovely story Velvet. I wouldn't even try to analyize it, I'd just be thankful for the joy you feel. My mother was my best friend. I still have moments when I almost reach for the phone, after 17 years she is still with me.to touch a unicornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823979594281577987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154663850208156852006-08-03T22:57:00.000-05:002006-08-03T22:57:00.000-05:00i hope you have a good sence of humor and i think ...i hope you have a good sence of humor and i think i will stop while i am a head, or maybe while i am behind.patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154663476206124732006-08-03T22:51:00.000-05:002006-08-03T22:51:00.000-05:00Yeah, Patsy, I figure that when I DON'T get a good...Yeah, Patsy, I figure that when I DON'T get a good parking spot, she must be hovering over some of my family in Texas.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154661600017170032006-08-03T22:20:00.000-05:002006-08-03T22:20:00.000-05:00well you mean she has fell down on the job? someti...well you mean she has fell down on the job? sometimes ?patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154661186972668882006-08-03T22:13:00.000-05:002006-08-03T22:13:00.000-05:00Patsy, if my mother is somehow finding us parking ...Patsy, if my mother is somehow finding us parking spaces, she wouldn't be doing it just to be nice. She'd be doing it because that's the one "inside joke" that we'd all connect with HER and her alone. And I'm not saying I positively, 100 percent, believe that's what's happening (but I do find myself getting mildly irritated at her now when I DON'T get a good parking place).Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154660087806912102006-08-03T21:54:00.000-05:002006-08-03T21:54:00.000-05:00i've been thinking about the parking lot deal. so ...i've been thinking about the parking lot deal. so say you die and then you find out that you can hang around your children after you die and do some things to make their life better. you think and think assumeing you can think when you are dead and you finally come up with an idea, you say i know i will follow them around and make sure they get a good parking space. it will be a reAL KICK IN THE HEAD FOR THE KIDS WHEN GAS GETS SO HIGH THEY CAN'T BUY GAS! so just in case you go before i do, not likely, if they let you do something nice for your on line friend. do something for me other than parking space.patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154654979193524352006-08-03T20:29:00.000-05:002006-08-03T20:29:00.000-05:00Sweet-Sister, you're right. And your own kids are...Sweet-Sister, you're right. And your own kids are always your babies, no matter how grown-up they are.<BR/><BR/>Noel, my first grandchild was born when I was 43, and I was definitely ready for the experience. The best thing about grandchildren is that we can spoil them and then send them home.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Janet. Whether it's real or only in my imagination, it's a comforting idea.<BR/><BR/>Harriet, I loved your example of Kenny and the flickering lights. Thanks for sharing it.<BR/><BR/>Carmon, I checked out your photos of Duffy. He's gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>Annie, I'm glad you understand the feeling I wrote about. Your words "loving oversight" describe it perfectly.<BR/><BR/>Sunflower, thanks. Coincidence or otherwise, it's a pretty cool experience.<BR/><BR/>Patsy, what I think is that it's fun to consider all the possibilities. Now, if you LIKE "foolishness," come back again; there's plenty more where that came from.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154651406055490892006-08-03T19:30:00.000-05:002006-08-03T19:30:00.000-05:00well i don't know what to make of this post. do yo...well i don't know what to make of this post. do you think your mother is hanging around parking lot after her death? i have to say i think this is foolishness.patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698348452802053572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154625157471130742006-08-03T12:12:00.000-05:002006-08-03T12:12:00.000-05:00I firmly believe there are no coincidences. Havin...I firmly believe there are no coincidences. Having said that, what a beautiful photo and reminiscence of your mother. Enjoy your special parking "privileges"!Sunflower Optimismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04797860099404871043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154615554681237512006-08-03T09:32:00.000-05:002006-08-03T09:32:00.000-05:00It was a joy to read your comments about Mama-Too....It was a joy to read your comments about Mama-Too. In my life I hold a connection to family I've loved and who have died in much the same way. No, I don't mean with finding parking places, but with a feeling that there's a loving oversight I feel whenever I think of them.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273873865160002759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154609248764033812006-08-03T07:47:00.000-05:002006-08-03T07:47:00.000-05:00Thanks for the vote. :) You get my vote for best f...Thanks for the vote. :) You get my vote for best family stories and vicarious sharing of loving family life. Those of us who didn't have it appreciate knowing there are families out there who really do love each other. Carmon<BR/><BR/>PS - posted photos of the handsome Duffy.Life at Star's Resthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068869890677539768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154571471599734452006-08-02T21:17:00.000-05:002006-08-02T21:17:00.000-05:00I think I look more like your mother than your sis...I think I look more like your mother than your sister! I think I even had those same plaid pants.<BR/><BR/>And isn't it wonderful that we can become grandmothers at 38 or in my case early 40's?nan16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16273247335538935934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-1154565447284705002006-08-02T19:37:00.000-05:002006-08-02T19:37:00.000-05:00Isn't it strange after you become a Mama you are a...Isn't it strange after you become a Mama you are always one. I was at J C Pennys (I am sixtyish) and I heard a little kid yell "Mama"<BR/>I whirled around immediately looking for where the sound came from...and I could feel the same<BR/>anxious Mama feeling that I had so long ago when my own two girls yelled for me!Galla Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765021266883258286noreply@blogger.com